I Love You, Man
ByJames Rocchi,常见的Sense Media Reviewer
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Male bonding comedy is very crude -- but good-hearted.
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What's the Story?
In I LOVE YOU, MAN, Peter (Paul Rudd) has proposed to his girlfriend, Zooey (Rashida Jones); wedding preparations are underway when Peter realizes that he doesn't have a male best friend to ask to be his best man. So he embarks on a quest to make male friends, but his efforts are as ineffectual as they are strained. Then Peter meets relaxed free-spirit Sydney (Jason Segel), and it seems like he could be "the one." But Peter is going to find out that having a best friend isn't always easy.
Is It Any Good?
Like similarly-toned comediesThe 40-Year-Old VirginandSuperbad,I Love You, Man, walks a fine line in depicting outlandish, vulgar behavior on the road to wisdom. WhileI Love You, Manmay not walk that line as smoothly as those earlier films, it also has a grace of its own, specifically thanks to Rudd's underplayed scene-stealing performance as a man more than a little uncomfortable in his own life.
Segel is also fine as a slightly solipsistic slacker -- Sydney lives the way he wants to, which can make him both an inspiration and an irritation -- and the rest of the supporting cast, most notablyJon FavreauandJaimePressly's feuding, loving couple -- are excellent as well. DirectorJohn Hamburgalso has the good judgment to simply let his cast rip in some of the funnier, zingier moments of dialogue.I Love You Manlooks sour and slick, but it's surprisingly earnest and heartfelt once you get past its more outlandish excesses.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Familes可以谈论电影的消息comes across amid the crude humor. Does the film's reliance on strong language and sex jokes undermine its themes and positive messages, or does it make those messages more likely to be seen by a broad audience?
Discuss the real question of male friendship. Do men, in general, lack the emotional vocabulary to form new friendships after a certain age? And what emotional needs does male friendship meet?
Movie Details
- In theaters: March 20, 2009
- On DVD or streaming: August 11, 2009
- Cast:Jason Segel,Paul Rudd,Rashida Jones
- Director:John Hamburg
- Inclusion Information: Black actors
- Studio:Paramount Pictures
- Genre:Comedy
- Run time: 110 minutes
- MPAA rating: R
- MPAA explanation: pervasive language, including crude and sexual references
- Last updated: April 5, 2023
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