But there is a pretty good chance that for a few people, I Love You, Man just might be that film - not because it is all that bad either.
I Love You, Man
does everything this kind of comedy is supposed to and (with Paul Rudd
and Jason Segel in the leads) you have two of the current funniest guys
in movies doing their best to keep things rolling along.
There is even a decent concept behind all the comedy...
Paul
Rudd plays a fairly uptight guy who is about to get married, only he
has been a "girlfriend guy" since his teens - so he has to go out there
and find a male "best friend".
Enter Jason Segel, as a perfectly nice but kind of quirky guy who might only seem to be the solution to all of Rudd's problems.
There
are plenty of funny scenes here, and the performances are top notch,
but after a while the story starts to wobble a bit. This mostly stems
from the fact that the central joke is that these two guys are having a
platonic romance, and so the plot follows the usual plot of a romantic
comedy.
You know the deal. They meet, they fall for each
other, they split up over a misunderstanding / trivial matter, then get
back together right at the end.
But with two men it doesn't
really work: either they would ignore the problem, or if it was too big
to ignore they would just punch each other out or never speak to each
other again.
Which they can't do with this formula, so the final act feels a little weak as they just sort of drift apart a bit.
I Love You, Man's
minor wobbles aren't anywhere near enough to say this genre is dead –
you just need to look at the monster $450M worldiwde Box Office takings
of The Hangover to know it isn't - but you have to start wondering if it is at least starting to look a little unsteady. DVD Special Features
You really can't go wrong with Special Features when a comedy has even the slightest connection to Judd Apatow.
These guys know exactly what their fans want (improvisation - and lots
of it), and they know exactly how to deliver it to them.
Needless to say, I Love You Man is
loaded with DVD Special Features including Commentary by Director John
Hamburg and Actors Paul Rudd and Jason Segel, a fairly stock standard
"Making of I Love You, Man" featurette, Extended Scenes, Deleted Scenes and a truly excellent Gag Reel.
Must have for Segel and Rudd fans!
Conclusion:
Movie 70% Extras: 70%
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