Surprisingly incoherent and boring

A Masterpiece!

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

I give two stars as I could laugh sometime.But I expected more from this actors. Good actors in this lame movie. Waste of their talent:( So sad to see silly jokes what ruins the movie. Without silly jokes this movie would be better and funny. Doplhin bite(?) wtf? Not funny, unreal, and clamsy. Why not just dolphin jumps and maybi bite a bit? That would be funny.Why he have to fall from that cliff? Reptile bite was funny (but expected) but the fall after was clamsy, unnesecery.27 cameras? Come on. That just ruined the scene. Could be enough 3 cameras. At least we did not seen perfectly cut and directed scenes with hidden cameras and did not follow (too much) the actors. Could be more fun if realistic. 3 hidden camera, amd sometimes we cant see anything, obviously not perfect angles.The kid is too much. I understand he try acting, but he is too much, or he is the only one who fits in this low minded comedy as his acting perfect for it.Not too bad, Sarah Jessica Parkers acting is nothing, she play the same caracter as usual. All the rest actors are better, but I expected quality. Two stars

Showing off his muscle-toned body, Matthew McConaughey (as Tripp) is interrupted with his latest sex partner. She leaves abruptly, after finding out Mr. McConaughey still lives with his parents, at ripe old age of thirty-five. Acting athletic, McConaughey regularly uses his living arrangement to get rid of women, after taking them to bed. His parents want McConaughey to move out, so they hire professional "interventionist" Sarah Jessica Parker (as Paula) to date him and convince McConaughey to leave home. How this is supposed to be such a sure thing isn't clear, but "Failure to Launch" is a comedy, so you roll with the punches. You figure Ms. Parker and McConaughey may become genuinely attracted...This is competently directed by Tom Dey, and shows some obvious strengths in production, but "Failure to Launch" never gets off the ground. The comedy highlights feature McConaughey being bitten by several animals. These bites seems better suited to a low-brow teen comedy starring Pauly Shore or Adam Sandler. Even worse, the squirrel doesn't even bite the area best suited for that joke...The cast may have looked good on paper, but they don't mix on film. The leads usually have "best friends" who are a little older, overweight, or otherwise make the stars look better. They are often "ethnic" (Tyrel Jackson Williams appears herein, as a kid substitute). McConaughey and Parker's peers (Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha and Bradley Cooper) are difficult to accept as second fiddles. Going against the usual stereotypes when casting supporting roles is admirable, but you still want to flatter the leads. Lastly, you'll never guess which of the cast members gets to show bare buttocks in a rear view nude scene. Remember to include older, weightier stars Kathy Bates and Terry Bradshaw on your wish list.*** Failure to Launch (2006-03-10) Tom Dey ~ Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha

Looking back at this now, you can sense that Matthew McConaughey realised his days as a lead in light romantic comedies would eventually be numbered. There is only so much much mileage in the slightly arrogant, selfish 30 something sports jock with an easy charm for the ladies and bonhomie with his male friends. It all got cheesy very quickly.Sarah Jessica Parker is Paula whose job is to date men who still live with their parents and are reluctant to leave home. By getting them to transfer their allegiance from the parents to her, they will then be willing to fly the nest.Tripp (McConaughey) is proud to be living in his parent's house. His two best friends Bradley Cooper and Justin Bartha (both from the 'Hangover' films) also live with their parents as well. Paula is hired by his exasperated parents. It seems this is easier than saying 'son, its time you left.'Tripp is unlike other clients Paula has dealt with, charming, handsome, athletic, normal social skills, no low esteem and she ends up falling for him.Its a light plot and a flimsy story which becomes increasingly silly and unbelievable. The side plot involving Tripp's friends where they go paint-balling, rock climbing, mountain biking and incidents with various animals tends to be more amusing and pads out the movie. I bet the director now wishes he had more scenes with Cooper in the film.Zooey Deschanel as Paula's acerbic roommate is more memorable than Sarah Jessica Parker and her budding romance with Bartha looks more interesting.The film eventually ties itself up in knots, literally in order to come to a satisfying conclusion to satisfy the romantic comedy conventions.

Spoilers I have not seen this movie as many times as the usual movie that I review. I have only seen it once, usually I watch a movie 10 or 12 times before saying something about it. I don't recall any of the character's names. I do not recall the music of the movie, which is to say it is definitely not "Rocky" or (Rocky's Sequels), "Flashdance", or "The Holiday". It does not have a motivating song by the Gin Blossoms playing in a fast moving climactic scene, like "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days". Therefore, I was not driven into the fantasy ending, the way the music of the movies above drive/motivate the viewer into wanting to accept the fantasy ending.The move has a great premise, a guy (Matt McCaunnehey) purposely and successfully loses all of his girlfriends whenever he wants, by showing them he lives with his parents (Kathy Bates and Terry Bradshaw). However, the parents want him to move out, so they hire a therapist (Sarah Jessica Parker) to pretend to be his girlfriend and get him moving. The movie also deploys good subplots interweaving with the main plot: 1) McCaunnehey character's, hobby, boating and boating terminology, 2) The need to kill a mockingbird, toughness and romance of Sarah's female roommate, 3) and the consistent attack of animals against McCaunnehey's character. The animals attacks leads to comedy with McCaunnehey's exaggerated tales: (He was a huge killer chipmunk, with big vicious teeth). The animals attack because McCaunehey's character goes against nature living at home and letting women go.The story was set up so good, I wanted to buy in to this romantic fantasy, but the ending left me unmoved. Without motivational music or action packed climax, Sarah Parker's character lets McCaunnehey's character "inch along" toward her, while he is tied, gagged and bound to a chair. When finally ungaged McCaunnehey's character says "Now What Do We Do?" As a person who watches many romantic fantasies/comedies, I thought WHAT? Also, Parker's character has a sudden switch from "cool all knowing therapist" to "somewhat ditsy in love". Parker's roommate and her super tough macho personality, does not fit her character, given her inability to deal with sounds of a mocking bird. These things together with the actions of their friends forcing them together and loudly cheering the "inching along" scene I mentioned above, made the ending feel contrived, even for a romantic comedy/fantasy.Advice - Watch the set up, and middle, turn off the ending.