I Love You, Man (2009)
Average Rating: 6.9/10
Reviews Counted: 199
Fresh: 166 | Rotten: 33
I Love You, Man makes the most of its simple premise due to the heartfelt and hilarious performances of Paul Rudd and Jason Segel.
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Critic Reviews: 41
Fresh: 34 | Rotten: 7
I Love You, Man makes the most of its simple premise due to the heartfelt and hilarious performances of Paul Rudd and Jason Segel.
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Engaged to the woman of his dreams yet uncomfortable with the prospect of not having a best man for his upcoming wedding, a successful real estate agent with no male friends schedules a series of "man dates" in hopes of finding a suitable candidate for the big day. Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd) is just like most other guys, only when it comes to making friends he's always been a bit withdrawn. After proposing to his girlfriend, Zooey (Rashida Jones), however, Peter quickly realizes that he doesn't
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Paul Rudd
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Jason Segel
Sydney Fife -
Rashida Jones
Zooey -
Andy Samberg
Robbie -
J.K. Simmons
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Jane Curtin
Joyce -
Jon Favreau
Barry -
Jaime Pressly
Denise -
Thomas Lennon
Doug -
Sarah Burns
Hailey -
Joe Lo Truglio
Lonnie -
Rob Huebel
Tevin Downey -
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The concept is solid, applying rusty romcom clichés to a tale of new-found masculine buddydom. But the plot is scatty.
Top CriticI Love You, Man is the second movie this year -- He's Just Not That Into You being the first -- with a popular catchphrase for its title. This is one of the film's few distinctions.
It's a thin premise, and I Love You, Man features the usual quota of jokes involving masturbation, projectile vomiting and flatulence. But is it worth it? Thanks to Rudd and Segel (and some terrific cameos), totes magotes.
The picture is worth catching for the delicate and toxic nuances of Rudd's performance.
Though the script doesn't always rise to their level, I Love You, Man is more than worth seeing for the chemistry between the shambling Segel and the endlessly inventive Rudd.
It's a hilarious comedy made even more successful because so much of the satire seems fresh.
One of the better recent 'buddy comedies' and one if you're in the mood to laugh, you definitely won't regret showing a little love.
Rudd and Segel share genuine chemistry and the early scenes in which their bromance blossoms are tinged with recognisable humour; the dumb nicknames; the inexplicable use of silly voices; the embarrassingly out-dated 'man slang'.
If Rudd steals the show, Segel deserves props for downplaying Sydney's regressiveness.
It's hard not to like this witty, well-made celebration of friendship in which two very different guys come to know and appreciate each other.
For both men though, it's the sincerity lurking just beneath the bravado which sets the film apart from the abrasive comedy it might have been.
At the end of the day it is a pretty formulaic bromantic comedy, and the little bit of a twist it has can't hide that fact. But it's done really, really well and that counts for a lot.
The film is a microcosm of us all, guys - raucous, juvenile and puerile on the outside, but tender, sweet and vulnerable in our hearts.
Pays respect to the crucial role male bonding plays in adulthood...
We all know where the film is heading, but that's hardly the point. Rudd and Segel are such entertaining guides you're willing to follow them anywhere.
The movie's not bad, but I just cringed almost every time he threw down a cheesy made-up nickname for someone or changed words.
Thanks to the incredible chemistry of its two leads, I Love You, Man stands as one of the best buddy comedies since Swingers.
Feel the man love with I Love You, Man, a constantly entertaining comedy about marriage, love, and friendship which is aimed towards adults.
One of the funniest movies in a long time.
It's a solid entry in the we're-guys-who-are-kinda-sorta-maybe-growing-up-but-maybe-not genre, but when tedium threatens to take over the cast steps in and keeps it consistently funny from start to finish.
Rudd and Segel, who both appeared in Knocked Up and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, make a fine comic duo, clearly two different types but not one-dimensional stock characters.
The dude looking for a good grossout will be disappointed.
A mellow, Zen-like vibe trickles through this otherwise raunchy buddy comedy...
Male bonding comedy is very crude -- but good-hearted.
Paramount has offered up a nice DVD of this film, with a very funny and informative commentary track by the director and stars.
With discussions of music, relationships, aging and growing up, it acts like a latter-day Lemmon - Matthau comedy, with a sadness underneath that makes it authentic.
Audience Reviews for I Love You, Man
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- Peter Klaven: She was pretty hot.
- Sydney Fife: Ya, I fucked her.
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- Peter Klaven: Laters on the menjay.
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- Peter Klaven: Alright. Laters on the menjay. [Hangs up]
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- Peter Klaven: Why does everything I say sounds like a Leprechaun!?
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- Peter Klaven: There were tons of guys who were licking each others basses
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- Peter Klaven: Slappa da bass!
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Paul Rudd, arguably the finest straight man working in comedies today, plays Pete, a repressed and slightly wimpy fellow who has no 'guy friends. His new fiance, Zooey, Rashida Jones has decided that the one thing missing before the wedding is a friend/best man, and Rudd is thrown into the cruel world of modern male bonding to find a pal. Jason Segal, plays Sydney, his budding BFF, a unfiltered and painfully honest oddball. The film is all about their on again, off again, 'bromance'.
The bench strength in the cast is the movie's ace in the hole. Rudd's parents are played by the great Jane Curtin and J.K. Simmons, his gay yet masculine brother is played by Andy Samberg, and Jamie Pressly and Jon Favreau play Zooey's best friend and her blowhard poker playing husband. All get stuff to do, and make the material really sing. Rashida Jones is saddled with a generic nice girlfriend character, but infuses it with her unique warmth and offbeat energy, a wise casting decision for an underwritten role.
What is special about the film is its quiet empathy and acceptance of various lifestyles and its unwillingness to trade in stereotypes. When Rudd is 'fixed up' with a potential best friend (Thomas Lennon), his date misunderstands and believes they are on a romantic first date. The subsequent tongue kiss is hilarious and cringe worthy, but is not a condemnation or mockery of the love struck man. We feel empathy and humanity towards him not because he is ridiculous, but because the film is about all of our missed signals and romantic mistakes.
This is unmistakably a Hollywood comedy, not an offbeat indie quirkfest, but handled by wonderful cast and a solid, cliche busting script, it was really a pleasure.