The Dilemma
2011, Comedy, 1h 51m
164 Reviews 50,000+ RatingsWhat to know
It boasts a likable cast and an interesting premise, but The Dilemma can't decide what to do with them; the result is an uneven blend of cheesy slapstick and surprisingly dark comedy. Read critic reviews
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Ronny Valentine
Nick Brannon
Beth
Geneva
Zip
Susan Warner
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Critic Reviews for The Dilemma
All Critics (164) | Top Critics (50) | Fresh (40) | Rotten (124)
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As cumbersome and drawn out as a slowly deflating tire, this cinematic collision between Vaughn's celebrated funny-surly persona and Howard's earnest pedigree is a bore -- and a serious miscalculation.
January 28, 2011 | Rating: C- -
Rather less fun than a badly executed coronary bypass.
January 26, 2011 | Full Review… -
Who ever thought that Ron Howard could make a cult film? This movie is a mess, but it's an intelligent and affecting mess.
January 24, 2011 -
But it's just way too uneven, too masochistically sexist and startlingly homophobic for the good to outweigh the bad. It is a movie I can appreciate for the attempt but roast over the coals thanks to its execution.
January 21, 2011 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review… -
Vaughan's behaviour is so crass and silly as to lack credibility.
January 21, 2011 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… -
A comedy without laughs, and a drama without tension.
January 21, 2011 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for The Dilemma
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Jul 05, 2012Ron Howard's The Dilemma it's a surprising black comedy and presents a interesting cast to a humor picture. But it flaw, what could be a different comedy become just another funny drama, sometimes unfunny and a cliche ending. Rotten.Lucas M Super Reviewer
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Jun 16, 2012vaughn is crazy and funny as always but James & the other cast is lost without any depth. typical Ron Howard film that is full of good intentions but all over the place in execution.Brendan N Super Reviewer
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May 23, 2012"It's simple...we have a contract to get this job done...let's do it." Ronnie Valentine (Vince Vaughn) and Nick Brannen (Kevin James) sworn buddies since college and great business associates until Ronnie sees something that he wasn't supposed to see that could threaten the very core of the foundation of friendship that Nick and him shares. Seeing this you have to question the boundaries that friendships are based upon, and wonder how far do they go. See this it's interesting!Fascade F Super Reviewer
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May 15, 2012The Challenge: Name ten great dramedies in motion picture history. All right, then name just five good ones. Difficult, right? They are as hard to find as a smile in a Sylvester Stallone movie. And that includes <i>Oscar.</i> Fact is, serious drama and lighthearted comedy simply don't work well together, and such is the dilemma in <i>The Dilemma</i> which does not create the template for future screenplays to follow. Vince Vaughn is pretty good in the lead role and does what he can in trying to draw laughs and sympathies, often in the same scene, whereas Kevin James is unable to do the same and clearly miscast. The best decisions came filling the female leads, featuring the two most beautiful dark-haired, smoky-eyed early-40s actresses of our time in Jennifer Connelly and Winona Ryder; we're talking wish-fulfillment here! Connelly is typically excellent and gives the film the dramatic weight it wants to carry, but her work is partially capsized by the shifting tone. Cut out her scenes and reassemble them together as a short film and I bet you'd be impressed. Better than most reviews led me to believe, <i>The Dilemma</i> contains half an amusing comedy and half a decent drama, but you can't have everything.Doctor S Super Reviewer
The Dilemma Quotes
| Ronny Valentine: | Let's face it. Electric cars are totally gay. I don't mean gay as in homosexual gay, I mean "My parents are chaperoning the dance" gay. |
| Ronny Valentine: | The conscience speaks, not in audible words, but through that small voice from within. |
| Ronny Valentine: | I'm a burn that face! Give me that stupid looking face! |
| Herbert Trimpy: | Those plants are poisonous! |
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