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Failure To Launch (2006) DVD Review
Failure To Launch (2006) DVD Credits:
Failure To Launch (2006) Directed by:
Tom Dey
Failure To Launch (2006) Written by:
Tom J. Astle, Matt Ember
Failure To Launch (2006) Cast:
Justin Bartha, Kathy Bates, Terry Bradshaw, Bradley Cooper, Zooey Deschanel, Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker
Failure To Launch (2006) Released by:
Not available at this time
Region:
1
Failure To Launch (2006) DVD Release Date:
26th June 2006
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Failure To Launch (2006) Synopsis:

Tripp (Matthew McConaughey) has never been able to leave the nest. He’s always had some reason or other, but now, his desperate parents have had enough. They hire the gorgeous and talented girl of his dreams (Sarah Jessica Parker) to get him to move out of the house.

Failure To Launch (2006) DVD Review:

We almost always can predict how a romantic comedy is going to end, especially if it has Mathew McConaughey starring in it, so now the premise has to be the most original idea. The premise for Failure to Launch is a great one, which was unfortunately never developed out of an idea. The idea seemed to be developed only as far as needed, while the rest of the film relies upon the natural charm of the actors. This makes for an entertaining piece of fluff, which often resembles a “When Animals Attack” special more than a romantic comedy. Nobody looks to be trying to hard in this film, which is a good thing considering audiences probably won’t be watching too hard.

Mathew McConaughey stars as Tripp, a thirty-five-year-old who still lives with his parents. The loose reasoning behind this is that he was hurt when a relationship went wrong. Now he has the prefect situation with his mom (Kathy Bates) doing his laundry and making him food all day. The only people unhappy are his parents, so they hire a professional to get him out. Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker) convinces lonely and pathetic men to move out of their parent’s house for a living. As you might predict the two of them really fall in love and it is all threatened when the truth comes out about their relationship.

The characters seem perfect for the actors. McConaughey fits into the laid back personality perfectly and Parker seems to be in a role which is not too much different than any role she plays. Zooey Deschanel is also a nice addition in her usual deadpan delivery. What I didn’t buy is the situations that the characters find themselves in. As perfect as the roles may be for these actors it is simply a bad script.

The DVD special features are more for fun than anything else. All of the special features are basically fluff, but don’t expect ay real information to come out of it. There is “Casting Off: The Making of Failure to Launch” which is as generic as they come. There is also a featurette about the failure-to-launch phenomenon, which is mostly just about the premise of the film. Other featurettes include one on dating in the new millennium as well as a Failure to Launch contest and a Moviephone.com clip with McConaughey and Terry Bradshaw.

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Failure To Launch (2006) DVD review written by: Ryan Izay

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