Matthew McConaughey,
Sarah Jessica Parker,
Zooey Deschanel,
Justin Bartha,
Bradley Cooper
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A overgrown mama's boy who hasn't found the courage to take flight from the nest gets a little help from the girl of his dreams in the one comedy that proves it's never to late to strike out on your o... read more
Directed by: Tom Dey
Release Date: March 10, 2006
DVD Release Date: June 27, 2006
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December 18, 2011Failure to Launch is yet another romantic comedy that relies far too much on the usual clichés you'd expect from the countless romantic comedies out there. Everything you'd expect from a romantic comedy is present, and that's not a good thing. Failure to Launch is a mess from sta... read more
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September 25, 2011Great movie. Somehow Matthew McConaughey always seems to play the weird put funny parts. "Your naked" "this is my naked room". Terry Bradshaw was also hillarious in his naked room scene. Just a great movie! Sarah Jessica Parker & the rest of the cast were amazing too and who ... read more
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June 23, 2011The best film I've seen Sarah Jessica Parker in apart from 'Footloose.' Quite funny and the plot of the film was well written.
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December 22, 2010Ah the ending... always the same. I don't really like Sarah Jessica. I liked Zooey's character. Something I'd want to be most of the time.
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September 15, 2010Now that's my kind of girl! I like the rule part of Sarah Jessica Parker's job here, made it a little more interesting as a Rom-Com, in other ways it was very much typical of the genre, but it was entertaining and enjoyable
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April 1, 2010Don't really like MM nor SJP, decent supporting cast which helps the movie from tanking, except for that Zooey woman, worse than a BB to the sack, maybe not that bad. Terry Bradshaw acts? Yep, he's porkin' Kathy Bates, what a intro to the film bidness!
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December 20, 2009Hollywood just keeps pumping out these really awful romantic comedies, don't they?
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October 1, 2009Painful viewing! It?s the worse than the usual boy meets girl - they fall in love - they split - they get back together. Sprinkled with poor attempts at comedy it trips over the usual cliques like when he gets bitten by various animals & throws food at someone in a restaurant by ... read more
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February 11, 2009Surprisingly, this film isn't that bad for a chick flick. If you're forced to watch something with your girlfriend, this isn't too bad.
Matthew McConaughey is fairly stereotypical McConaughey here in these roles (I prefer him in more serious roles like Two for the Money... read more -
December 22, 2008Tripp (Matthew McConaughey) has never left home. He only brings girls back to meet his parents when he wants to get dumped. His parents hire a girl (SJP) to get him to fall in love and move out. Matthew is very funny in this movie.
Critic Reviews
December 18, 2006
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
October 7, 2006
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
As listless and phony as Failure to Launch may be, it does have one secret weapon in Zooey Deschanel. Full Review
March 18, 2006
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
How, exactly, did an idea with this much star power and comic potential manage to misfire? Full Review
March 10, 2006
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
This is a showcase for her [Parker's] sensitive intelligence, her watchfulness, and her way of thinking and reacting. The Family Stone did nothing for Parker, but Failure to Launch makes a strong case... Full Review
March 10, 2006
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Apart from its name (easily the front-runner for worst of the year), Failure to Launch represents a failure in every way: of ideas, of inspiration, of casting.
March 10, 2006
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
We have liftoff! And that's exactly what we want from a romantic comedy. Full Review
March 10, 2006
Kyle Smith, New York Post
This is a guy comedy being mismarketed as a chick flick, complete with a poster that looks like a page from Lucky magazine.
March 10, 2006
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
The plot synopsis sounds less like sitcom than sick-com: A womanizer has the tables turned on him when he falls in love with, essentially, a prostitute whose services are being paid for by parents who... Full Review
March 10, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
The comical part -- the part with the assaulting fauna -- is eccentric, knockabout fun, spattered with outlandish setups and amicably offbeat supporting players who reach out and steal the show. Full Review
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