Failure to Launch

Paramount Pictures | Release Date: March 10, 2006

5.5	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 78 Ratings

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cameronmorewoodNov 8, 2012

In order for romantic cheese to appeal to me, it either has to be funny, or least feature a likable enough actress to where I care whether they find happiness or not. It's not funny, and Sarah Jessica Parker looks like a horse.

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HermioneP.Mar 12, 2006

This misguided attempt at romantic comedy pulls every trick out of an old hat from meet-cute, deception, slapstick, and "wity repartee," to animal cruelty, bondage, torture, mooning, hazing, and the worst offense, referencing actually good This misguided attempt at romantic comedy pulls every trick out of an old hat from meet-cute, deception, slapstick, and "wity repartee," to animal cruelty, bondage, torture, mooning, hazing, and the worst offense, referencing actually good films of the past-- all in lieu of giving us a good story that we can emotionally connect to. The only feeling evoked from me was despair.… Expand

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EricT.Mar 19, 2006

At first I said this move must have been written by mokeys. Then I determined it must have been monkeys who were only familiar with the Mandarin language. In the end I think the monkeys crapped on a piece of paper and it was deemed a script. At first I said this move must have been written by mokeys. Then I determined it must have been monkeys who were only familiar with the Mandarin language. In the end I think the monkeys crapped on a piece of paper and it was deemed a script. Deschanel was the movies only redeeming quality.… Expand

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AnonymousMar 18, 2006

What do people see in this movie. I feel that I lost two hours of my life (though, sitting through tis movie, it felt much longer). Matthew McConaughey can't act and for most of this movie, he doesn't look that good either. Parker What do people see in this movie. I feel that I lost two hours of my life (though, sitting through tis movie, it felt much longer). Matthew McConaughey can't act and for most of this movie, he doesn't look that good either. Parker is fair at best, though the camera is not her friend in many shots. Any reviewer that recommended this movie, in any way, should have to personally pay back the people that they convinced to see this movie. This movie and some of its reviews makes a case for tihe idea that some reviewers can be bought.… Expand

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MatthewR.Mar 9, 2006

Deschanel wih those Betty Davis eyes steals the picture. Sarah Jessica continues to be as excrutiatingly annoying as she was in that stupid shoe fest called Sex and the City. Is Terry Bradshaw the new Robert DeNiro?

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