Failure to Launch
The film focuses on a 35-year-old slacker who suspects his parents of setting him up with his dream girl in order to push him out of the nest once and for all.Â
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July 23, 2008
Verging on the preposterous, director Tom Dey's Failure To Launch relies on attractive stars to overcome its lackluster execution.
April 19, 2007
Zooey Deschanel steals so many scenes as Paula's anti-social roommate that she deserves to share top billing alongside McConaughey and Parker.
March 22, 2011
It's not funny. It is occasionally witty, but not very often. It seems the filmmakers realized that as well as they fill the frequent dry spells with physical comedy that doesn't really fit the tone of the movie.
March 18, 2006
How, exactly, did an idea with this much star power and comic potential manage to misfire?
November 07, 2012
Fans of Bongo playing narcissist Matthew McConaughey will breeze through this formulaic rom-com, though it possesses about as much charm as it does logic.
March 16, 2006
It's completely unbelievable.
October 07, 2006
As listless and phony as Failure to Launch may be, it does have one secret weapon in Zooey Deschanel.
April 20, 2009
A limp romantic comedy, this cut-and-paste bookend to last year's "Hitch" finds Sarah Jessica Parker playing Paula a demoralized romantic turned "professional interventionist."
June 24, 2006
Add to this a confused moral message and it's clear that, as its title inadvertently suggests, this romantic comedy never gets off the ground.
March 10, 2006
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 for life after Sex and the City.
December 18, 2006
The movie's notion of humor is exemplified by Bradshaw's extended nude scene.
