Failure to Launch. IMDb

Tom Dey's third movie, after a humorous Shanghai Noon and terrible buddy-cop movie Showtime. Matthew McConaughey takes a break from recent 'serious' roles (Sahara and Two For the Money) and returns back to his romantic comedy persona, circa How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Sarah Jessica Parker does her second real movie after finishing Sex and the City, and doesn't look totally unattractive.

So, going into this movie I knew it was going to be/have a few things:

A) Predictable.
B) Cheap jokes.
C) Happy ending.

However, I was in the mood for an easy-going movie since the last stretch I went on were all heavy dramas (Capote, Brokeback Mountain, Good Night, and Good Luck., and Syriana, just to name a few), and I enjoyed the film overall.

If you haven't seen the previews, here's a quick summary: Matt M. plays a 35 year-old who still lives with his parents, and they hire SJP to start dating him and give him the confidence to move out.

There were a lot of similarities between this and 'How to Lose a Guy...,' but since that's one of my biggest guilty pleasures, that's not a bad thing coincidence. The only problem in this comparison is that Kate Hudson is gorgeous and SJP looks like a horse. Running gags, like the animals always biting Matt M., got old fast, but the movie didn't drag on and was overall an enjoyable watch.

There's only one thing really worth mentioning about this movie, and that is how Zooey Deschanel is one of the most underrated actresses out there - both in talent and physical appearance. Every scene she was in, playing the depressed alcoholic friend turned sentimental romantic good-girl, made the terrible acting of SJP look even worse. She was hilarious in a dark-comedy way (well, "dark" for this type of movie), and definitely the highlight of the movie. For more Zooey, see also: Almost Famous. Elf.

So, overall:

Genre Score: 7/10
Real-World Score: 5.5/10