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I Love you Man (2009)
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After years of swiping scenes from the leading men in such movies as
KNOCKED UP and THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN, Paul Rudd finally headlines a
star vehicle of his own.Unlike those Judd Apatow productions, it's John
Hamburg (ALONG CAME POLLY) who directs I LOVE YOU, MAN, albeit with
many of the touchstones of Apatow's highly successful
freaks-and-geeks-with-heart aesthetic. In other words, this is not an
Apatow film, but, with the male capacity for--and simultaneous
inability to express--fraternal love as its core comic conceit (and
emotional centerpiece), it may as well be. Rudd plays Peter Klaven, a
real estate agent with a blossoming career and an imminent marriage to
Zooey (THE OFFICE's Rashida Jones)--basically, he's lucky in all things
except male bonding.The narrative arc centers on his quest for platonic
man-love--as opposed to, say, finding the girl of his dreams--and
follows the boilerplate dictates of a standard rom-com with a
subversive wink. In this case, boy meets boy, boys bond over their
common love of Rush and Andre the Giant, boys break up and make up,
etc. Rudd and co-star Jason Segel (FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL), a fellow
Apatow alum who plays Sydney Fife, the Type B object of Klaven's
affection, imbue their roles with winning charisma and elevate the plot
with real and nuanced chemistry.
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