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Fillum Review: I Love You, Man |
| Posted by Administrator (admin) on Oct 05 2009 |
If you’re looking for an enjoyable way to spend a lazy enough hour and a half, may I suggest you could do worse than watch, ”I love you, Man”?
I know, it sounds awful and the fact that it was a big Summer hit in the cinemas led me to approach with caution. But, fear not, gentle reader! It’s actually a very well-written, directed and acted fillum. (sic - see earlier blog)
Really, it’s a fillum about the nature of friendship and the fact that it can do this while being witty and entertaining says a lot for John Hamburg. Who? He of “Along Came Polly” fame? Yes, I know what you mean, but actually, I have to admit that I have avoided that fillum, too! Hamburg directs, co-writes and produces, so he obviously felt strongly about this one and it shows. Even down to “little” things which can bug me, like kissing the girl while driving and never so much as glancing at the road, well, his protagonists DO strain to watch the road -as any normal, real person would! I know, it’s a small thing, but it contributes.
Peter, played by the ever-so likeable Paul Rudd, is about to get married to the girl of his dreams but realises that he has no real male friend to ask to be his best man. He starts looking about with very funny and enjoyable results, a litany of disasters, until he meets Sydney (Jason Segel) with whom he seems to bond. Never forsaking the comic elements, the movie becomes a study of male friendship in a gentle, open, honest and refreshingly insightful manner.
The two leads, Rudd and Segel, carry the movie. Their innocence and friendship are warm, charming and sincere. Unusually in a fillum like this, the other characters are well-drawn and very well acted. All in all, highly enjoyable, likable and even quite touching. Have a goo!
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