I Love You, Man – Review

I’ve always loved comedy.  When I was a kid I watched Saturday Night Live religiously, and movies like Airplane, Jekyll and Hyde… Together Again, and Blazing Saddles were rites of passage among my friends and I.  Smart comedy that not only made its audience laugh, it made them think as well.  Comedy that took the simplicities of everyday life and showed the world how funny it actually is.  This was the comedy that got me excited then, and it’s the comedy that’s tickling my funny-bone now.

I Love You, Man is a perfect example of comedy done right.  Comedy that’s not only well written, but well acted as well.  Just a month ago I was bitching because I didn’t think Paul Rudd got the credit he deserves, and now I’m even more positive that the man not only deserves high praise, but his skills need to be recognized for how awesome they are.  In I Love You, Man Rudd plays Peter Klaven, a real estate agent about to get married, only he doesn’t have any real guy friends.  So when it comes to picking a best man for his wedding or groomsmen even, he doesn’t have a pool of friends to choose from.  So he set out to find not only a best man, but a friend that he can hang out with as well.  

The actors in this flick rocked the screen so hard I was worried that it might crash to the ground making it impossible for me to finish watching the awesome display of funny unfolding before my eyes.  As I said before Paul Rudd kicked major ass as the man with no testosterone, and Jason Segel was brilliant as Sydney Fife, the friend that’s not afraid to let his freak flag fly.  Jon Favreau was also extremely brilliant as Barry.  Actually, there’s not a weak cast member in the flick period.  And the look and feel of the flick is top notch as well, so huge props to John Hamburg for rocking the directors chair.  

I’m not going to analyze the flick to death, but I am going to say that I had a great time at the movies.  I laughed, I had some popcorn, and I rocked out to Rush (one of the greatest bands in the world).  So do yourself a favor, if you haven’t seen I Love You, Man yet then please do so, because it was definitely a killer film.

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