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Writers (WGA):
Tom J. Astle (written by) &
Matt Ember (written by)
Release Date:
10 March 2006 (USA) more
Tagline:
To leave the nest, some men just need a little push.
Plot:
A thirtysomething slacker suspects his parents of setting him up with his dream girl so he'll finally vacate their home. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
4 nominations more
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Great Cast Wasted on a Sub-Par Sitcom Script more (231 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Matthew McConaughey | ... | Tripp | |
| Sarah Jessica Parker | ... | Paula | |
| Zooey Deschanel | ... | Kit | |
| Justin Bartha | ... | Ace | |
| Bradley Cooper | ... | Demo | |
| Terry Bradshaw | ... | Al | |
| Kathy Bates | ... | Sue | |
| Tyrel Jackson Williams | ... | Jeffrey | |
| Katheryn Winnick | ... | Melissa | |
| Rob Corddry | ... | Gun Salesman #1 | |
| Patton Oswalt | ... | Techie Guy | |
| Stephen Tobolowsky | ... | Bud | |
| Kate McGregor-Stewart | ... | Bev | |
| Adam Alexi-Malle | ... | Mr. Axelrod | |
| Gretchen Cleevely | ... | Gretchen the Veterinarian |
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Also Known As:
Soltero en casa (Argentina) (Ecuador) (Venezuela) [es]
Zum Ausziehen verführt (Austria) (Germany) [de]
30aris apo spiti (Greece) [el]
A casa con i suoi (Italy) [it]
Amor por contrato (Spain) [es]
Armações do Amor (Brazil) [pt]
Cum sa dai afara din casa un burlac de 30 de ani (Romania) [ro]
Düs yakamizdan (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Faux départ (Canada: French title) [fr]
Hemma bäst (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Mambo (Norway) [no]
Muuttohaluton poikamies (Finland) [fi]
Novia por contrato (Spain) [es]
Playboy à saisir (France) [fr]
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sexual content, partial nudity and language.
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Runtime:
97 min | Philippines:95 min (cut)
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2.35 : 1 more
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USA:PG-13 | UK:12A | Singapore:PG | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Ireland:12A | Australia:M | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | France:U | Netherlands:6 | Portugal:M/12 | Malaysia:U | Argentina:Atp | Finland:K-7 | Sweden:Btl | Brazil:14 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42417) | Hungary:16 | Philippines:PG-13 | Iceland:L | South Korea:15
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Towards the end of the movie we find out that Justin Bartha's character, Ace, bought his house from his parents to avoid having to pay the inheritance tax when they pass away. The Federal inheritance tax during the year this movie was released was on inheritances starting at $2 million. There are state inheritance taxes as well, but Maryland, where this movie is supposed to take place, exempts direct descendants of those receiving the inheritance from the tax. more
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Factual errors: On Tripp's car there is no front plate. In Maryland where the film is set, there are license plates on the front of every car. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Melissa:
I just feel really close to you.
Tripp:
You are really close to me.
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Cruel to be Kind more
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Why, oh, why, can Hollywood assemble such a fantastic cast, and fail the cast members so miserably with the script? Stay home and watch a "Friends" rerun and you'll probably witness a more coherent, funnier, and truer script.
Every actor in this cast, including Terry Bradshaw, a former football player, is fantastic.
In fact, why can Terry Bradshaw, a former football player, act better than professional Hollywood writers can write? This script is a mess. Scenes are short and borderline incoherent, or so dumb as to be targeted at an audience too young to care about romance. What's the point of putting goofy scenes, like the fake bird fake CPR scene, a scene that every seven year old in the audience will wake up for, in an alleged "romantic" comedy? There's no romance here. None. Zero. Zip. How do you put two such beautiful, sexy, charismatic actors -- Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker -- in a movie, and yet have absolutely zero romance or heat or sexual chemistry in the movie? I mean, you'd really have to be trying to make a movie this erotically neutered with two such stars.
Nothing here makes much of any sense at all. The scenes are a jumble of failed ideas quickly abandoned. The direction and editing are nil.
A few scenes are ridiculous and childish. Matthew McConaughey is repeatedly attacked by wild animals. These scenes just never take off.
A few scenes are painful.
MM takes SJP on a date on someone else's boat, pretending that it's his. He's caught, and has to run away. Is he supposed to be such a tacky character? Why is SJP supposed to fall in love with him? After MM discovers that his parents have been paying SJP to date him (this isn't a spoiler; this plot device is revealed early on), he uses a particularly crude word to tell her to go away. It's a believable reaction, but since everything else in the movie is so unbelievable, it's just awkward and does not fit.
Then there is the scene where one group of characters spies on another couple of characters via webcams. It's meant to be heartwarming, but it's just utterly unbelievable and really creepy. Whoever scripted this scene is tone deaf.
And a few scenes are just plain bizarre, as if they came from another movie.
This is such a shame. The actors were up for it, but the script writers and director gave them nothing to work with.