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This had to happen sooner or later. I could resist after The Paperboy, Bernie, Magic Mike and even Killer Joe (I don’t know how I resisted after Killer Joe), but not after Mud. It’s decided, I am up for the whole of Matthew McConaughey’s filmography. And there is a lot of (let me bet: crap) movies to watch.
Thankfully, I am three down. I have watched “How to lose a guy in 10 lessons” and “Ghosts of girlfriends past” on the plane. Who doesn’t enjoy watching bad movies on the plane, with the engine noise that prevents you from hearing ANY of what is being said. The third of the “Matthew McConaughey’s movies from before” that I watched is Tropic Thunder, which is not a memorable movie, but certainly not a bad one. That said, I have no recollection of Matthew McConaughey in it.
Anyways, so I watched Failure to Launch. I have no idea of why I started there, it was pure hazard. I was surprised to see Bradley Cooper in it – I do not understand anything about Bradley Cooper, so I am always surprised to see that Bradley Cooper is in movies. There is also Zooey Deschanel who plays a weirdo as brunettes always do in romantic comedies (of the top of my head, see for instance Silver Linings Playbook, Bachelorette). And Sarah Jessica Parker, against whom, I must confess, I have absolutely nothing, but she is not the greatest actress on earth.
I expected this movie to be much worse than what it is. I mean, there are a few unbearable gendered cliches (men lose interest after sex – keep in mind that the characters are supposed to be 35), the plot has no interest whatsoever and is exactly the same as in How to lose a guy in 10 lessons, the gags are so poorly integrated in the movie that they are all but funny. I also acknowledge that the characters are all predictable and banally plain. On top of that, the images have very little interest and the quantity of nature shots is at best abusive and at worst, enough not to watch the movie.
That said, there is Matthew McConaughey. With his southern accent. And there is his absolute control over his body, notably when he plays with the dishcloth, when he catches an apple. It’s not his fault that he is asked to pet a dolphin.
I won’t go as far as recommending to watch this movie, because someone might read this. But I am glad to confirm that Matthew McConaughey already knew how to act in 2006.
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