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If you are looking for a great comedy that will leave you laughing and going over timeless quotes, then look elsewhere. I Love You, Man is not one of those movies.

Director John Hamburg’s romantic comedy, I Love You, Man is not the hilarious romp that the TV spots alluded to. Sure, it is punctuated with some moments of slight chuckles, there isn’t really any laugh out loud moments that truly make a movie memorable.

I Love You, Man is the prolonged story of a man who doesn’t have any male friends. Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd) is getting married to the woman of his dreams, Zooey (Rashida Jones). During a rather awkward dinner with his parents he realizes that he does not have any male friends he can have as a Best Man. Thus, the search for a man begins. As Peter goes out on several man dates to find his soul mate in friends, he has several bad dates all leading to a chance encounter with Sydney Fife (Jason Segel).

At the beginning I thought this could turn into a rather funner plot, but it just gets more awkward as the movie progresses. As Peter continues to get closer to Sydney than his fiancee the movie begins to just fall apart.

I Love You, Man Is A Little Too Weird

Maybe it is just me, but I was getting a little weirded out by the continued allusions to Peter “cheating” on his fiancee with his new best friend. Or the fact that the story line kept trying to compare a friendship with a boy/girl relationship. I don’t think it added any kind of humor to the story. In fact, it took away from it.

There could have been many different areas where the scenes could have been incredibly funny, but they just fell flat. It just felt a little too weird.

Paul Rudd is an alright comedy actor, but I felt he did a much better job in Role Models. Maybe is was the chemistry between him and Sean William Scott, or because it was just a little bit funner. The only high point to the entire flick was Jon Favreau who played the incredibly mean spirited Barry who is married to one of Zooey’s friends played by Jamie Pressly. He added a great flavor and should have been focused on more instead of the whole Sydney Fife deal.

I Love You, Man Movie Trailer

I Love You, Man, while definitely not a top recommendation is something that Paul Rudd fans might enjoy. If you have nothing else to do, then you can catch it online or DVD“>pick up the DVD.