Review of Delivery Man (2013) by A T — 04 May 2014

Vince Vaughn movies thrive on the other people with him. If they aren't interesting, the film falls. In Delivery Man, you don't really get an Owen Wilson, Jonah Hill, Will Ferrell or Ben Stiller, so it often feels like a much weaker entry (Dodgeball? Anchorman? Starsky and Hutch?), but not totally worthless (Mr and Mrs Smith, Couples Retreat, The Dilemma) in the Vince Vaughan fodder.

Chris Pratt, sadly feels stale here, not really given much room to grow, and more plays as comic relief. And similar Cobie Smulders is not really given much room to grow besides say "what the heck" at the end.

It's more an Apatow dramedy than a comedy (as really...99.9% of the funny bits are in the trailer), so it drags at times. Sadly, Delivery Man doesn't deliver a surprise hit unlike The Internship.