Review of I Love You, Man (2009) by Stingerbee — 12 Sep 2015

This movie seems to be along the line of the superficial factory produced quantity-over-quality trend of movies I've come across lately. Have you ever watched a movie thinking "Ok, this is just the intro - we'll get to the good part soon" and then you look at Time Played and it's been over an hour? This is that type of movie.

'Spoiler' part: There are some moments where you would expect the friend to bail, resetting the protagonist's plight to finding a friend for the wedding to prevent it being awkward (this premise alone is incredibly soppy and infantile, but we'll roll with it) but no, the trainwreck continues.

Will he murder the protagonist? Nope! Will he bail after borrowing the money? Nope! Instead, he spent it on billboards. "Well, that's somewhat realistic, now we're getting somewhere!" the audience is thinking, "because now he probably won't pay the guy back, gets mad because he doesn't feel appreciated" but no, ofcourse not.

.. The billboards do eventually pan out, the guy gets the girl, the other guy gets the guy/guy gets the other guy as a friend and we all live merrily ever after. Now don't get me wrong: I don't mind rom-com flicks when done right, but I would strongly suggest to avoid this unless you want to watch a BAD movie.

It reminds me of 30 Minutes Or Less, or some other forgettable title where the protagonists are 1 dimensional, invincible and most of all frustratingly ignorant people who just waddle through the movie from start till finish.

Again: this can also be done right, as these titles prove: Blue Mountain State, American Pie, Road Trip etc.