Rom Com Roundup: Failure to Launch [7 of 30]

[Rom Com Roundup is a project where I watch 30 romantic comedies I've never seen from now until valentine's day and document how it affects my outlook on love. (Link to the full list of movies)]

The Movie: Failure to Launch

The Blurb: Matthew McConaughey is a…boat broker? Who lives at home with his parents, who hire Sarah Jessica Parker to feign love so that he’ll move out of his parents’ place. Only…wait for it….she actually falls in love with him! And that is seriously ALL that it takes to summarize this movie. L-I-V-I-N MAN!

The Conventions: Retarded bro friends group, sports as an excuse to talk about emotions, breakup in the rain, sailing is love!

Did I cry? um, no.

Current State of Mind: I’m not entirely sure who this movie was made for, being that it has absolutely nothing to do with love, and for some reason contains multiple animal-attacking jokes that have no relevance or place in the plot (these animals are a chipmunk, a DOLPHIN, a mockingbird, and an iguana or something). In fact, this movie is pretty insulting to both genders. It simplifies how men see relationships to the utmost degree (I have to believe even McConaughey is more complex than this), and makes women appear to be cold, ruthless, and mechanical about affection, using sex as a “last resort to keep a guy.” And maybe I’d be angrier if this movie had any rancor in it, but it doesn’t. It just kind of exists, but a part of me doesn’t even believe that it takes itself seriously. I don’t mean in the plot, I mean as an entity in this universe. Like, the fact that it exists in the space time continuum.

This is a romantic comedy about a relationship that is just kinda two people dating and having a good time with each other. And like this movie, that kind of relationship is probably a waste of your time, even more so if you try to convince yourself that it’s “love” like the last 30 min of this movie tries to do.

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