Wow. What a fun movie. I keep it on top of my "stack" and whenever I feel totally light-hearted, I pop it in.
I had never even heard of this until a few years ago, when my brother turned me on to it. I am sure their marketing budget was as borderline as the one for production, so that might be the reason. No matter. Now that I know about this gem, I'm set.
All the main characters were believable and totally understandable, in spite of the somewhat quirky world in which they lived. I could certainly identify with most of the main bits in this movie as I am sure a lot of guys do, and of course that is what makes you bust a gut.
"There's nothing wrong with letting the girls know that you're money, and you want to party."
Or being either awkwardly stuck with "the other one", or getting (or giving) "the tour".
Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn were fantastic. Favreau played the part of Mike, a sad sack who's really only being kept alive by his friends, and he did it to a tee. Of course, the truth is that these friends all needed support, and their brotherly love was pretty cool.
They weren't comfortable in places where there was so much going on that you practically needed to bring your own oxygen. "This place is dead, man", Charles (Alex Desert) uttered more than once. They needed calmer places like The Dresden or even The Derby, that they could navigate. That was another aspect that rang true to me.
Trent (Vaughn) was basically the leader, although despite the slightly better handle he had on the situation, he was still as vulnerable as the rest.
I was almost embarrassed that I was smiling so much when Mike and Lorraine (Heather Graham) got together. The scene where he first met Lorraine, while Trent and Sue (Patrick Van Horn) sat blubbering in the booth, was an absolute classic! "God bless that kid!"
I thought that Lorraine's character was a perfect match for Mike and that made the ending all the more satisfying.
You also can't beat Mike's phone messages to Nikki earlier in the film. If something similar hasn't happened to you at least once, you haven't lived.
This flick is "money". Run out and get it and lighten up your life.
I had never even heard of this until a few years ago, when my brother turned me on to it. I am sure their marketing budget was as borderline as the one for production, so that might be the reason. No matter. Now that I know about this gem, I'm set.
All the main characters were believable and totally understandable, in spite of the somewhat quirky world in which they lived. I could certainly identify with most of the main bits in this movie as I am sure a lot of guys do, and of course that is what makes you bust a gut.
"There's nothing wrong with letting the girls know that you're money, and you want to party."
Or being either awkwardly stuck with "the other one", or getting (or giving) "the tour".
Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn were fantastic. Favreau played the part of Mike, a sad sack who's really only being kept alive by his friends, and he did it to a tee. Of course, the truth is that these friends all needed support, and their brotherly love was pretty cool.
They weren't comfortable in places where there was so much going on that you practically needed to bring your own oxygen. "This place is dead, man", Charles (Alex Desert) uttered more than once. They needed calmer places like The Dresden or even The Derby, that they could navigate. That was another aspect that rang true to me.
Trent (Vaughn) was basically the leader, although despite the slightly better handle he had on the situation, he was still as vulnerable as the rest.
I was almost embarrassed that I was smiling so much when Mike and Lorraine (Heather Graham) got together. The scene where he first met Lorraine, while Trent and Sue (Patrick Van Horn) sat blubbering in the booth, was an absolute classic! "God bless that kid!"
I thought that Lorraine's character was a perfect match for Mike and that made the ending all the more satisfying.
You also can't beat Mike's phone messages to Nikki earlier in the film. If something similar hasn't happened to you at least once, you haven't lived.
This flick is "money". Run out and get it and lighten up your life.