Matthew McConaugheyused to be a rom-com legend before he was Coop inInterstellar. He made movies with leading ladies likeKate HudsoninHow to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,and one of his most underrated rom-com adventures isFailure to Launch. McConaughey plays Tripp,a man in his 30s, who lives with his parentsdespite being a ladies' man, and his parents (played byKathy BatesandTerry Bradshaw) hire Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker) to get him out of their home.
It isn’t the best romantic comedy of all time, but the movie is genuinely funny. But with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 23%, you’d think that it was responsible for the death of someone’s mother. Yes, you have to experience a naked Bradshaw while watching the movie, but it does have an all-star cast. Alongside McConaughey and Parker areBradley Cooper,Zooey Deschanel,andJustin Barthaas Tripp and Paula’s friends,who also have messy love lives.
The idea is that Paula has to come into Tripp’s life and convince him to move out of his parents’ home because he’s in love. Then, she gets her payday from his parents, happy that their son is out of their house. Things go haywire when real emotions get involved, and there are some really charming moments from McConaughey in it. Andwho doesn’t love a Cooper rolewhere he’s a side character and just having fun and not being Cooper about it?Failure to Launchis funand a movie that, if you saw it when it was released, you probably remember fondly.
‘Failure to Launch’ Has Some Solid Jokes
One of the things about movies likeFailure to Launchthat people forget is that these movies were funny. Deschanel’s Kit is trying to kill a mockingbird the entire film andmakes a joke about a book, asking if there’s one to help her learn how to kill the bird that is annoying her. The store employee respondswith theHarper LeenovelTo Kill a Mockingbird, a book that is decidedly not about killing a bird, and it is still a joke that is funny to this day!Plus this is McConaughey in his very charmingromantic-comedy era, so why not revisit the film now that it is streaming?
If you want to see for yourself ifFailure to Launchdeserves that RT rating, you’re able to stream the film on Paramount+ in July.
Failure to Launch
