Failure to Launch
Enjoyed with all the pleasures of life, Tripp, a 35 years old wealthy guy, who loves staying at home and avoids making relationships with girls, the thing that leads his parents to hire a professional to attract his attention and invites him in a date, but incidents come to climax when they fall in love with each other, as she struggles against telling him the truth.
17 December 1977, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
5 December 1963, New Jersey, USA
25 March 1965, Nelsonville, Ohio, USA
26 July 1979, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
2 September 1948, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
24 March 1965, Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 February 1971, Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA
November 20, 1984 in Medford, Oregon, USA
28 June 1948, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
20 July 1969, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
4 July 1959, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
29 April 1957, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
April 20, 2009
A limp romantic comedy, this cut-and-paste bookend to last year's "Hitch" finds Sarah Jessica Parker playing Paula a demoralized romantic turned "professional interventionist."
October 07, 2006
As listless and phony as Failure to Launch may be, it does have one secret weapon in Zooey Deschanel.
March 10, 2006
This is a showcase for her [Parker's] sensitive intelligence, her watchfulness, and her way of thinking and reacting. The Family Stone did nothing for Parker, but Failure to Launch makes a strong case for life after Sex and the City.
July 23, 2008
Verging on the preposterous, director Tom Dey's Failure To Launch relies on attractive stars to overcome its lackluster execution.
November 07, 2012
Fans of Bongo playing narcissist Matthew McConaughey will breeze through this formulaic rom-com, though it possesses about as much charm as it does logic.
December 18, 2006
The movie's notion of humor is exemplified by Bradshaw's extended nude scene.
June 24, 2006
Add to this a confused moral message and it's clear that, as its title inadvertently suggests, this romantic comedy never gets off the ground.
March 22, 2011
It's not funny. It is occasionally witty, but not very often. It seems the filmmakers realized that as well as they fill the frequent dry spells with physical comedy that doesn't really fit the tone of the movie.
March 16, 2006
It's completely unbelievable.
April 19, 2007
Zooey Deschanel steals so many scenes as Paula's anti-social roommate that she deserves to share top billing alongside McConaughey and Parker.
March 18, 2006
How, exactly, did an idea with this much star power and comic potential manage to misfire?
