Failure to Launch (2006)

Directed by

Tom Dey

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 1,830 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 35-year-old man enjoys living with his parents and avoids moving out. His parents hire a woman to make him fall in love and finally leave home.

lightheartedromanticplayfulcomedicupbeatslightly absurdfun

What happens

Failure to Launch is a 2006 American romantic comedy film directed by Tom Dey, and starring Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker alongside Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper, Terry Bradshaw, and Kathy Bates. The film focuses on a 35-year-old man living with his parents who shows no interest in leaving the comfortable life that they, especially his mother, have made for him. Released by Paramount Pictures on March 10, 2006, it was met with generally negative critical reviews but was a commercial success, grossing $130.2 million against a $50 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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