Failure To Launch (DVD)

At the age of 35, Tripp still lives at home with his parents. Fear of commitment, and an over-reliance on boyhood friendship with equally reluctant friends Ace and Demo provide him with the perfect excuse to impose himself on his increasingly impatient parents. When they hear about Paula, who provides interventions for commitment-shy men who wont leave home, they hire her to date their son and put him through his paces. Predictably they soon find themselves falling for each other, him charming and socially adept, her beautiful and eager to please (even if it is only as part of the plan). It becomes a battle of wits for the pair though, as once ...

Always a fan of chick flick movies, me and my sister Sam decided to rent Failure to Launch. As my fiancé Dave was with us and didn’t really get a choice in the film we made him sit down and watch it too. I had heard good things about this film but we all gave our own predictions at the start what would happen and they all came true so although not a fantastically original film we still found it a great watch and here is why. ----- The Film: Trip is a very good looking guy who does awfully well with the ladies. The relationship seems to be going fine and then he decides to take them to his house when he wants to break up with him. The ...

These days I am rather choosy with my movies and I rarely go see a chick flick in the cinema. But as I was feeling very groggy on Monday night, I simply could not face up to the intensity of a horror movie or something more serious - so I opted to view some true girly fluff. Much to my surprise, my other half actually agreed to tag along - despite his aversion to the two lead actors, Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker, who he describes "wooden" and "annoying" respectively. ***The story*** Tripp (Matthew McConaughey), is an attractive man in his thirties who can pretty much have any lady he chooses. He ...