I Love You, Man

As soon as I saw the trailer for this movie, as I'm sure was the case for every single person who's ever seen a comedy, I thought it looked like a conventional comedy that'll have its moments, maybe a little more.

Well......I was right.

I Love You, Man sets itself right in the middle of bromance and rom/com, with a little fidgeting for "Finally finding who he really is" mentality that everyone must still think is just the most original thing in comedy, hence every other movie ever made centering around it. Yet this movie fights its conventions, which I really liked. I got to root more for the movie instead of just rooting for the main character, especially seeing as you can pretty much see everything coming from a mile away.

The characters aren't exactly deep, but the performances from the semi-star power cast are perfectly pretty good. The cameo appearance is really weak IMO, (just to enforce to itself the fact that this movie is conventional and should never not be) Of course Paul Rudd is the star, and (contrary to my prior thoughts of him being far overused in comedies) he's hilarious and original. He plays exactly the guy many a man might've been at some akward phase of their life or might still be, and he does it with spot-on delivery. Jason Segel is probably the most memorable, but that's pretty much because his character has to be or else the film commits hari-kiri based on its own design.

Their chemistry is what this movie bases itself on, and the contrast of the two yet the very natural feeling link to each other just makes the movie work. This is one comedy I can honestly say I couldn't imagine the two roles in the hands of other actors. For example, a scene in which they first both find out each other holds a love for the band Rush made me laugh with just one line because of the delivery and the reaction.

Not gonna lie though, some jokes just fall flat, of course unless you just hit pruberty and you are so proud of this newfound identity as a MAN that you seem to laugh heartily at every "mature" joke in movies such as this (that is, unless your new deep voice doesn't crack halfway through the endless guffaws) and those that don't laugh just are too stuck-up when it comes to comedies.

The movie works, does what it does well, and honestly has some genuinely really funny moments. Being so conventional is kind of a drag, as I thought it should've taken some things a little further than it did, or should've held back on some things it didn't, but overall the fact that it pushed conventions with its well-done performances helps out a lot.

7/10.