I Love You, Man

I have really wanted to see this, and now I’m quite glad I decided to see it before it left theaters. Even though Judd Apatow had like nothing to do it, it definitely felt like one of his movies. As far as comparing it to other comedies, I think the best thing I could compare it to is the 40-Year-Old Virgin. I say that because, like the 40-Year-Old Virgin, it had a great mix between seriousness and comedy. It wasn’t a full on sex comedy like some of the other recent comedies I’ve seen, but I love comedies that have a good amount of seriousness to them as well as comedy. Another comedy I could compare it to is Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and it even shares the same star of both, Jason Segel.

This is truly a guy’s a movie, though, and I think you may be able to connect with it more and enjoy it more if you’re a guy. This really wasn’t as bad as some of the other recent comedies I’ve seen, namely Zack And Miri Make A Porno. That was like a straight up porn movie, though. Some of the scenes in this really had me wanting to just roll on the laughing, but since I was in a theater and didn’t want to look stupid, I decided not to. I still remained in my seat laughing my butt off, though. Like many of the other Apatow-like comedies, there was a bunch of references to other movies. I find jokes involving other movies just hilarious, but I think that’s because I just love movies so much.

The story is just so predictable, much like you’d expect from a love/friendship story. I still say that you should give it chance, because it’s still a great movie to watch. I swear, though, Paul Rudd just keeps moving up my list of favorite comedians. Between this, Role Models, Anchorman, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and the 40-Year-Old Virgin, all of his roles had just made me laugh so much. One of the great things is that he doesn’t have to be so perverted to be hilarious, unlike Jason Segel. I still find Jason Segel very hilarious, but no matter how big he gets, he will always be Marshall from How I Met Your Mother, to me. Luckily the show hasn’t been canceled, and I still watch it every week. Segel is such an underrated comedian; he’s really showed that he can do great in movies and on TV. There was also a bunch of very hilarious performances from the supporting cast; namely Andy Samberg, Jon Favreau, and Tomas Lennon. Also, Rashida Jones is really, super hot.

If you’re looking for a great comedy to watch sometime this week, I’d highly recommend going to see this. This is easily the best movie of 2009 so far, but I haven’t seen many movies from 2009 yet, though. I’m really in the mood to watch some more comedies now, so I think I may go do that in a little while. This isn’t technically a theater movie, though, so it’s not one that I’d recommend going to rush out and see, because if you miss it in theaters, then no big deal. I do say that it’s the best thing playing at the theaters right now. Any fan of Apatow’s movies, like myself, need to go see this sometime, because I’m sure you won’t be disappointed.

9/10