I Love You, Man

Genre: Comedy

Language: English

Director: John Hamburg (Along Came Polly)

Cast: Paul Rudd (Role Models), Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist)

Runtime: 105 minutes

Official site: http://www.iloveyouman.com/

Plot:

Peter Klaven, a real estate agent with a blossoming career and an imminent marriage to Zooey. Basically, he's lucky in all things except male bonding. The narrative arc centers on his quest for platonic man-love--as opposed to, say, finding the girl of his dreams--and follows the boilerplate dictates of a standard rom-com with a subversive wink. In this case, boy meets boy, boys bond over their common love of Rush and Andre the Giant, boys break up and make up.

Watched the movie on 19 June night @ Cathay Cineleisure with Vanessa.

This is definitely, totally a male-chick movie. A man who has no male BFF, very in need to find one to be his best man. So gay and cheesy.

Somehow, I don't believe there is any man out there who needs to be hooked up to another man. Especially in Singapore, men serve military service, and the bonding existed and held them together where even their spouses couldn't understand the relationship unless they underwent the same stage. During the time of growing up, there bound to be a stage whereby true friends found each other.

Therefore, the word friendless is rather harsh. Maybe, a real confiding friend isn't easy to come by. But in like this movie, when Peter finally got to know Sydney, they practically bring each other into their life. Sydney recommended him good food while Peter shared his hobby. It is still their daily activities that bond the friends.

ah-deng says: 3 / 5 Real true friends are hard to come by in regardless of gender. Mine are definitely worth having.