You, Me and Dupree

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I looked at my watch during this movie, as i was bored and realized i was at a comedy and one hour had passed and not even a chuckle had come out of me. The situation seemed like there could have been so much to be done with it. Later in the movie i was able to laugh, it was cute when he came out of the house. While on a date. Michael Douglas an extremely fine actor and i assume a wealthy man, why was he doing something like this? I suppose they don't know how bad it could be until it gets completed. He did not even seem believable as Kate Hudson's father. i advise you to wait until you can see it at a cheap theater. burnor-1

I realize the story line does not seem new. The idea has been used before. I only automatically went to see it because Owen Wilson is my favorite actor. I always go out to see his movies without even bothering to check the critic's reviews. If it weren't for Owen I would be skeptical about seeing this, I hate having my time and money wasted watching a movie I've basically seen before. This is why I feel compelled to write, I don't want you to miss out on a guaranteed funny movie that will make you laugh. The difference is in the delivery. Owen Wilson and the other VERY talented cast members make the movie a real laugh riot. When you get out and see it you will agree, each actress/actor is perfect for their part. They all play off each other with great wit. If you want an entertaining, funny movie go see You, Me and Dupree. You will not be disappointed.

If you were to buy a new car, for which you would be investing several thousand dollars, it is likely that you would hope that both the manufacturers and dealers had not just sold you a lemon. For your investment, you expect some kind of measure of quality. So, why is it that when charged nearly ten dollars at a theater or more than five dollars at a video rental store to see a movie, Hollywood in particular in addition to a lot of independent films these days, does not deliver the same measures of quality in their own products? I have seen plenty of awful movies in the past two months of recent mainstream releases alone, but this is quite possibly the first that I would have walked out on, had I not paid so much money in the first place to see the movie. It was even more boring and bland than this year's remake of "The Omen." "You, Me and Dupree" is a collage of basically most movies you have probably already seen. The story centers on the Peterson newlyweds, Carl and Molly (Matt Dillon and Kate Hudson) who's seemingly perfect introduction to the married life is turned upside down when Carl invites his down-on-his-luck, but happy-go-lucky friend, Randy Dupree (Owen Wilson in all standard form) to stay with them until he lands on his feet. Needless to say, aging Dupree is like a guy stuck in college bachelor mode while his best friend, Carl, has moved on. Imagine the potential for trouble. Add to the mix another problematic variable: that Molly's father, the President of the development company which Carl works for, is trying very slowly to break the couple up. Things first go on the fritz for Dupree who then resolves for self-improvement. Then, of course, Carl, because of Molly's father, doesn't seem like such an outstanding husband. And, while Dupree seems like the model citizen now, Carl becomes jealous. And their friendship is thrown into question and blah, blah, blah...add in the standard board room finale and face-off with the father/executive. Given that there are at least twenty movies just like this one that have been made in the past five years alone, you're probably better off watching any number of those rather than wasting your time with this mess.

Marriages can be hypocritical, and the blame always falls on the opposite party. Thus, when a marriage is portrayed in a movie, the protagonist is sometimes hard to identify. This is the case in You, Me, and Dupree, which presents all of its characters at once but gives us no one to root for. Surely they have their positive qualities, but unfortunately they are blindsided by the negative ones. If one specific character cannot be our favorite, then we must equally support all of them: "You," Kate Hudson's Molly, is betrothed to "Me," Matt Dillon's Carl, who works for his father- in-law, Micheal Douglas' Mr. Thompson (okay, he can be "and"), and is best friends with Owen Wilson's "Dupree." Four principles, no protagonist. We want everyone to be happy, but they're just so hard to like. Their involvement with each other begins when Dupree moves in with the newly-wed couple of Carl and Molly, who seem reluctant but generous enough to give him shelter for a few nights. Being an unmotivated leech, however, Dupree moves right in and begins making his presence more permanent than Kate and Molly are comfortable with. This sets the scene for some funny moments involving Dupree's befriending of all the neighborhood children, who probably share his intellectual level, but most of the Dupree-jokes involve feces, nudity, or sex, alone or otherwise. Toilet humor or not, it serves to buttress the point that Dupree just is not a likable person. Lucky, then, that he's not the main focus of the story. That honor goes to Carl, who is simultaneously dealt two difficult situations: Dupree fowling his nest and Mr. Thompson trying to overlord his marriage to Molly, even suggesting that Carl voluntarily sterilize himself. We get the feeling that Mr. Thompson would take pleasure in doing the deed himself. As I stated before, there is no clear protagonist. Molly waffles between inviting in and kicking out Dupree, Carl has outbursts resulting in physical pain (mostly his), Mr. Thompson is the father-in-law from hell we met in Meet the Parents, and Dupree will do anything to live off of someone else. They roar and they rampage until the end, but the concluding situation is calmed far to quickly and unrealistically, like a riot quelled in an instant. Many unnecessary jokes could have been replaced with plot development, but they still elicit some legitimate laughs, and that's why we came.

This movie is so bad I am writing this review as my wife finishes watching this piece of crap. The best part of this movie is Matt Dillon. However, this movie is another installment in the "Meet The Parents" genre of bad things happening to the main protagonist(s). This genre is getting very tired, and should be put to bed. Owen Wilson's Rainman meets Frank The Tank character has the same effect on viewers as the gentle shrieks of a cat under a steamroller. One plus is that Kate Hudson is easy on the eyes. All I can say is after The Wedding Crashers and this, I have one Christmas wish. Santa, please let Owen Wilson's 15 minutes be up soon. I have to go...I can still hear the movie in the background and it made me puke in my mouth a little.

First of all, let me start off by saying I am a big fan of Owen Wilson. That said, I am no longer a fan. This movie was so painful to watch my date fell asleep in it, i fell asleep in it, most of the theatre was restless and laughter was non existent. The storyline.. well, id bag it out, but there is none. It is the worst conceived piece of tripe i have ever watched. Michael Douglas was totally useless in this movie and Kate Hudson was just there for eye candy. Her lines were lame and didn't consist of anything more than "oh" "no" and "come on" ****Spoilers so please beware**** What was the deal with not seeing Mandie in this film or Anna? Seriously? This movie was great for starting conversation on the way home between my date and I as we quickly and easily dissected this piece of garbage someone called a film. This has indeed prompted me to get out the old camcorder and make my own film. It may suck, but at least I wont rip $15 out of your pocket to see it. Utter crap.

'You Me and Dupree', the new comedy starring the Texas charmer Owen Wilson, represents two of the breeziest hours in film this year. Quirky and funny 'You Me and Dupree' might be a film likely to catch you by surprise. It involves two newlyweds (Dillon and Hudson) and their oafish house guest Dupree (Wilson), who is turning their new world upside down. I can't tell you what makes 'Dupree' tick so well, but something does. As far as plotting nothing seemed to be "filler" to me. Everything seems to drive the plot forward. Though it might just be "going through the paces" the film makes those paces as quick and lively as possible. Performance wise, Wilson brings the right amount of charm needed for us to accept Dupree. Dillon and Hudson are solid in thankless roles. And Douglas creates a good supporting character of Hudson's father and Dillon's boss. I'd also like to point out the effortless comedic flow of 'The 40 Year Old Virgin' 's Seth Rogen also seen here. In closing, 'Dupree' represents some very breezy summer fun in the air conditioned comfort of a theater.

Did you see the Break-Up? A movie that is supposed to be funny but really it doesn't become funny at all? Well this movie is basically the same movie. Owen Wilson moves in with his best friend and wife right after they get married because he lost his job while taking time off for their wedding. A plot that could deliver some comedy does it not sound like one? The commercials made it look like it would be pretty funny. But it's not at all. The plot is jumpy around at times and predictable to a boring level. The flow of all the events are really weird and randomly placed through out the movie. Anything that happened in this movie could be placed in another part of the movie and the movie would still make sense. The acting was alright. In a comedy you don't really need to know how to act because people will laugh at the jokes and not the actor usually. Unless it's a really good actor and can just make the audience laugh by just them being on camera. The jokes are horrible. The movie didn't make me laugh except for maybe one time. They could have made the movie funny but they made it more into some stupid boring drama that people really wouldn't want to watch. I don't see why Owen Wilson would wanted to have casted in this piece of junk. Over all this movie was REALLY disappointing and I would recommend only seeing it if you liked the Break-Up, or if you like drama movies where people fight and get angry without any comedy.