Movie #595 "Wanderlust" --- let me start this critique by saying again how tough it is to make a good comedy. This is definitely an adult comedy, and it works in many ways. There are some very funny moments, mostly from the capabilities of the cast to be silly, odd, awkward and throwbacks to the 60s flower children. All of which I enjoyed. Some of it is crude, and there is a bunch of nudity here. That was all okay with me, too, but I felt the one drawback was the up and down of the story. Like most comedy routines, there are hits and misses. So there are gaps here, noticeable time where laughs aren't to be found or jokes fall to the floor with a thud -------otherwise, I would recommend it. It's bawdy and naughty, but hey, it's tough to find a good comedy, so you might want to try it out, esp. if you are a Paul Rudd fan. (this means that we sit through minutes of Paul Rudd just asking silly sometimes, going way past the stupid line, but we just laugh or applaud him anyway because he's got that boyish charm that takes you with him) Oh, I might add, it was very obvious to me why Jennifer Anniston was on board with this film --------it's out there (which she tends to like, and I do, too), she works well with Paul Rudd (I highly recommend Object of My Affection, an earlier movie with the two of them which shows their chemistry), and her real bf is hysterical in this one --- and what talent! He's a writer, too, besides playing a shaman in this film, and is that him really playing classical guitar? Made me wonder just how talented this guy is!
I rated it 3.5 stars out of 5.
Wanderlust
(2012) R
Economic hard times force a New York couple to pull up stakes and head for Atlanta, where their boorish relatives are ready to take them in. On their way south, they spend a night at a hippie-style inn and wind up considering a whole new lifestyle.
Genre:Comedies
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