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Failure to Launch
Directed by
Tom Dey
PG-13
2006
1h 37m
Comedy
,
Romance
5.7
23%
52%
5.8
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A thirty-something is still living with his parents until they hire an interventionist to help him graduate out of the house. That's when the fun begins.
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Cast of Failure to Launch
Matthew McConaughey
Tripp
Sarah Jessica Parker
Paula
Zooey Deschanel
Kit
Justin Bartha
Ace
Bradley Cooper
Demo
Terry Bradshaw
Al
Kathy Bates
Sue
Tyrel Jackson Williams
Jeffrey
Katheryn Winnick
Melissa
Rob Corddry
Gun Salesman
Patton Oswalt
Techie Guy
Stephen Tobolowsky
Bud
Kate McGregor-Stewart
Bev
Adam Alexi-Malle
Mr. Axelrod
Gretchen Cleevely
Veterinarian
Peter Jacobson
Boatyard Couple
Jessica Stone
Boatyard Couple
Stewart Skelton
BBQ Guest
Sarah Lilly
BBQ Guest
E.L. James
BBQ Guest
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Failure to Launch Ratings & Reviews
mickerdoo
August 15, 2025
Cute little template romcom. Unnecessary amount of weird animals... Bertha is fun.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
The movie's notion of humor is exemplified by Bradshaw's extended nude scene.
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
As listless and phony as Failure to Launch may be, it does have one secret weapon in Zooey Deschanel.
Austin Chronicle
Marrit Ingman
There's no spark in the romance because people in romantic comedies are simply not allowed to be people anymore: they're hair and outfits inside a premise.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
It's completely unbelievable.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
This is a showcase for her [Parker's] sensitive intelligence, her watchfulness, and her way of thinking and reacting. The Family Stone did nothing for Parker, but Failure to Launch makes a strong case for life after Sex and the City.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Failure to Launch is yet another disposable romantic comedy made with little thought or skill.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Apart from its name (easily the front-runner for worst of the year), Failure to Launch represents a failure in every way: of ideas, of inspiration, of casting.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
This is a guy comedy being mismarketed as a chick flick, complete with a poster that looks like a page from Lucky magazine.
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
The plot synopsis sounds less like sitcom than sick-com: A womanizer has the tables turned on him when he falls in love with, essentially, a prostitute whose services are being paid for by parents who don't have the decency to ask him to leave.
Houston Chronicle
Amy Biancolli
The comical part -- the part with the assaulting fauna -- is eccentric, knockabout fun, spattered with outlandish setups and amicably offbeat supporting players who reach out and steal the show.
Detroit News
Tom Long
If you're in search of a film with any real emotion or believable story, forget it. If you're OK with a flick that has some funny bits and a kooky couple playing second banana -- hey, launch on.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
Parker does occasionally make us forget that Failure to Launch is so bereft of comic ideas that it ultimately stoops to giving Terry Bradshaw a nude scene to milk a laugh.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
Like The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Wedding Crashers, Failure to Launch reminds us that Hollywood is set on making romantic-comedy counterparts to the chick flick.
Dallas Morning News
Philip Wuntch
Under Tom Dey's direction, a perverse form of symmetry is at work here, and the stereotypes seem like old acquaintances you can enjoy for a couple of hours.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Cursed with an honest title, Failure to Launch waves a white flag in scene after scene, declaring surrender.
Associated Press
Christy Lemire
There are elements of Failure to Launch that elevate it, albeit sporadically, above the typical romantic comedy that it is.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
The movie is surprisingly nimble and emotionally honest.
Arizona Republic
Kathy Cano-Murillo
The film goes a layer deeper than most formulaic chick flicks. It dabbles in the sociological aspects of why many present-day adults refuse to leave the nest, as well as the effect on aging parents.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
If anything, the whole thing reeks of nothing more than a second rate pilot for a bad sitcom.
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