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You, Me and Dupree (2006)

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Reviews Counted:164

Fresh:35

Rotten:129

Average Rating:4.4/10

Consensus: A rather generic entry into the arrested development subgenre, with themes borrowed from other more successful and funnier films. Dupree wears out its welcome.

Rated: 12A [See Full Rating] for sexual content, brief nudity, crude humor, language and a drug reference

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:25-08-2006

Synopsis: Several of the hottest comic talents in the film world today headline the story of a loveable, well-meaning, but arrested adolescent who drives his best friends nuts in the new comedy You, Me and... Several of the hottest comic talents in the film world today headline the story of a loveable, well-meaning, but arrested adolescent who drives his best friends nuts in the new comedy You, Me and Dupree. OWEN WILSON, coming off of the biggest comic sensation of the past several years with Wedding Crashers, now brings his latest character—free-spirited bachelor and permanent houseguest Randolph Dupree—straight to the film's front door. KATE HUDSON (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Skeleton Key) stars as Molly Peterson, the understanding—yet put upon—schoolteacher bride of Dupree's oldest friend Carl (MATT DILLON, There's Something About Mary, Crash). Joining the trio, two-time Oscar® winner MICHAEL DOUGLAS (Wall Street, The War of the Roses) plays Molly's dad (and Carl's boss), the doting-yet-scheming real estate tycoon Mr. Thompson, while SETH ROGEN (The 40-Year-Old Virgin) plays Carl and Dupree's good buddy Neil. Face it. No matter who you are, you have met, dated, loaned money to, bailed out of a jam or played host to a Dupree. Who among us doesn't have that wayward, slacker friend who marches to the beat of his own drum? We all know a Dupree: the good-hearted confidante, that party animal who can drink us under the table while dispensing unique wisdom into our lives…and who loves nothing more than couch channel-surfing while the rest of the world trudges off to the daily grind. In You, Me and Dupree, Carl and Molly have found the one unfortunate hitch in their perfectly constructed newly wedded world: Dupree. A slacker with the soul of a poet, Dupree just can't seem to catch a break from "The Man." When he takes a week off to best-man Carl and Molly's marriage in Hawaii, Dupree gets the unceremonious heave-ho from his boss. Now jobless, car-less and evicted from the cot at his favorite watering hole, he just needs to crash with the Petersons for a couple of days; okay, maybe a month or so... At first, Carl is psyched to have the couch guest while Molly bears the brunt of Dupree's well-meaning antics. But, as Carl becomes buried in his grown-up job of land development and headaches, he finds it hard to juggle Dupree and his newlywed responsibilities. As time passes, his and Molly's houseguest uses his ample spare time to become a great companion to her, underscoring Carl's new workaholic tendencies. Even Molly's dad begins to fall for Dupree's carefree wisdom, frustrating Carl to no end. Soon, everyone (but Carl) begins to root for Dupree to stick around. But just as the impish buddy starts becoming a fixture in the Petersons' home, three becomes not just a crowd...but a full-blown comic catastrophe. As the couple realizes their ideas of a white-picket fence marriage are morphing, their loveable pal serves as a daily reminder that finding your inner Dupree might just be one of life's hidden secrets. For anyone who has ever longed to live by the seat of her pants or go where the wind blows him comes a comedy from Emmy Award-winning directors ANTHONY & JOE RUSSO (Arrested Development). The directing duo helm the wildly comic story from first-time screenwriter MICHAEL LE SIEUR of a suburban couple who are just trying to make their new marriage work when her and me unexpectedly become You, Me and Dupree. The inaugural feature from the new production company formed by longtime partners SCOTT STUBER and MARY PARENT, You, Me and Dupree is also produced by Wilson. Stuber comes to Dupree fresh from his recent production with Vince Vaughn of The Break-Up, the highest-opening romantic comedy of all-time. The film is executive produced by MICHAEL FOTTRELL (Sweet Home Alabama), AARON KAPLAN (Dead Asleep) and SEAN PERRONE (Dead Asleep). The creative team supporting the Russo brothers includes director of photography CHARLES MINSKY (Raising Helen), film editors PETER B. ELLIS (television's Carnivàle) and DEBRA NEIL-FISHER (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days). Production designer BARRY ROBISON (Wedding Crashers) returns to work with Wilson for the film. The music is by ROLFE KENT (Failure to Launch); music supervisor is RANDALL POSTER (The School of Rock). Costume designer for the film is Karen Patch (The School of Rock). -- © Universal Pictures [More]

Starring: Matt Dillon, Kate Hudson, Owen Wilson, Seth Rogen

Starring: Matt Dillon, Kate Hudson, Owen Wilson, Seth Rogen, Amanda Detmer, Michael Douglas

Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo

Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Screenwriter: Michael LeSieur
Producer: Mary Parent, Scott Stuber, Aaron Kaplan
Composer: Theodore Shapiro
Studio: Universal Pictures

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Every situation is completely contrived and almost wants to prove it to you.

Full Review Source: Beaumont Journal | comment Comment
07/14/06
Danny Minton
Danny Minton
Beaumont Journal

It stages its jokes externally, such as smashing bikes, spilling on skateboards, and catching on fire -- all the better if accompanied by a hot soundtrack hit.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
07/14/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Even the name of the movie sounds like an NBC sitcom from the mid 1990s.

Full Review Source: Capital Times (Madison, WI) | comment Comment
07/14/06
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

You, Me and Dupree mostly sputters.

Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
07/14/06
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News

When he's firing on all cylinders, Wilson plays the trickster catalyst, the knowing knave with charming lassitude. Now if only his accidental sage can find a fable worth his goofball wisdom.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
07/14/06
Lisa Kennedy
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post

You, Me and Dupree features three first-rate actors in need of a first-rate movie.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
07/14/06
Philip Wuntch
Philip Wuntch
Dallas Morning News

You, Me and Dupree, a houseguest-from-hell tale, is an amiable comedy, but patched together from the plots of so many other movies, recent and otherwise, as to create a distracting sense of deja vu throughout.

Full Review Source: Contra Costa Times | comment Comment
07/14/06
Mary F. Pols
Mary F. Pols
Contra Costa Times

You, Me and Dupree has the feel of a film that could have gone in any number of directions, and perhaps at one time went in all of them.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
07/14/06
Jim Emerson
Jim Emerson
Chicago Sun-Times
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Dupree's presence is annoying and disruptive, but not remotely convincing as a legitimate catalyst for exposing anything insightful, amusing or charming about modern relationships.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
07/14/06
Bridget Byrne
Bridget Byrne
Boxoffice Magazine

Wilson is the most intolerable of all. Watching him slack his way through this movie made me feel like Lou Dobbs. I didn't like Dupree. I wanted him deported.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
07/14/06
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe

Owen Wilson crashes a marriage.

Full Review Source: Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) | comment Comment
07/14/06
John Wirt
John Wirt
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

Dupree's actions seem to be those of an extreme closet case, complete with an Audrey Hepburn fixation and a don't-ask/don't-tell obsession for his best friend.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
07/14/06
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

A video-store leftover, suitable only for viewers who have nothing better to do.

Full Review Source: Flipside Movie Emporium | comment Comment
07/14/06
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

Even with Wilson's considerable charms trying to give [Dupree] depth, you wouldn't ... want to spend two hours with him in a darkened movie theater.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
07/14/06
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

You probably wouldn't want Dupree as a long-term houseguest but in small doses his 'ness' is kinda fun.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
07/14/06
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

A braver, more female-empowering movie would have Molly come to her senses and realize that Dupree, hygiene and career problems aside, is twice the catch that Carl is.

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
07/14/06
Brett Buckalew
Brett Buckalew
FilmStew.com

When your straight man gets more laughs than you, it's time to modify your act.

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
07/14/06
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

I haven't seen it in the movie ads yet, but Brian 'Kato' Kaelin (O.J. Simpson's infamous houseguest) is sure to proclaim You, Me and Dupree 'the best film of the year.'

Full Review Source: San Antonio Express-News | comment Comment
07/14/06
Larry Ratliff
Larry Ratliff
San Antonio Express-News

Owen Wilson delivers, of course — but he delivers what he always does: a blue-eyed, fluffy-haired amiability that's pretty much irresistible, and the picture is as light and insubstantial as an empty éclair.

Full Review Source: MTV | comment Comment
07/14/06
Kurt Loder
Kurt Loder
MTV

Tells a story I recognized with characters I liked, and that earns higher marks than simply parading Owen Wilson around for 108 minutes.

Full Review Source: Film Blather | comment Comment
07/14/06
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather
 
 
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