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5.8At 35, Tripp has an interesting job, a hip car, a passion for sailing, an active dating life, and a great house - trouble is, he still lives with his parents, Al and Sue, who are not happy about it. Al and Sue are fascinated when friends whose adult son has recently moved away from home reveal they hired an expert to help. In desperation to push Tripp out of the nest once and for all, Al and Sue hatch a plan to hire Paula, an "interventionist," who has a formula in these cases.
Cast
- Matthew McConaughey as Tripp
- Sarah Jessica Parker as Paula
- Zooey Deschanel as Kit
- Justin Bartha as Ace
- Bradley Cooper as Demo
- Terry Bradshaw as Al
Themes
- sailboat
- sports car
- parent child relationship
- extreme sports
- sailing
- romcom
- young boy
- dating
- intervention
- lying
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Ratings
IMDb
5.7/10
92,001 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
23%
Metacritic
47/100
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 5 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Tom Dey
- Written by
- Tom J. Astle, Matt Ember
- Produced by
- Scott Rudin , Scott Aversano
- Starring
- Matthew McConaughey , Sarah Jessica Parker , Zooey Deschanel , Justin Bartha , Bradley Cooper , Terry Bradshaw , Kathy Bates
- Cinematography
- Claudio Miranda
- Edited by
- Steven Rosenblum
- Music by
- Rolfe Kent
- Production company
- Scott Rudin Productions
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release date
- March 10, 2006 ( 2006-03-10 )
- Running time
- 96 minutes
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $50 million
- Box office
- $130.2 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 97
- FilmAffinity ID
- 794703
- Official website
- www.paramount.com/movies/failure-launch
Show 4 more facts
- publication date
- 2006-03-16
- title
- Failure to Launch
- review score
- 47/100
- capital cost
- 50000000
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Failure to Launch is a 2006 American romantic comedy film directed by Tom Dey, and starring Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker alongside Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper, Terry Bradshaw, and Kathy Bates. The film focuses on a 35-year-old man living with his parents who shows no interest in leaving the comfortable life that they, especially his mother, have made for him. Released by Paramount Pictures on March 10, 2006, it was met with generally negative critical reviews but was a commercial success, grossing $130.2 million against a $50 million budget.
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