You, Me and Dupree (2006)

Undescribable Perfection

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

I'd heard some bad things about this but thought I'd check it out anyway cos sometimes hype is wrong.First off it's well made, looks great, got some good people in it - Douglas, Wilson, Dillon, Hudson, Rogan, Hader. So it's not all bad - I think 1 star is a bit harsh.I know it's "just a comedy" but even so ... I found myself feeling increasingly sorry for Dillon's character. In a staggering act of altruism he takes in his down-and-out friend right after he's just got married. He's not doing it for his benefit - it just complicates his new domestic situation and doesn't benefit him in the slightest. Does the wife support him in his charitable act? Hell no, she gets all judgy and stern about it.His, presumably mentally ill, friend makes zero effort to keep a low profile or make it work but instead seems to go to great lengths to aggravate them both by pulling a succession of inconsiderate stunts. OK so you'd expect the wife to start having a problem somewhere along the line here and of course she kicks into higher gear rage and sternness - by the end of the film her husband is absolutely terrified of her. Hard to imagine how he could feel the same way about her after that.Meanwhile, his father-in-law/boss starts to exploit the fact he's married to his daughter to manipulate and bully him in and out of work. This was all a tad hard to believe. The husband keeps it together remarkably well throughout all this but they just keep upping the ante, including his friends suddenly deciding to throw a party at his house when he's not at home and Dupree masturbating using his sock in their living room, while spending a conspicuous amount of time getting drunk with his wife.By the end of this I just wanted to punch Dupree in the face, bury the father-in-law under his stupid housing development, beam Hudson back in time to an era when a guy wouldn't even ask before inviting his friend to stay, and take Dillon out for a hard-earned beer.OK OK OK so I know I've gone and taken a comedy story out of context. I know that. I do. I'm not a total idiot. Regardless of that though, this was a very predictable weak comedy by any standards. The only bit that really raised a smile for me was the slapstick chase at the end. After the setup it was blindingly obvious Dupree was going to be a nightmare and the wife was going to get angry all the time. I guess the father-in-law thing could've been interesting, but it wasn't. Just not funny writing I'm afraid. Low hanging fruit, already been done to death better.As usual in Hollywood movies, marriage is portrayed as men in indentured servitude to stern wives who they're afraid of and have to ask permission off for everything. What kind of a message is that? Fruthermore, there's just something altogether too perfect about the pretty people with their pretty house and boats. Unless the quality of the comedy is good, to me it just rubs my nose in an imaginary world I know is a lie and that I can never be a part of. The saccharin overdose only works if the script is well written. Otherwise it's just annoying.As for all the Lance Armstrong references - well, that's just bad luck! So I think my three stars are rather generous but they're for the production values and some of the acting. The writer and Dupree's stupid face get a minus 10.

Before I actually watched this movie, I felt that it was going to be an okay movie but not one of those awesome ones. The feeling remained with me for the first 10 minutes of the movie. But once Dupree, played by Owen Wilson, moved into Carl and Molly's house, the movie grabbed my attention for the entire time the movie lasted. I found the movie incredibly funny, especially the scenes where Dupree flooded the toilet in Carl's and Molly's house. The plot was fantastic and made for a great comedy, but also meaningful at the same time. Carl was always trying to catch up with his work, and it was taking too much away from him that he had less and less time to enjoy his life. Dupree, on the other hand, who was jobless, had lots of fun and tried to teach Carl to balance between the fun of life and his work. All the actors in this movie played their role amazingly, and I think that Matt Dillon, Kate Hudson, and especially Owen Wilson were all very well suited for their roles in this movie. As usual, Owen Wilson was very funny and also pretty cute as Dupree. Overall, a 9/10; wonderful movie!!!

This is hard to finish; which is something doesn't fit a comedy for a start ! Originally it's the newly married suburban couple mixed with a bugging angel. On one hand; he's wacky (ironies between him and the married couple), and on the other; he's spontaneous (facts he uncovers to complete the married couple). Theoretically it works, however this movie wasn't smart at dealing with its own winning formula. Instead it falls over itself, producing insufferable time ! The comic sketches are totally uncreative, boring, unfunny and really really disgusting. I asked myself what's the need for "flashing naked butts, painting naked girl with butter, explosion of feces, ..." ?!! Apparently the movie finds no way but being easy and cheap to be comic. Plus it's how to sell untalented comedies these days. So when (Wilson) resorts to masturbating, just to express how sad he is, I got turned off utterly. This is filth for filth. His character says "I hit the rock bottom by that". Well, at that point you can say the same about the movie !As for the rest of it, review for instance the third act : Dupree gives his friend/the husband a speech to make him bolder, the husband gives another speech to the father-in-law (as the movie's so-called big finish !), and the husband wins his love back by a third speech yet romantic. It isn't about being formulaic to scary extent, it is about the formula not being filled with anything witty or rather anything. The finale looks so forced where Dupree, the movie's loser, tunes suddenly and unbelievably into a motivational speaker (while – vaguely – the frightening huge guard turns into his assistant ??!!). I deemed it whether a violent mocking at the motivational speakers or just something, anything, to end the movie with (I know that watching it turned me into a "loser" !). I'm board with (Owen Wilson). This guy can't make a character, so all of his characters ARE THE SAME. And guess what? It's not a droll one. He's incapable of making laughs, though he stars nothing but comedies ?? This time he achieves a new level of silliness. Just remember his screaming at the classic movie, or his suspicious looks to all the schools' employees; THIS IS EXTREMELY BAD. I couldn't enjoy, believe, or stand him delivering awful performance and having the same provoking image, tone, ..etc. And with the free masturbation scene, I was board and sick. (Wilson).. you must change to last. Dye your hair, alter your forever way of whispering, what the heck; dress like a woman, I mean do anything else your unchangeable self. But that dude doesn't learn at all. Watch him 2 years later remaking Dupree as Drillbit Taylor !(Matt Dillon) does it without much vitality. Casting him was weird since he's no comedian, and his seriousness wasn't used well either. (Seth Rogen) did a tepid character tepidly, and when his character searches for porn movies in the dump then it's detestable. (Michael Douglas) had no comedy to perform, so they gave him some lines about willful sterilization to say, perfecting with the body's lower-half type of comedy in here. The thing is dramatically the movie gives no reasons to the strange matter why this father-in-law needs no grandchildren. So how about the same character – simultaneously – talks and talks about how he fears that his own surname, which he put in his son-in-law's surname, may disappear ?? See how stupid this movie is !I won't talk a lot about the direction since I don't like to beat a dead horse. But come to think of it; the angles are all one; movies have to show what's more than sitcoms. The atmosphere has no distinguished point. The soundtrack can't be more lifeless. So, with no new events; it loses being both surprising and attractive. Therefore I wanted it to end since its half, in fact it ended for me there !It insists on using the poor ways to do everything. And the outcome is a repeated form filled with ridiculousness and some loathsomeness as a renewal. In other words : (Owen Wilson) produced a movie to iterate himself yet masturbate too. It gives the feeling of someone sitting beside you, alleging painfully to be laughable, while talking dully and farting endlessly ! (You, Me, and Dupree) is garbage. Even (Kate Hudson) didn't look any beautiful in it !

This is the worst, shallowest, unfunny film I have endured for years. The concepts are poor, characters very shallow and plot is entirely ridiculous. Shouldn't the Dupree character be at least likable? I would have cheerfully strangled him on at least 10 occasions. Additionally, the idea of putting him in front of a classroom of impressionable kids is ludicrous - bordering on insane. Who in their right mind would want kids to hear the "mothership" clap-trap from Dupree? The staged elements - where he is a rude and imposing house-guest, were shown on the trailers to the film and were meant to shock. The fact that there was little else of any substance in the actual film is typical of this genre. The fire scene is also much more annoying than credible. Then when it clears up so easily is preposterous. The "lovable rogue" who hasn't grown up and still has fun skateboarding with the local kids, should never have been accepted by the producers as credible. I could go on but it does not deserve further consideration. Please respect yourself and the rest of your life and do not waste a second of it on watching this film!!!!