
Peter Klaven's world revolves around his real estate work and Zooey, his soon-to-be fiancée. After he pops the question, she calls her best friends and they go into wedding planning mode. Peter has no male friends and that poses problems: will he turn out to be a clingy guy, and who will be his best man? Zooey, her friends, and Peter's brother Robbie offer help that results in awkward moments. Then, at an open house Peter's hosting, he meets Sydney, an amiable, low-key guy. ... (Full plot summary below)
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Peter Klaven's world revolves around his real estate work and Zooey, his soon-to-be fiancée. After he pops the question, she calls her best friends and they go into wedding planning mode. Peter has no male friends and that poses problems: will he turn out to be a clingy guy, and who will be his best man? Zooey, her friends, and Peter's brother Robbie offer help that results in awkward moments. Then, at an open house Peter's hosting, he meets Sydney, an amiable, low-key guy. They trade business cards, and Peter calls him to meet for drinks. A friendship develops that's great at first but then threatens Peter's engagement and career. Can guys be friends and couples be in love?
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| San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubIt's a hilarious comedy made even more successful because so much of the satire seems fresh. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanBy far the best Judd Apatow comedy that Judd Apatow had nothing at all to do with. |
| Gazette (MD)Jeffrey Lylespoised to be the comedy film to beat this year with its unique spin on the importance of best friends. |
| Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)Greg MakiRudd and Segel form an ideal comedy duo, one I hope to see on screen again very soon. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames Kendrickfinds room to celebrate the inner caveman without discarding all of the refinements |
| Movies.comDave WhiteIt's a solid entry in the we're-guys-who-are-kinda-sorta-maybe-growing-up-but-maybe-not genre, but when tedium threatens to take over the cast steps in and keeps it consistently funny from start to finish. |
| eFilmCritic.comErik ChildressI Love You, Man doesn't need the 'talk' to speak to the guys in the audience, because just about everything that needs to be said is right there on the screen and is usually accompanied by a huge laugh. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittIt may not be the freshest comedy, but it has the year's biggest laughs. |
| Shared DarknessBrent SimonThe premise is modern, and brilliant; it could easily be used to delve substantively into the new, post-feminist (evolving? constricting? wounded?) male psyche. But the film eschews anything too complicated or dark, so laughs are counterbalanced with shru |
| MTVKurt LoderIt's nevertheless rousingly funny at times, and overarchingly sweet, in the Apatow manner. |