Failure To Launch (2006)


Patton Oswalt           Techie Guy
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
Stephen Tobolowsky      Bud
Kate McGregor-Stewart   Bey

Directed by:            Tom Dey
Produced by:            Ron Bozman, Scott Rudin, Scott Aversano


A thirtysomething man who still lives with his parents falls in love with the woman of his dreams and 
begins to suspect she has been hired by his parents as a way to get him out of the house.

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At 35, Tripp has an interesting job, a hip car, a passion for sailing, and a great house - trouble is, 
he lives with his parents. They want him out, so they hire Paula, an "interventionist," who has a formula 
in these cases: chance encounter, get him to ask her out, involve him in a trauma, meet his friends and 
get their nod, delay sex, have him teach her something, then launch him. It's worked up to now, but this 
gets complicated when Tripp thinks she's getting too serious and one of his pals is attracted to Paula's 
deadpan, semi-alcoholic roommate, who's plagued by a mockingbird. Too many secrets may scrub the launch, 
and what if Paula really likes him? Who can intervene then?

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Tripp is a thirty-five years old bachelor man that still lives with his parents, Al and Sue. Al and Sue 
hire the manipulative interventionist Paula to play Tripp's girlfriend and seduce him, convincing Tripp 
to move out of their home. Paula and Tripp fall in love for each other, but Tripp's best friends Ace and 
Demo accidentally find the truth about Paula and Demo discloses to Tripp, spoiling the plan and their 
relationship. When Tripp and Paula miss each other, their friends plot a scheme trying to arrange an 
encounter to fix the situation.