| You, Me and Dupree |  | Directors: Anthony Russo (ii), Joe Russo (ii)
Actors: Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon, Michael Douglas, Seth Rogen
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  86 reviews
Sales Rank: 25822
Format: Ntsc
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
ASIN: B00005JP0L
Theatrical Release Date: July 14, 2006
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 Who in their right minds....? April 11, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Who in his or her right minds would allow behavior like their guest Owen Wilson's and permit him to remain with them for even a night? Has our concept of friendship dipped so low that we feel obligated to allow a "friend" to treat us so abysmally? OK, for purposes of the movie we suspend our everyday notions of ethics and morals so that we can have a comedy. Unfortunately, it is not believable in any respect, even as comedy. It is not funny, and I like funny! Even worse, it is not clever. It wastes Kate Hudson and Matt Dillon's abilities and demands much more than Owen Wlson is able to deliver! Deserves a zero rating or even less. Can we do that on our Amazon.com ratings? I haven't tried to see if Amazon's software will accept a no-star rating. I must try that when I encounter another turkey like this one.
"We heard there were some bad boys in here" November 14, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an average romantic comedy, with some straightforward humor and a simple and predictable story. If you are looking for some mindless entertainment, then it is an option worth considering, but if you are looking for something more, you will have to look elsewhere. The story has to do with two newly-weds, Carl and Molly, who allow the best man at the wedding, Dupree, to live with them for a while after he loses his job. Dupree is the typical irresponsible guy that gets in all kinds of ridiculous situations and soon overstays his welcome.
Some of the situations are funnier than others, and the viewer gets the typical Owen Wilson style of humor. However, the actor is not at the level of some of his other films, like Wedding Crashers, but it is not bad either. The rest of the cast does a decent job, from Kate Hudson, the lovely and caring wife, to Michael Douglas, the despicable father-in-law and Carl's boss.
Those people that do not enjoy Wilson's work should definitely stay away from this one. For the rest, if you decide to go ahead and watch it, do not expect all that much.
Much better than most reviews would indicate July 5, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon and Owen Wilson are all in fine form here. Hudson was adorable, Dillon was mucho serious, and Wilson was the wild child. There were more laughs than I thought and the story moved at a brisk pace. Worth a rental, but I don't care to see it again.
 Third-Rate Owen Wilson Reboot of Noel Coward's DESIGN FOR LIVING July 1, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
In this one Kate Hudson and Matt Dillon marry within the first ten minutes or so, and then they find out what happens when they let their best man (Owen Wilson) move in with them. Yes, it is sort of a new age version of Noel Coward's DESIGN FOR LIVING, but alas Kate Hudson, so wonderful in every other way, is no Lynn Fontanne, and she can't seem to achieve whatever it is the two directors asked her to do, mainly, to convey her shifting moods as sometimes she seems to prefer Wilson to Dillon, at other times it's like she's never heard of such an outrageous thing. Nevertheless occasional stabs at a menage a trois break through the suburban surface of the plot, notably when Wilson rushes through the newlyweds' bedroom, breaking up an embrace which leaves Matt Dillon's boxer shorts noticeably tented (through the use of some newfangled movie prop I'm sure, like a thick rubber shuttlecock), or the scene in which Kate stumbles over Owen "going to town on himself," while the latter watches a hot number from Matt's Asian porn collection, which had been stored in a big cardboard box marked, "Carl's Camping Equipment," camping indeed. In other words the three of them are tied together in erotic ways as well as comic. I did enjoy the post-colonial notion that Dillon's character, formerly hooked on Asian porn, has shucked his Orientalism and regrouped his stray libidinal impulses and swears he's totally into the sleek blonde American girl casualness of Kate Hudson (or Owen Wilson if it comes to that).
Okay, why did Kate leave Chris Robinson for the Owen Wilson we come to know in this third-rate Owen Wilson vehicle? I used to think he was appealing or whatever, but they've given him the Giuletta Masina treatment and he looks here as if someone pulled him out of the Canarsie sewer system.
We watched this show back to back with Rene Clair's I MARRIED A WITCH (1942) and of course noticed right away the one thing they have in common: a dad who will do anything, and I mean anything, to make sure his daughter never leaves him. In Hollywood some tropes never die, they just come back whenever Michael Douglas wants them to.
Movie misses its mark but still enjoyable June 29, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
You, Me and Dupree is a romantic comedy released in the summer of 2006 starring Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson and Matt Dillon. In marketing campaigns, the movie tried to capitalize on the popularity of Wilson from the hit movie the Wedding Crashers. Watching it at home on DVD, I laughed out loud maybe once. While this movie isn't the blockbuster it hoped to be, it is amusing and worth a look.
Carl and Dupree are best friends. When Carl marries Molly, Dupree is fired from his job for taking a week off for the wedding. Now homeless, Carl agrees to let Dupree live with them for awhile. Hilarious hijinks ensue as Dupree manages to perform every irresponsible, jeuvinile act possible. Meanwhile, Carl (a solid performance by Matt Dillion) is being screwed around by his boss (an aging Michael Douglas), who happens to be Molly's father. While the callous disrespect from Dupree grates on the married couple, the couple also grows apart because Carl is spending so much time at work.
The plot brings several minor conflicts into play. Will Carl survive his job, will Molly forgive Carl? Will either forgive Dupree? Will Dupree ever become a responsible adult?
While not hilarious, the movie has some good points. The cast is strong. Kate Hudson is beautiful. Matt Dillon is sophisticated and great at showing his character slowly lose it. Wilson is nothing new in this film. Seth Rogan from Knocked Up is funny as a supporting character who is controlled by his wife.
This is a movie that had all the puzzle pieces for a great summer comedy. Somehow the puzzle didn't quite fit, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the movie.
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