Home Movie Vault Disc Vault Coming Soon Join Our Mailing List Articles Partners About Us Contest Soundtrack Books eStore
YOU, ME AND DUPREE

 ABOUT THE MOVIE

Genre: Comedy/Romance
Starring: Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson, Matt Dillion, Seth Rogen, Michael Douglas
Director: Anthony & Joe Russo
Rating: NC-16 (Some Sexual Humour)
Year Made: 2006

 


SPECIAL FEATURES

- NIL

 


TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Languages: English, Thai, Japanese
Subtitles: English, Korean, Thai, Cantonese, Mandarin Traditional, Japanese, Indonesian (Bahasa)
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Running Time: 1 hr 49 mins
Region Code: 3
Distributor: HVN Berjaya

 

 


SYNOPSIS:
 

Meet the House Guest From Hell Randy Dupree, a wide-eye bachelor slacker who out-stays his welcome with newlywed friends Carl and Molly. As Dupree becomes a fixture in the Peterson's home, his outrageous antics in the bathroom and bedroom ensure that three becomes not just a crowd...but a full-blown, hilarious catastrophe!

MOVIE REVIEW :

Owen Wilson is Dupree, a freewheeling kind of guy that maintains an innocent view of the world but in the eyes of ordinary folks like us, Dupree is just a plain lazy bum or worse still, a good for nothing.

And when he lost his job and everything, his newly wed best friend, Carl (Matt Dillion) took him in despite his wife, Molly’s (Kate Hudson) hesitation and thus causing unnecessary chaos and intrusion in the household.

Unfortunately, the whole idea of having Dupree causing menace is only funny in the first 30 minutes or so. At this juncture, to prolong it to a full-length entertaining feature requires a certain skill which obviously the directors and screenwriters of this movie sorely lacks. As the story proceeds, the plot starts to turn into serious melodrama with the sudden focus on Carl’s relationship with his overprotective father-in-law played by Michael Douglas. It’s only towards the end when things start to lighten up and revert back to the comedy mode. Perhaps it’s a little too late, as the movie has clocked in to over 100 minutes.

What really keeps things together is the magnificent chemistry between Wilson and Hudson, Hudson and Dillion, Dillion and Wilson and Michael Douglas.

“You, Me and Dupree” works best if it’s a condensed 30 minutes comedy sketch. The directors’ successful background in television might shed some light on it. Or is it time for me to find my Linus-ness? (Want to know what I meant? Watch this!)

SPECIAL FEATURES :

A barebone version not even a trailer. But linger on after the credits and you can see a certain famous cyclist in a cameo.


AUDIO/VISUAL:

The audio recording is clear enough to hear Hudson's shriek, Dillion's low-tone and Wilson's trademark drawl and the visual is virtually spotless. Hudson's in a see-through lingerie is the best gauge how good this disc is. No complaints here.

MOVIE RATING:

DVD RATING:

Review by Linus Tee

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE...

Alternative Opinion:

. The movie review by our columnist

Other titles from HVN Berjaya:

. M:I:3

. Over The Hedge

. The Break-Up

. Curious George

. American Dreamz

. Bring It On All Or Nothing

. Aeon Flux

. Inside Man

. Elizabethtown

. Spongebob Squarepants Movie


. Four Brothers


. War Of The Worlds

. Munich


. Two for the Money

. King Kong

. American Pie: Band Camp

. Surviving Christmas

. Perfect Man, The


. Madagascar

 

 


This review is made possible with the kind support from HVN Berjaya

 


DISCLAIMER: Images, Textual, Copyrights and trademarks for the film and related entertainment properties mentioned
herein are held by their respective owners and are solely for the promotional purposes of said properties.
All other logo and design Copyright©2004-2006, movieXclusive.com™
All Rights Reserved.