You Really, Really, Really, Really Need to See This Movie

I laughed all through the movie. Steve Carell’s bang-on portrayal of a

nerdy man-child, the strong supporting cast (especially Seth Rogen and

his often-ad-libbed performance as a grown-up version of his Freaks and Geeks

character), the endless tream of good jokes (even the ethnic humor got

done just right) and the best movie ending in a long time all made it

that rarest of things: a movie I’d gladly see again in the theatre

during its first run. It’s both a “boy’s night out” film with a heart

and a date movie

that won’t make you feel as if you’ve been chloroformed.

It really pushes the R-rating on the swearing, but it’s no worse than

the way a good number of otherwise upstanding individuals speak all the

fucking time.

If my endorsement is not sufficient, you could always listen to the

movie critics, who by and

large loved the film.