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Mar 10, 2006 · Failure to Launch: Directed by Tom Dey. With Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha. A thirty-something is still living with his parents until they hire an interventionist to help him graduate out of the house.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Tom Dey
- 2006-03-10
Failure to Launch is a romantic comedy starring Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker as a man and a woman who help him move out of his parents' home. The film was released in 2006 and grossed over $128 million, but received mostly negative reviews from critics.
Failure to launch is a term for young adults who are dependent on their parents and have difficulty transitioning to adulthood. Learn about the psychological, economic and social factors that contribute to this phenomenon, and how it varies across countries and cultures.
May 10, 2012 · Matthew McConaughey is Tripp, a 35 year-old who still lives with his parents. And who can blame him? It's free, he's got a great room, and mom (Kathy Bates) does the laundry. Desperate to get him...
- 3 min
- 754K
- Paramount Movies
Mar 9, 2006 · A comedy about a 35-year-old man who still lives with his parents and a woman who tries to make him move out. The reviewer finds the film stupid, cruel, fragmented and unfunny, and compares it to being bitten by a donkey.
Aug 9, 2024 · Failure to Launch is a romantic comedy directed by Tom Dey, featuring Matthew McConaughey as Tripp, a 35-year-old man living with his parents. Concerned with their son's lack of independence, his parents hire Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker), a professional interventionist, to coax him out of their home. The film explores themes of adulthood, independence, and the complications of modern ...