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  • Failure to Launch
  • Opened March 10, 2006 | Runtime:1 hr. 36 min.
  • PG-13
    sexual content, partial nudity and language
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 14+. Read More
  • Tripp (Matthew McConaughey) has never been able to leave the nest. He's always had some reason or other, but now, his desperate parents have had enough. They hire the gorgeous and talented girl of his dreams (Sarah Jessica Parker) to get him to move Read More
  • Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha
  • Director: Tom Dey
  • Genres: Comedy, Romance

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So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

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  • 80
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    The movie is one of the best American films in months and months and the best...

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    "The Family Stone" did nothing for Parker, but Failure to Launch makes a strong...

  • 60
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    The movie has only the most tenuous connection with reality. But the same could...

  • 60
    Variety | Brian Lowry

    An especially slight romantic comedy whose modest charms are derived largely...

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