Wanderlust

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  • Opened February 24, 2012 
  • 1 hr 38 min
  • R | Sexual content, graphic nudity, language and drug use
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says not for kids. More on child suitability

  • Linda (Jennifer Aniston) and George (Paul Rudd), a married couple who finds they are unable to afford their Manhattan home after George loses his job. As a result they are forced to drive to Atlanta to move in with George’s brother. However, along the way, they find themselves in a commune instead of what they thought was a bed and breakfast. Linda and George decide to take the term “free love” literally during their wild stay at the commune. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux, Alan Alda, Malin Akerman
  • Director: David Wain
  • Genres: Comedy

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Wanderlust

by redda

Usually I don't like Jennifer Aniston movies because they all the same, but this one was really funny. Liked the rest of the cast too!! Paul Rudd was hallarious....

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by oldcarmike

Actually it was a fun movie but I think so much more could have been done with it. It was rather slow paced and Paul Rudd's performance kind of dragged the movie down, he just didn't seem to have the...

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Funniest movie in a long while

by kgosler

this movie was one of the funniest that I have seen in a long while - just when you think they can't top something, they do and it is halarious. Great movie - Paul and Jenn were terrific as well as...

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Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

I don't know what tools of the trade Paul Rudd and director David Wain share to dream up the kind of inspired nutso stuff Rudd has done in smart-funny-raunchy winners like "Wet Hot American Summer" and "Role Models." But whatever it is, the two are in a groove - and backed up by some blissed-out creative co-conspirators. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick LaSalle

So this is a good comedy, as bad as it can be and still be good, but good. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Carrie Rickey

David Wain's riotous, raunchy, and more than a little raggedy showcase for Rudd's improv genius and Aniston's airy groundedness. He is gut-busting funny, she gently ticklish - ideal comic rapport. Read full review

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Stars Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston find themselves at home here, playing against a stock-raising performance by Justin Theroux as the charismatic libertine who prompts their adventure. Read full review

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Paul Rudd as George and Jennifer Aniston as Linda in "Wanderlust.''