You, Me and Dupree (2006)

Directors:

Anthony Russo
Joe Russo

Writer (WGA):

Michael LeSieur (written by)

Release Date:

14 July 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Two's company. Dupree's a crowd.

Plot:

A best man (Wilson) stays on as a houseguest with the newlyweds, much to the couple's annoyance.

Plot Keywords:

Newlywed | Best Friend | Houseguest | Wedding | Love

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Owen Wilson	...	Dupree
Kate Hudson	...	Molly
Matt Dillon	...	Carl
Michael Douglas	...	Mr. Thompson
Seth Rogen	...	Neil
Amanda Detmer	...	Annie
Ralph Ting	...	Toshi
Todd Stashwick	...	Tony
Bill Hader	...	Mark
Lance Armstrong	...	Himself
Jason Winer	...	Eddie
Sidney S. Liufau	...	Paco (as Sidney Liufau)
Billy Gardell	...	Bartender Dave
Eli Vargas	...	Aaron
Houston Mack	...	Dougie (as Houston McCrillis)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, brief nudity, crude humor, language and a drug reference.

Runtime:

USA:108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

France:U | Australia:M | Ireland:12A | UK:12A | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42842) | Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-11 | Germany:o.Al. | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Brazil:12 | Malaysia:U | Argentina:13 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Romania:A.G. | Sweden:7 | Norway:11 | South Korea:15 | Denmark:A | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Malta:16 | Portugal:M/12 | New Zealand:M | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Champs Sports Pub & Grill - 4103 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

The cover for Dupree's book, "Seven Different Kinds of Smoke," exactly mimics the cover for Lance Armstrong's book, "It's Not About the Bike," which is mentioned a couple times in the movie. Dupree reads Lance's book, and at the end, Lance reads Dupree's book.

Goofs:

Continuity: Molly's hair as she talks to Carl near the end of the movie.

Quotes:

Toshi: But Mr. Dupree, I don't pplay baseball. I'm in the orchestra.
Randy Dupree: First, call me Dupree. Second, so what if you're in the orchestra? So was Catfish Hunter.

Movie Connections:

Features Buccaneer Woodpecker (1953)

Soundtrack:

He Can't Love You

Tedious and Unfunny

The premise of You, Me and Dupree is that Carl Peterson (Matt Dillon) marries his boss's daughter, Molly (Kate Hudson), and then his best man, Dupree (Owen Wilson) stays with them after losing his job and all his earthly possessions.

You, Me and Dupree is bad. First and foremost, it's tedious. It has no real direction. Things happen, and a few minutes later, it doesn't matter that they've happened. You sit there and watch 108 minutes of meaningless, witless anecdotes that involve the same people, but have no real bearing on their lives.

As far as the characters go, they really aren't characters, and they really don't go anywhere. We never learn how Carl and Molly met, or why they love one another other than that they have sex a lot. Carl says stuff like, "Molly is the best thing that's ever happened to me," but we see no proof of it. Dupree is a little eccentric, but it's all been done before. I don't know anyone in real life who is as boring as the rest of the characters with the exception of Carl's father-in-law, Mr. Thompson (Michael Douglas). But neither Dupree nor Thompson perform with enough absurdity to make the movie work.

The movie is too long and unfunny to be a comedy. And it's not that I'm opposed to body humor, it's that the movie doesn't even try to be funny for huge segments. I laughed with the rest of them when Dupree broke up Carl and Molly's intimacy because of his emergency with the "crapper." The movie needs more of that, instead of trying to sustain drama and characters that aren't there.

Once, I felt that the movie was actually taunting me. Owen Wilson watches a clip from Roman Holiday, a film starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. As he and I saw that clip, I thought to myself, "Why am I not watching that?!" Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. Owen Wilson and Kate Hudson. Hrm..... Which should I pick?