I Love You, Man

Episode 136: I Love You, Man (2009)

Theme: Man Movies Month
Hosts: Oz & Curtis

This week, Oz and Curtis kick off Man Movies Month with I Love You, Man — the bromantic comedy that blends The Incredible Hulk × The 40-Year-Old Virgin × House Hunters × My Big Fat Geek Wedding into one delightful saga of straight cis men trying (painfully) to make new straight cis male friends. It’s awkward mandates, real estate chaos, bass solos, man caves, and Paul Rudd inventing an entire new language in real time.

The Movie Marriage: The Incredible Hulk × The 40-Year-Old Virgin × House Hunters × My Big Fat Geek Wedding

The hosts break down:

• Peter Klaven — America’s Sweetheart Paul Rudd as the world’s nicest man who realizes at engagement time that he has… no male friends.
• Sydney Fife — Jason Segel’s ultimate hang guy: confident, chaotic, dog-poop-ignoring, Rush-obsessed, and allergic to sleeves.
• Zoe & the Friend Problem — she wants him to have guy friends… until he actually gets one.
• The Mandate Montage — catfishing seniors, poker vomit, Doug’s surprise kiss, and the eternal struggle to talk like a normal human.
• Rush Night — the legendary evening that proves nothing strengthens or destroys a relationship faster than a third-wheel at a rock show.

Final Verdict:

Oz — 2112
Curtis — $8,000

Next week: Man Movies Month continues with Birdman (2014) — Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, jazz drums, hallway tracking shots, ego, art, madness, and a Broadway comeback drenched in anxiety. Buckle up for… whatever that movie actually is.