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- 2006
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
- 2006
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
Summary The wildly comic story of a suburban couple (Dillon, Hudson) who are just trying to make their new marriage work when her and me unexpectedly becomes You, Me and Dupree (Wilson). (Universal Pictures)
Directed By: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Written By: Michael LeSieur
- 2006
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
- 2006
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
You, Me and Dupree
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8.8
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Summary The wildly comic story of a suburban couple (Dillon, Hudson) who are just trying to make their new marriage work when her and me unexpectedly becomes You, Me and Dupree (Wilson). (Universal Pictures)
Directed By: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Written By: Michael LeSieur
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
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31% Positive
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48% Mixed
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21% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
46
31% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
48% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
21% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
You, Me And Dupree isn't terribly democratic about spreading the laughs around; whenever Wilson disappears from the screen, the comedy evaporates in kind.
Occasionally clicks into full-speed farce mode, but never for long - or for long enough.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 198 User Ratings
8.8
82% Positive
163 Ratings
163 Ratings
11% Mixed
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7% Negative
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13 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 198 User Ratings
8.8
82% Positive
163 Ratings
163 Ratings
11% Mixed
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
7% Negative
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
This is the best movie I have seen in a long time. I cannot believe how low the ratings are for this movies, it is astonishing. This movie presents Owen Wilson at his finest, it's got laughs, romance, drama, and action: all of the recipes for an amazing movie, but it takes it a step further. The chemistry between characters is wonderful and hilarious at the same time, and the movie is definitely relatable to anyone who has seen how a jealous father acts. It's funny and action packed from start to finish, and I feel that everyone should give it a watch.
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A middling third-wheel comedy elevated a couple of notches by the ineffably weird charms of Owen Wilson.
Working with a shapeless script, directors Anthony and Joe Russo (Welcome to Collinwood) can't figure out what they're making. They lunge in several directions, but fail to get around the central problem: most of their actors have little flair for comedy.
Little more than a showcase for Owen Wilson's amiable shtick, and a showcase in the merchandising sense of the term.
Unofficially, You, Me and Dupree is a companion piece to last summer's "Wedding Crashers," a movie whose lunacy is desperately needed this summer.
It's just off, odd and joyless.
I thought was gonna be a great movie,due to the directors(Anthony and Joe Russo)making amazing movies nowadays,while I didn't get that exactly,I did get an above average movie that feels more like a drama than a comedy.
PROS:
*Owen Wilson
*The characters have actual chemistry
*Owen Wilson's speech
*Feels realistic
CONS:
*None of the jokes are that funny(besides the bike scene)
*Cliche
*Predictable
*Goes on for way too long
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Me, You and Dupree had too much potential. The genuinity of the film's concept actually prompted its own downfall. The trailer **** me early spring; having everything to do with Hudson and Wilson. The idea proved especially poignant after a near two week stint, of my own, in a friends spare room. The circumstances of both Dupree and my own living circumstances were sickly similar. Movies just sometimes come out around the perfect time in your own life.
First time writer Mike LeSieur must have dealt with a similar nomadic friend to prompt such a likable device for a film. A more likely scenario might be that LeSieur was a nomad himself. Writers, though keen to point out truths, are restricted by their own experience. LeSieur saw something grand in what it means to float, but in the end, relied on Owen Wilsons tried and true interpretation skills to bring any substance to Dupree. Wilson fleshed out somewhat of a character in a script laden with skeletal characterization. The ideas were solid, but storytelling is more than initial concept.
Owen Wilson was a producer on the film. Turning out to be more of a business man than I, or even Wes Anderson might have imagined, Wilson has manifested his own path to success. His best films are the Anderson compilations, and outside of those I can only truly commend him for Minus Man, Zoolander, and Meet the Parents. I cant help but appreciate Wilson, but I am getting distracted by his motives of late. There is the off chance he is diabolically exploiting his own pigeonhole to get the power to present himself with more diverse roles. Yet, by producing the film, it seems Wilson defies any altruist hypothetical.
Me, You and Dupree had moments. The soundtrack was great(Blind Melon/Coldplay), the career day pep talk by Wilson was a gem, and Seth Rogen turned in another scene stealing performance. Having been so enraptured by the characters of Wilson(Bottle Rocket, Royal Tenenbaums, Life Aquatic), Dillon(Drugstore Cowboy, Wild Things, Crash), Douglas(Game, Falling Down, Traffic) and even Hudson(Almost Famous) in the past, I couldnt buy into their hollow nature here. I was grateful when the film had ended, but cursed knowing Id have wanted another hour were it done right.
Interestingly, the director had worked on a handful of episodes of Arrested Development. For the very reason that show worked, this film does not. The off the wall antics of Arrested Development could not sustain a theater going audience. With such derivative scripting, Me You and Dupree couldnt get us to care enough. Feeling detached in a 22 minute sitcom is appropriate, but when devoting over 100 minutes certain expectations must be met.
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A plot that is so overplayed and a movie that really shouldn't have been very good made better by the likable Owen Wilson. You, Me and Dupree shouldn't have been a good movie, the plot is over-used, and the situations were so extreme it was almost not even believable, but Owen Wilson brings a charisma to the screen that allows you to enjoy the movie even when in the back of your mind you are wondering why you are watching something so worn out.
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Production Company
Universal Pictures,
Kaplan / Perrone Entertainment,
MMCB Film Produktion 2004
Release Date Jul 14, 2006
Duration 1 h 50 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Two's company. Dupree's a crowd.
Website
http://www.youmeanddupree.com/
Awards
Teen Choice Awards
• 2 Nominations
BMI Film & TV Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
