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      Barry Munday

      R Released Oct 1, 2010 1h 38m Comedy Drama List
      47% 15 Reviews Tomatometer 36% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score A slacker (Patrick Wilson) inherits new responsibilities after he impregnates a stranger (Judy Greer). Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Surprisingly good indie comedy. Good acting and nice plot. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review steve d Wilson's performance is so charming it makes up for the times the script lets him down. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Not my typical choice of film but enjoyable nevertheless and some mildly funny moments Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member entertaining and funny i didn't expect to like it this much Patrick Willson was cool Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member I found this movie to be a blend between Meet the Parents and Something about Mary. It was a nice quirky movie about a guy name Barry Munday played by Patrick Wilson who loses his testicles. He does a great job with his character, with a nice script and a good cast. Definitely a good movie to watch. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review jesse o Not a bad movie by any means, but one that is fairly formulaic by indie movie standards. Largely its problem is the fact that it has some tonal issues and is largely unfunny. I don't want to say the script is bad, because it isn't, there's a good idea and reasoning behind it. It's just that it follows a certain path instead of creating its own. This isn't so much of a problem, Pitch Perfect was some of the most fun I've had watching a movie despite it being formulaic. The movie had a great cast and some witty dialogue to boot, so you didn't even notice that the film followed a formula. This film has a really solid cast, but sometimes the scripting doesn't match the actors. These tonal inconsistencies really drag down the movie, even if I think, overall, the story meant well and it does have its sweet moments of Barry realizing what he would've missed out on had he not found out he had a daughter and the happiness that brought him and his family in the end. There's also the fact that Barry having his testicles cut off after being attacked is mostly used for comedy, in specific the scene with Barry meeting with a genital mutilation support group. And, I don't know, but to me the whole scene felt mean spirited. This is a very serious issue and the movie just uses it to point and laugh at them. Maybe I'm just over-analyzing the scene, but it did feel a little mean spirited. For the large part Barry having no testicles does add a little depth to his character but it's sort of a missed opportunity when more could've been done with it. And I realize that that just came out completely wrong. I did like the cast, Patrick Wilson is talented and charming so he transitions from asshole who sees women as conquests to realizing that Ginger's pregnancy is the one chance he has to make a better and happier life for himself. The funniest scene comes near the end when Barry, who doesn't remember ever having sex with Ginger the first time and his parentage of Cornelia is put into question, is having sex with Ginger again as he comes to the realization that he did in fact have sex with Ginger and he IS the father of Cornelia. He screams Cornelia's name as he climaxes, perhaps out of context it doesn't seem that funny, but in execution it was well done and funny. Maybe, it also reads a little creepy but that was clearly the intent, even if it clearly was a misunderstanding. I did find the rest of the cast to be solid, and I thought Judy Greer's character arc was probably the most interesting, even more so than Barry's. Here's this character who has led a very sheltered life and has always been found undesirable by everyone, even by her own family, and how she finds strength in being desirable. Then there comes a time when she is almost in a car crash and the person in the other car calls her an ugly bitch and that one moment did make that wall of protection she had built up and she decides to go have a one night stand with a man. That man ended up being Barry, if you hadn't guessed. Anyway, I did like this part of the movie a lot, it doesn't make the movie good but it does add a little emotional depth to the character. The rest of the cast is solid, nothing to write home about. And the ending is the typical, feel-good stuff. It doesn't come across so bad in this movie but it does feel pretty sitcom-y. Regardless this is a movie with a good cast that are let down by some tonal inconsistencies in the script. It's definitely more than watchable, but not worth going out of your way to see. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Scott Tobias NPR.org A deeply off-putting independent comedy. Oct 2, 2010 Full Review Robert Abele Los Angeles Times D'Arienzo's love of trite indie-movie signposts of comic quirkiness -- deadpan delivery, overly formal camerawork, characters delivering dialogue into the camera, stunt casting -- is ultimately regrettable. Rated: 2.5/5 Sep 30, 2010 Full Review Nathan Rabin AV Club This sluggishly paced quirkfest is awfully sophomoric for a film all about giving up the facile thrills of youth for the responsibilities of adulthood. Rated: D+ Sep 30, 2010 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Much of the credit for the film's success goes to the stellar pairing of Wilson and Greer. Rated: 3.0/4.0 Sep 2, 2020 Full Review Jay Antani Cinema Writer D'Arienzo's screenplay and direction goes for a cross between naturalism and absurdity, but it's largely a queasy, oil-and-water blend. Rated: 2/4 Jan 30, 2012 Full Review Brian Orndorf BrianOrndorf.com An oddball feature lacking a fine point to tie it all together, but it spotlights a cast game to try something new for a change, committing to the aimlessness with endearing slack-jawed concentration. Rated: B- Dec 29, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A slacker (Patrick Wilson) inherits new responsibilities after he impregnates a stranger (Judy Greer).
      Director
      Chris D'Arienzo
      Screenwriter
      Chris D'Arienzo
      Distributor
      Magnolia Pictures
      Production Co
      Corner Store Entertainment
      Rating
      R (Sexual Content|Language)
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Oct 1, 2010, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Feb 15, 2015
      Runtime
      1h 38m
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