Writer: David Wain and Ken Marino
Genre: Comedy
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At a time of the year when good comedies are few and far between, Wanderlust is good enough to warrant a trip to the theater. While it's not as good as David Wain's last film, 2008's Role Models, Wanderlust is still extremely hilarious at times and surprisingly touching as well.
Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston play recently unemployed New Yorkers who end up living on a small hippy commune in Georgia. While at the commune they make new friends, go through relationship troubles, and eventually learn valuable lessons.
The reason the movie works is the excellent supporting cast featuring a fantastic Justin Theroux, Malin Ackerman, Joe Lo Truglio, and many others. And the fact that Paul Rudd is an absolute comic genius! Jennifer Aniston is pretty awful as an actress, but Rudd completely makes up for it as every line he delivers and facial expression he makes is like a Mike Tyson sucker punch to the funny bone.
One scene where Rudd talks to himself in a mirror is one of the funniest scenes in the last few years and worth the price of admission alone.
It's not the most memorable of the Apatow productions, but it's still a cut above any other comedy in theaters right now.
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