Friday, March 6, 2015

Wanderlust (2012)

Genre: Comedy
Directed by: David Wain
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Justin Theroux
Running time: 98 minutes



A married couple has to sell their apartment and leave New York City when they find themselves without work or prospects. On their way to Atlanta, to stay with the husband’s arrogant brother, they stop at a bed and breakfast that is basically a hippie commune. They will decide to stay there, at least for a while, hoping to find what they are looking for.

This is your formulaic comedy, with some humor and some good feelings behind it. Problem is the jokes are usually not that funny, with a few exceptions, and the denouement is very predictable. There never is any doubt and it just seems to fall into place and get resolved too easily.

I have seen much better work from Aniston and Rudd. They did not seem that inspired for this one. Wanderlust is nothing to lust over, can easily be skipped without missing much.

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