Wanderlust Review

Recently, I went to the movie theater. I very rarely go to the movie theater but I had a little extra money, some free time and thought that this movie I'd seen previews for looked funny.

I saw the movie, "Wanderlust" starring Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd. It was directed by David Wain. The movie follows a Manhattan couple, who lose their jobs and must leave New York to live with family. In this case, the family is George's (played by Paul Rudd) obnoxious older brother and his wife. On the way to his brothers house, the couple stumbles upon a bed and breakfast. The bed and breakfast turns out to be a rural commune called Elysium based around free love. George and his wife Linda (played by Jennifer Aniston) decide to stay there and have trouble adjusting to their new life.

Though the plot sounded funny enough, the movie was a huge let-down. It just didn't have the certain pizz-azz I was expecting it to. The movie seemed to drag on forever and the jokes were far and few between.

The other big problem I had with the movie was the nudity. It was a rated R film and I should've checked what it was rated R for before I saw the movie, in its defense. There's a scene where Elysium is having a meeting for nudist winemakers and all of the nudist winemakers go running from an out-of-control car. The scene was supposed to be funny, but was just disgusting. I didn't hear a single person in the theater laugh.

The other problem is the on-going theme of free love. Everyone who stays at Elysium must share their partner. George and Linda decide to stay and abide by this rule. Linda ends up embracing free love and has sex with one of the residents right away and George's heart is broken. This just weighed the movie down. I believe it was supposed to add some sort of drama to the movie, but it really just weighed it down.

If you're looking for a movie to watch this weekend, I don't recommend seeing Wanderlust. Overall, it was a dumb movie that dragged on and on. It's not worth your money.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655460/