failure to launch

ugh. remember when matthew mcconaughey had so much potential? when he first burst onto the scene in 'a time to kill' he was heralded as the next great actor. so why does he keep making such trite crap as this?!? i'm guessing its one of those situations where he had to decide 'should i work hard and make great movies, or should i just take it easy and cash in the big checks?' with movies like this, 'how to loose a guy in 10 days', 'fools gold', 'ghosts of girlfriends past', and others, i think we know exactly which choice he made...
this movie is like so many other cookie cutter romantic comedies that its not really even necessary to talk about the plot. the movie is lame, its only saving grace is the best friends of the two generic leads. zooey daschanel plays the strange best friend and gets all the best lines, mcconaughey's buddies are played with comedic success by justin bartha and bradley cooper (who later worked together again, with much success, in 'the hangover'). the two leading characters are worthless and bland, but the best friends pull the movie from a one star to a two star rating.

p.s. why do the men in these movies always end up getting together with the woman who was a total jerk to them? seriously? sarah jessica parker's character was hired to pretend she likes him so that he would move out of the house. how could he possibly forgive her for that?!? the whole relationship was built on a lie! she manipulated him for money, and then planned to break up with him once her requirements had been met. thats just plain evil! i'm sorry, but i don't think any chemistry in the world is going to overcome that terrible reality. and to top it all off, we as the audience are supposed to root for this terrible woman? thats messed up! in the real world, he would have yelled at her and never spoken to her again. also, those are some pretty messed up parents to hire her in the first place! they seem like such a nice family, why didn't they just talk about it with him? argh, these contrived premises are so ridiculous!