Wanderlust
Dir: David Wain
2012
**
The first half of Wanderlust is great. It's really funny, the two leads have great chemistry and the editing works really well. There is also a scene with a CGI fly that is awesome. Then, pretty much exactly half way through, the story takes a huge dive and all the annoying and predictable cliches come out the woodwork. Suddenly, all the characters change into different people making what was good character development to that point, pointless. It's like it was rushed or they didn't know how to end it but it really ruined what could have been a great film. Paul Rudd's awful attempts at the already annoying 'School of Apatow/Ferrell' ad-libbing only underlines why I hate it so much. None of them are any good at it so I wish they'd stop trying!

Role Models
Dir: David Wain
2008
***
It's an odd premise for a film really, and by odd I mean crap. On paper it is hard to see how this film got green lit and to be honest, 5 minutes in and I thought it was going to be awful. Then it got better and grew on me. I think the films strength is the script, the witty quips and the subtle performances. Rudd does good deadpan - I could relate to his character, particularly at the 'Venti' scene. Seann William Scott is not an actor I particularly enjoy but his timing is pretty good here, especially in the scenes with Jane Lynch who was also on great form. I'm guessing parts of it were ad-libbed, it works here because it's not overly done unlike many of the Judd Aptow films of late which rely too heavily on people who really aren't all that funny. A nice surprise overall, nothing special but it wasn't horrible - inoffensive and easy to watch.