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Yeah…so when your movie sucks it's probably not such a great idea to put "failure" in the title. \nMatthew McConaughey plays eligible bachelor, Tripp, who at 35 years old, still lives with his parents. Frustrated by their situation, and jealous of their friend's sex lives (which brings back bad memories of Kathy Bates' "About Schmidt" hot tub scene), Tripp's parents (Bates and Terry Bradshaw) hire Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker) to date their son and get him to move out for good. Just like with McConaughey's "How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days," (in which both leads have hidden agendas for why they want the relationship to falter) a premise that could make for a decent romantic comedy is wrongly executed, resulting in crap. It'd make more sense if Paula had found the man of her dreams, only to learn he still lives at home. And then maybe with some help from the parents, works to get him to leave; not because she is being paid to do so. Paula calls herself a "professional interventionist," which sounds more like a fancy term for hooker. Because of the business deal involved it's obvious that Paula will eventually fall for Tripp and then have to deal with the aftermath of him discovering her plan. But do they end up together? What do you think?\nTo provide humor while the story pans out, McConaughey is constantly attacked by nature. Throughout the film he is mauled by chipmunks, lizards and dolphins; it's completely random and not even funny. Tripp's best friend claims that nature isn't at peace with his unnatural lifestyle. Sure most animals leave their parents while very young, but a lot also hatch from eggs. In a "making of" special feature the writers, Tom Astle and Jay Ember, unsuccessfully try to justify the critter assaults citing the appearances of animals on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" as inspiration. However when Johnny did it, it was unscripted and he had monkeys sitting on his head, not a CGI squirrel ripping off his finger.\nZooey Deschanel and Bradley Cooper are stuck playing the lead couple's best friends. The two aren't quite yet big stars, but they've got the talent to be. It would have be nice to see them play the main characters, but at the same time maybe it's better they didn't get their big breaks in such a dumb vehicle. \nSpecial features include the theatrical trailer, a "dating in the new millennium" feature where magazine editors offer hope to all the desperate people who will rent this and a segment where Bradshaw and McConaughey interview each other. There's also a pretty interesting feature called "The Failure to Launch Phenomenon" that follows several real life middle-aged-men still living at home. Unfortunately, these guys fit the exact stereotype of somebody you'd expect to still live with his parents.