I Love You, Man is an outrageously funny bromance
Taylor DeBoer
Issue date: 3/24/09 Section: Arts & Society
Klaven and Fife become inseparable, so much so that Klaven's fiancé Zooey (Rashida Jones) becomes irritated with her husband's unorthodox relationship with his new companion, which includes seven-hour jam sessions, covering Rush songs. Klaven and Fife's relationship of course goes through some turmoil, as Klaven struggles to split time between his fiancé and new best friend.
The film ends with the typical Hollywood comedy formula, but it works, so who cares. What really makes I Love You, Man so instantly classic is the awkward nature of Paul Rudd's interpretation of Klaven and Fife's intangible wit. Whenever the two friends leave each other, Klaven tries to act smooth and toss a nickname at Fife, but instead stumbles over his own words and spits out phrases like "Jobin," and "Totes Magotes."
In an interview on Feb. 6, Rudd and Segal used their comic prowess to answer questions of several critics. When asked their example of a perfect man date, Rudd responded:
"An early dinner. I want to have an early dinner because I don't-if it's late, then you're eating into valuable time…I'd like to have a Brazilian dinner at-maybe starting at 5:30, six. You know what, 6:00 is okay. I'd like to finish dinner-I'd like to have-I'd like to have a pitcher of sangria. And then I would like to go back to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel," Rudd continued, "where I have rented a suite and slip into a bathtub of linseed oil. And then I would like a massage-an ice cream massage. Yeah. And then finally settle down with a little SpectroVision and then maybe catch Defiance-the film with Daniel Craig."
As Rudd narrated his tale, Segal sat in silence, obviously contemplating his witty response.
"Yeah. I'd like to have like a-sometime around 5:45-just some Argentinean food-real casual Argentinean dinner, maybe a pitcher of red sangria," Segal said. "And then I would head back to a suite at the Four Seasons that I have rented and give the guy who I am having a man date with a-just a bath in like salted butter."
Segal and Rudd are as comical and puerile in person as they are in their films, which is representative of a true comedian. Unlike Will Ferrell and Steve Carell, Paul Rudd and Jason Segal have the ability to make comedies mildly realistic and, at times, even reasonable, while still being outrageously funny.
The film ends with the typical Hollywood comedy formula, but it works, so who cares. What really makes I Love You, Man so instantly classic is the awkward nature of Paul Rudd's interpretation of Klaven and Fife's intangible wit. Whenever the two friends leave each other, Klaven tries to act smooth and toss a nickname at Fife, but instead stumbles over his own words and spits out phrases like "Jobin," and "Totes Magotes."
In an interview on Feb. 6, Rudd and Segal used their comic prowess to answer questions of several critics. When asked their example of a perfect man date, Rudd responded:
"An early dinner. I want to have an early dinner because I don't-if it's late, then you're eating into valuable time…I'd like to have a Brazilian dinner at-maybe starting at 5:30, six. You know what, 6:00 is okay. I'd like to finish dinner-I'd like to have-I'd like to have a pitcher of sangria. And then I would like to go back to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel," Rudd continued, "where I have rented a suite and slip into a bathtub of linseed oil. And then I would like a massage-an ice cream massage. Yeah. And then finally settle down with a little SpectroVision and then maybe catch Defiance-the film with Daniel Craig."
As Rudd narrated his tale, Segal sat in silence, obviously contemplating his witty response.
"Yeah. I'd like to have like a-sometime around 5:45-just some Argentinean food-real casual Argentinean dinner, maybe a pitcher of red sangria," Segal said. "And then I would head back to a suite at the Four Seasons that I have rented and give the guy who I am having a man date with a-just a bath in like salted butter."
Segal and Rudd are as comical and puerile in person as they are in their films, which is representative of a true comedian. Unlike Will Ferrell and Steve Carell, Paul Rudd and Jason Segal have the ability to make comedies mildly realistic and, at times, even reasonable, while still being outrageously funny.
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