I Love You, Man Critic Reviews

It's a hilarious comedy made even more successful because so much of the satire seems fresh.Read the full review

By far the best Judd Apatow comedy that Judd Apatow had nothing at all to do with.Read the full review

Above all, just plain funny. It's funny with some dumb physical humor, yes, and some gross-out jokes apparently necessary to all buddy movies, but also funny in observations, dialogue, physical behavior and Sydney Fife's observations as a people-watcher.Read the full review

After delivering scene-stealing turns in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up" Rudd claims the much-deserved spotlight in I Love You, Man, which in its own endearing way tweaks the very same male-bonding pieties that those movies made a fortune celebrating.Read the full review

Despite the movie's many flaws, the two leads' genuine rapport is enough to give the audience a solid contact high.Read the full review

It's a rare comedy that actually grows funnier on reflection. It benefits enormously from the talents of the two stars.Read the full review

The movie stakes out a whole new arena - male social performance anxiety - and ruthlessly mines it for comic embarrassment.Read the full review

There are ribald jokes and gross-out episodes, but the movie works because everything hinges on the camaraderie and undeniable chemistry between Rudd and Segel.Read the full review

The movie goes soft in its final stages, but Rudd and Segel keep it real. "Sweet, sweet hangin'," says Peter of knowing Sydney. The same goes for the movie.Read the full review