Commentary by director John Hamburg and actors Paul Rudd and Jason Segel , Featurette: "The Making of I Love You, Man": Cast interviews and a special look behind-the-scenes of the film's most outrageous moment , Extras: Hilarious alternate versions of scenes with Paul Rudd and Jason Segel, Extended scenes, Deleted scenes, Gag reel, Previews ---

I Love You Man is directed by John Hamburg and stars Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones, J. K. Simmons, Jane Curtin, Jaime Pressly, and Andy Samberg. ***

Peter (Rudd) is engaged to a straight-laced beautiful realtor, and things are going great but there’s a problem – he’s had mostly female friends all his life, and as a result, has no one to ask to be his best man! So he gets advice from his homosexual younger brother, who encourages him to go on a series of “man-dates” to meet new people. ***

I Love You Man is a middle-of-the-road movie that tends to be a hit-and miss affair. Paul Rudd more-or-less makes the movie his own, and he’s the stand-out here. There are moments of greatness here, but the problem is that the movie goes overboard with its profanities and sexual references, which the film simply didn’t need. ***

Paul Rudd is definitely one of the best actors in comedies out there today. He’s really starting to grow on this reviewer, and there are plenty of scenes in I Love You Man that show you just how much comedic talent the guy has to his name. It’s just a shame that the movie goes overboard with its profanity and sexuality, and throws in an onslaught of unintelligent toilet humor. As a result, the finished product feels immature and imbalanced. Still, it’s hard not to recommend it at least as a rental. ---

Image and Sound:

Wow. Paramount gives us a beautiful transfer presented at 1.85:1, and the results are astonishing. I didn’t see a single anomaly in the picture to distract from my viewing experience. A few shots here and there look a bit soft, but as a whole I can safely say this is a very good transfer. Audio quality is dialogue-intensive and feels a bit front-heavy, but this isn’t uncommon for dialogue-based comedies such as this. The Blu-Ray release is a decent improvement over the standard definition counterpart throughout the film, though it's not a massive upgrade. Of course, considering the DVD transfer itself was pretty good anyway, that's no big deal.

There are a lot of features on the disc, and for the most part, it’s what you’d expect out of a recent film. We’ve got a commentary, deleted and extended scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes and a gag reel. Of course, it’s die-hard fans of the movie who are going to eat this stuff up. Casual viewers may not get into all of these features, which don’t really bring anything new to the table. Still, it’s a good assortment and I’m not complaining. The Blu-Ray Disc has one extra feature not on the SD release, but it's just a red band trailer.

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