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A Judd Apatow movie featuring Paul Rudd (I know, shocking) and Jennifer Aniston.

They're yuppies who go broke and end up on a commune.

There are some funny moments, but overall, it's not great.

Spoilers in this paragraph:
One big issue I have with the film is when Rudd is begging Aniston to leave and he uses the commune's free love policy to convince her to leave. She agrees, much to his surprise, because he didn't want that. Then she actually fucks someone while he doesn't, and for the rest of the movie we hear about how he's the one who wanted to screw other people, and she was only doing what he wanted. Yada yada. Fuck that. Fuck the message that shit is sending. And what's really bad about it is that someone else is portrayed as a complete piece of shit for being unfaithful after this scene. The difference is that this time it's a man. So when men cheat we're fucking pigs, but when women cheat it's because their man fucked up somehow. Fuck Hollywood's ever growing double standard for men and women.

Anyway, I wouldn't recommend this for couples as this is one of those films that has to potential to start fights, not sex.

4 out of 10
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