Life... with You, Me, and Dupree...

"How about that one?"
"You, me and Dupree?"

I picked it up with a hint of fear and suspicion, it may well have been a gerbil sporting the most deadly concoction of rabies. But alas, it was another Owen Wilson movie. Flash backs of Zoolander sped past me like a pre-death montage.

"It looks good, I haven't seen it before."

Her voice saved me from my near death experience. And as such, I presumed nothing else could be worse.

"Sure, lets get that one."

The drive home quickened my pulse. Matt Dillon? Where has he been for the last few years? Could he still be the Detective Pat Healey that I've known him so well for? My heart squirmed and hoped his acting would be different. Thank heavens I still have a bottle of Chardonnay left in the fridge.

After many years, I am glad Detective Pat Healey never really left. In fact the movie could well be a sequal to Something about Mary - a vision into the future for our infamous Hawaiian shirt detective. One would be encouraged to know he is now a mediocre architect, but apparently a real architect never less. Not only this, he is now about to be married to our new girl-next-door Kate Hudson (Molly), and also surrounds himself with a marginally more desirable group of male company.

Dupree, played by Owen Wilson, portraits a hippie friend of our main male protagonist. He plays the role well, to the point where he may well have recently been unfrozen from a 70s' hash party. As unfortuitous as he is, he loses his job valiantly but is adopted under Carl and Molly's roof - and here begins our story. As the train of laughter progressed we were treated to Seth Rogen (Cal, 40 year old virgin) failing a flaming tornado, Michael Douglas coercing his son-in-law to have a vasectomy, and a rather unforgettable buttery Funky Comadena couch fire.

As the credits rolled and with my lust for a comedic laugh satisfied, I felt fulfilled. I was both surprised and glad to have my preconceptions proven wrong. To focus on any particular aspect of the story line maybe mundane at best. But to weave the storyline together as a whole? Emma laughed so hard her asthma kick in.