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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Delivery Man

I'm not going to write too much about Vince Vaughan's latest attempt to grow up.
Delivery Man centres around a delivery truck driver David Wozniak who used to donate sperm under the pseudonym Starbuck.
One day Wozniak, played by Vaughan, returns home to discover a lawyer in his house with some rather unsettling news: 533 children were conceived/born thanks to his donation, and 142 have joined a class action to reveal his identity.
There are quite a few laughs throughout - it is an above average film - but I can't exactly say I liked it.
Vaughan is solid in the role of Wozniak and plays the part exactly as you expect him to, which is exactly where the problem lies.
For too long now Vaughan has been pulling the same jokes, playing the same type of characters and delivering the same mediocre performances.
At what point does he grow up?
I loved Vaughan when he starred in Dodgeball - it ranks as one of my favourite Vaughan films - but he has been trying to do the same thing ever since.
The somewhat small starring cast have a few great appearances, and they do deliver a few laughs, but it is tough to leave much of an impression when it feels like you're watching a Vaughan comedy special for the full 104 minutes.
Now I think about it, Vaughan has grown up a little bit, and it is his scenes with wheelchair-bound Ryan (Sebastien Rene) and Kristen (Britt Robertson), who is walking the tightrope of life and death.
His interactions with both goes beyond of what he has ever shown; the compassionate, deep Vaughan replacing the childish high school humour-laden Vaughan we see for the rest of the film.
Adam Chandler-Berat's Viggo is an absolute crackup.
His physical appearance is that of your classic goth, but he is ultimately the one who questions Wozniak and forces him to change.
I wasn't moved by Delivery Man, nor do I think I will go out of my way to watch it again, but it is worth one look. 

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