USA: Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew McConaughey fight the battle of the sexes in the romantic film comedy "Failure to Launch"

Record ID: 1526145

  • Title: USA: Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew McConaughey fight the battle of the sexes in the romantic film comedy "Failure to Launch"
  • Date: 2nd March 2006
  • Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (RECENT) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY SAYING: "When it's working, when comedy is working, it feels simple. It feels so easy. And sort of the work in the romantic comedy is to keep them light and funny. The work is to keep them there; it's not to go to a heavy or literal place, to kind of keep the boat skipping across the waves."
  • Embargoed: 19th March 2006 16:36
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  • Location: Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA63LNVFRQTLIU7PVJ93NR8OBQ9
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: Some parents fear the empty nest syndrome, the time when their children leave the house and go off on their own; others can't wait for it. In "Failure to Launch," a new romantic comedy, desperate parents hire a beautiful woman to lure their son out of the house. Starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew McConaughey, the film is a true battle of wits, sex, and of course, love.
    Parker plays Paula, a professional consultant who coaxes grown men to leave their parent's home. Her record is flawless, that is until she's hired to work on Tripp, a 35-year-old mamma's boy played by McConaughey. Despite her efforts to remain professional, Paula finds herself falling in love.
    A thirty-something adult living at home is not that uncommon these days, but Parker admitted that she couldn't imagine still living with her parents.
    "I can't imagine living at home the same way I can't believe I don't have to go to school tomorrow morning. I'm glad I was educated, but I don't want to go back anymore. I love, and I love going home now, so if I lived at home, I don't know where I'd go. I really love going home and that feeling when I enter my parent's house, just that feeling of finally relaxing," said Parker.
    As for her own son, three-year-old James, Parker said that she can't fathom ever forcing her son to leave the nest, in fact she doesn't like to think about him leaving at all.
    "It's very hard to imagine that now because the idea is just too painful to even think about, but I like to think that my husband and I will raise an independent person, who wants to go out in the world and be challenged and scared, and excited by becoming an adult. And he can always come home, and will always have a home, but I think it's good to learn those adult skills," said Parker.
    Those adult skills are something Tripp never acquired, but McConaughey was adamant that he never had a "Failure to Launch" moment in his own life.
    "No, no, no not for me," he said. "I was ready to go out independently and test out my 18 years of living at home, test it out in the rest of the world."
    McConaughey, whom People magazine recently named the sexiest man alive, is a veteran of romantic comedies, films like "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days," and "The Wedding Planner" to name a few. McConaughey said that he is drawn to comedic roles, and after so many, he knows the secrets of comedic acting.
    "When it's working, when comedy is working, it feels simple. It feels so easy," he explained. "And sort of the work in the romantic comedy is to keep them light and funny. The work is to keep them there; it's not to go to a heavy or literal place, to kind of keep the boat skipping across the waves," he said.
    "Failure to Launch" opens in theaters across North America on March 10. And with Parker and McConaughey at the helm of this film, there's little doubt that this launch will be a success.
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