Wanderlust (2012)

• Year: 2012
• Released: 24 Feb 2012
• Country: United States
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• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655460/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Wanderlust
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/wanderlust
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English, Swedish, Italian, Portuguese, French
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Comedy, Romance
• Runtime: 98 min
• Writer: David Wain, Ken Marino
• Director: David Wain
• Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Malin Akerman
• Keywords: duringcreditsstinger, aftercreditsstinger, hippie, commune, naturism,

	5.6/10
	53/100

Wanderlust Storyline

Married George and Linda Gergenblatt love and thus are invested in life in New York City, despite he hating his job as a low level Wall Streeter, and she being on her latest in a long line of careers, this time as a documentary filmmaker, as she tries to find herself, those past careers in which she always bailed and failed. That investment is purchasing a micro-loft (i.e. studio apartment) in the West Village they can barely afford. When New York City seems not to be invested in them in return in both having professional setbacks, they believe they have no other option but to accept the offer by George’s wealthy, Atlanta residing brother, Rick Gergenblatt, a blowhard who they barely tolerate, to live with him and his family in their McMansion and for George to work for him in his “construction rental equipment” business. When that situation with Rick too goes sideways, George and Linda decide to head back to Elysium, a commune in northern Georgia that was attached to the bed and breakfast they stayed at the night before arriving at Rick’s, that night ending up being one of the best times they’ve had in their lives. The commune is run by the charismatic Seth, with Carvin being the leader emeritus, he who has lived there as a commune when he purchased the property in 1971 with nine others who have all since gone their own separate ways. Beyond if they can adjust to the ways of the commune and their interactions with the other residents, George and Linda’s stay at Elysium is affected by whether they can be truthful to each other about what they really want in life, it all set against the backdrop of pressures by developers to take over the property.

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Wanderlust Movie Reviews

Comedy is a funny thing

Although this always play out in the eye of the beholder. I could imagine that some people could not relate or find anything funny in this, but I also read it in another guys review here. Just because this is R-rated, doesn’t mean you’re going to see a lot of the two main actresses (you will see a “bit” from one of the male leads though, even if it’s not really his bit).

I on the other hand as you can tell by my rating did really like it. I know the story has more than its fair share of flaws, but it’s a lot of fun to watch. If you can laugh at the jokes at hand that is of course. Paul Rudd is playing his usual sch-tick, but his “brother” is the real revelation. He’s really funny and awkward! The morality of the whole thing is one dimensional, but you can overlook that, if you can laugh about the movie.

Jennifer Aniston should stop making rom-coms

George (Paul Rudd) and Linda (Jennifer Aniston) Gergenblatt are NY yuppies moving into their tiny expensive loft. Then George’s workplace gets shut down by the Feds. Linda is thrown out of HBO for her ridiculous film. They have no choice but to sell their place and move to Atlanta to work for George’s annoying brother Rick (Ken Marino). On the way, they stop off at Elysium where the place is filled with lefties weirdos.

There is something wrong with Aniston as a rom-com lead. She’s too mean unlikeably high maintenance. She has never come off as America’s sweetheart. IMO she needs to do something different. Her best performance remains her lead role in ‘The Good Girl’. This movie has a few odd performances with all the weirdos at the compound. It’s meant to be funny but it just struck me as simply weird. The only comedy comes from Paul Rudd reacting to it all. There are just too many unlikeable elements in this. I don’t like Ken Marino. I don’t like the cheating storyline. I don’t like Justin Theroux. And mostly I don’t like Jennifer Aniston.

Terrible and Unfunny Silliness

In New York, the aspirant filmmaker Linda (Jennifer Aniston) convinces her husband George Gergenblatt (Paul Rudd) to buy an expensive Micro Loft apartment in Manhattan. Linda expects to sell a documentary about penguins to HBO to help the payment of the installments and George expects a promotion. However, HBO rejects the documentary and George’s company has folded and he is fired. With the American crisis, they lose a large amount selling the apartment and George does not find a new job. George’s brother Seth (Justin Theroux) offers a job position in his company in Atlanta.

They drive from New York to Atlanta and they decide to stop for the night in the hotel Elysium. However they see a naked man running toward their car and George tries to return to the highway but accidentally he turns his car over. Soon they learn the Elysium is a hippie and vegan community and the dwellers invite George and Linda to stay with them. However, they decide to go to Atlanta but soon George has an argument with his arrogant brother. George returns to Elysium with Linda and they decide to stay for a two-week trial. A couple of days later, Linda feels well with her new friends but George has difficulties to adapt himself to the rules of Elysium.

“Wanderlust” is a terrible and unfunny comedy with a silly story. Jennifer Aniston is a great actress but his agent or she should be more careful with the screenplays they select. The cast has other good names, such as Paul Rudd, Alan Alda, Lauren Ambrose and Malin Akerman, but the moronic plot is too stupid and does not make laugh. My vote is three.

Title (Brazil): “Viajar É Preciso” (“Triping Is Necessary”)