I Love You, Man

An American buddy comedy. Trusting, considerate Peter (Paul Rudd), a "girls' guy", gets engaged and realises that he has nobody he can call on to be the best man at his wedding. So he sets up a series of man-dates to finally find a close male friend. But when he befriends brash, laddish Sydney, his fiancée makes Peter choose between her and him.

Tom Huddleston, Time Out: A film like I Love You, Man stands or falls on the strength of its characters. From a dog who bears a bizarre resemblance to former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat to scene-stealing appearances from the likes of JK Simmons and Jon Favreau, writer-director John Hamburg and his co-author Larry Levin cram the film with the kind of memorable, absurd cameos which betray Levin's former employment as a Seinfeld writer. (Verdict: three stars out of six)

Wendy Ide, the Times: Rudd plays up the comedy of discomfort to excruciating levels with his endearingly hopeless attempts at "dude speak"; Segel is as boisterous and messy as an unhousetrained puppy. The chemistry between them is convincing - it's not for nothing that this twist on the buddy movie has been described as a 'bromance'. Ultimately, I Love You, Man doesn't take us anywhere we haven't been before, but there is no shortage of laughs for those who decide to come along for the ride. (Verdict: three stars out of five)

Peter Bradshaw, the Guardian: The path of guy-intimacy does not run smooth: Sydney and Peter's relationship is under pressure, at least partly because they cannot admit their red-blooded heterosexual feelings for each other, and cannot say the magic words that make up the title. There are one or two decent lines, but after the initial setup, things flag and all I felt like confessing was my feelings of manly indifference to the pair of them. (Verdict: two stars out of five) ·