Delivery Man is a Dramedy starring Vince Vaughn, Chris
Pratt, Cobie Smulders (Robin in How I Met Your Mother) and directed by Ken
Scott.
The film tells the story of David Wozniak, a man who works
in the family butchery as a delivery man. He is rather irresponsible, is
heavily in debt – $100,000 to be exact and discovers that his girlfriend is
pregnant.
With a brief synopsis like this it would be safe to assume
that this is just your average, generic feel good comedy that for some reason
stars Vince Vaughn. However, there is more to this film as about 20 minutes
into the movie David is visited by a lawyer. It is then revealed that during
his student years he visited a sperm bank and gave 693 donations. The result of
this generous donation: he is the father of 533 children. 142 of those have
started a lawsuit to force the clinic to reveal who their father is.
What I didn’t like about this movie:
There’s not a lot to complain about here really. The only
few gripes I had with this film is it did have its rather soppy moments which
just went overboard. Then there is Cobie Smulders who plays David’s girlfriend.
In all honesty, her performance wasn’t really on par as what it normally is.
However, this biggest problem I had with the movie were some
serious plot holes. I cannot really delve into them as I don’t want to give
important scenes away but there few a few moments when something happens and you’re
immediately left scratching your head and wondering how in the world they were
able to get this right without explaining what happened. This is of course
coupled with his girlfriend’s reaction at the end of the movie which is
completely far from believable.
I’m pretty sure most of the stuff was explained through
deleted scenes which are sadly not available on the DVD release.
What I did like about this film:
It’s really nice to see Vince Vaughn in a different genre
for a change. It feels fresh and although his performance wasn’t perfect, it
was pretty decent. This movie also has some pretty funny moments but at the end
of the day, it’s a really sweet film with a really sweet message.
With that, Delivery Man gets a heart-warming 6 out of 10
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