When realtor Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd) proposes to his girlfriend Zooey (Rashida Jones), wedding plans erupt, but he quickly realizes that his lack of any close guy friends means he will be one best-man short. With the encouragement of his new fiancee and his family, Peter goes looking for someone to fill the role. Unfortunately, being a "girlfriend guy" and never having a best guy-friend, Peter doesn't know what to do.
At first, his mother and brother, as well as the Internet, help Peter out as he goes on blind man-date after blind man-date, each ending in their own uniquely wrong way. But it isn't until he puts on an open house for Lou Ferrigno's estate that he finds what could be his match made in heaven in investor Sidney Fife (Jason Segel). The two quickly grow a strong bond between them and we learn that Sidney's unique brand of harsh honesty and Peter's conversational-awkwardness mesh perfectly together.
Eventually Peter introduces Sidney to his family, but Sidney's honesty ends up causing some turmoil at the engagement dinner party, and Zooey starts to have misgivings about Peter and Sidney's relationship. But seeing as this movie is modeled after a romantic comedy (just about the search for a best-bro instead of a girlfriend), you can guess that everything will turn out fine. It's the journey that makes this movie absolutely wonderful.
I found myself constantly laughing at pretty much every character in the movie. Peter's parents, played by J.K. Simmons and Jane Curtin, as well as his brother, Andy Samberg, play awesome supporting roles in this film and just add to the hilarity that is already pretty prevalent in the interactions of Rudd, Jones and Segel. I will warn you though, this is not a clean comedy. Most of the humor and discussions throughout the film deal with sex (though not as crudely as some of the other raunch-comedies out there), but if you liked films like 40 Year-Old Virgin, then this one will definitely not disappoint.
Besides the enjoyment of the film itself, I found the Blu-ray release's selection of extras to be perfect. While there isn't anything here that isn't on the DVD, what was chosen is just what you would expect from a film like this. There is your usual Making-Of, Deleted and Extended Scenes as well as a very funny Gag Reel, but what really sells the extras here is a series of alternative lines not used in the film. While watching it, you can tell that many of the lines were ad libs, and you can see just how much of it was in these extras. Here you are treated to nine different scenes where the actors go through take after take using different lines in order to give the editors as much to work with as possible. And most of these lines are as funny as what was actually used, which is evident by the Gag Reel since most of those scenes come shortly after one of these ad libs.
I Love You, Man is a great comedic feat. There were times when we had to stop the movie and rewind a bit because we were laughing so hard we didn't hear the next few lines (always a plus). If you aren't one to get easily offended about casual talks concerning sex, then this is a must-have. The Blu-ray version doesn't offer anything really extra, besides the obvious increase in visual and audio fidelity of course, so there isn't much point to getting this version over the DVD unless you're simply working to increase your Hi-Def library.
