Un afable fracasado descubre que ha engendrado 533 hijos con las donaciones anónimas que hizo a una clínica de fertilidad hace 20 años. Ahora debe decidir si acudir o no cuando 142 de ellos ... Leer todoUn afable fracasado descubre que ha engendrado 533 hijos con las donaciones anónimas que hizo a una clínica de fertilidad hace 20 años. Ahora debe decidir si acudir o no cuando 142 de ellos presentan una demanda para revelar su identidad.Un afable fracasado descubre que ha engendrado 533 hijos con las donaciones anónimas que hizo a una clínica de fertilidad hace 20 años. Ahora debe decidir si acudir o no cuando 142 de ellos presentan una demanda para revelar su identidad.
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The story is pretty basic, a guy (Vince Vaughan) who has donated his sperm some 690 times discovers that he is now the biological father of 593 kids who are suing in order to obtain the identify of the man who goes by the pseudonym "Starbucks". In the midst of all this, Starbucks' girlfriend (Cobie Smulders) is pregnant and wants to know if he can actually make a commitment to a family. The story then revolves around the emotional decision that Vince Vaughan has to make and what makes him make those decisions.
Bottomline, a good movie which will be entertaining, but not a comedy at any level.
I went in expecting a comedy but got a serious drama with a bit of humor to make it funny. Watching Vince Vaughn fumble around in his role as a meat delivery man can seem kinda humorous but its almost annoying.
When David (Vince Vaughn) finds out he's the father to 533 children through donations he made to a fertility clinic 20 years ago, he learns that a fraction of them want to meet him. Against the advice of her lawyer best friend Brett (Chris Pratt), and while trying to mend the relationship he has with his girlfriend Emma (Cobie Smulders), David decides to set out and see how his children turned out. Along the way he starts to find himself waist deep in the situation.
Delivery Man has a hard time finding its tone and at times suffers from not knowing what it wants to be, but it does have some heartfelt moments. I wasn't familiar with the original Canadian film so I can't be the one to judge if this remake holds up to the original. Cobie Smulders didn't have much to work with, and the same thing could be said about the teens playing Starbuck's children. I still ended up enjoying this a lot more than I expected to so I was pleasantly surprised with Delivery Man.
This is, I think, a fairly original concept, which could be pursued as a drama just as easily as a comedy, as is the case here. It isn't the tidiest job of scripting in the world - the debt subplot is largely unnecessary, there are other plot lines which aren't necessarily resolved satisfactorily (or at all) and, for a comedy, it is not especially loaded with laughs.
Despite it's many lows, it also has some highs that make this worth a watch. It really comes down to a 50/50 and whether you like Vince Vaughn or not. For these reasons Delivery Man gets a 5/10.
The first 20 minutes of this film was pretty painful but after a bit it starts to get better. It has more heart than it is funny. In fact some moments were gut wrenchingly sad. But for the most part I enjoyed this movie. As I continued to watch I began to come around to the movie and stopped overthinking the craziness of it all. It was nothing like I expected and so much deeper and emotional than I could have imagined. So no it's not a comedy but it's not a bad movie.
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- TriviaSix hundred ninety-three "donations" by David over thirty-three months means that he donated twenty-one times a month, or every day and a half.
- ErroresEmma is seen with a large pregnant belly while painting her house, but later when she is about to meet with David's family while walking on the sidewalk with David, she has a flat belly. She is supposed to be pregnant the whole time until she delivers the baby near the end of the movie.
- Citas
David: Emma... Will you marry me?
Emma: Won't you wanna wait and see if I get my figure back?
David: If you stay flabby, I promise I'll get flabby as well.
Emma: Wonder if that's the first time the word "flabby" has been used in a marriage proposal.
[she kisses him]
David: Emma... I'm Starbuck.
Emma: [whispers angrily] Why are you always scamming? God, how could you think that a marriage proposal would excuse the fact that you're the father of 533 children? David! God! No, this... this is no longer your child!
David: I wanna be very clear on two points. The first point: I said I was going to change as quickly as possible, and I am doing that. I've had a chance to do a lot of thinking. A lot. And I've come to the conclusion that it's not anyone *but me* who can decide if I am a father or not. Not a judge, not my family, not Dr. Phil... And in the end, not you. In other words, no one but the father can decide if he is the father or not. And I, David Wozniak, am the father of this child. Now, the other reality that can't be changed, is the fact that I am Starbuck. Now, this obviously can be something frightening, since it's something totally new and no one on this planet has ever experienced it before. It's, uh, you know, it's it's... it is like the first steps on the moon. But despite a few drawbacks, I think that we can actually take away from this a tremendous amount of joy. Not to mention *vast amounts* of free babysitting. I don't know how this is gonna work out. Right now, me coming out and revealing who I am, I'm risking everything. I'm risking *all* for the well-being of my 533 kids. And I would think that you seeing me risk all should convince you that whatever happens, that no matter what turmoil this kid right here gets into, I will be there. Now, you asked me to have a life. Well, here it is. This is my life. Maybe a little bit strange. And a bit oversized. But it's my life. The second point...
Emma: That was a very long first point.
David: The first point was long. The second point... The marriage proposal was not a scam.
Emma: The second point was much shorter.
David: I need you in my life.
[Emma sighs before she leans in and kisses him again]
Emma: Promise me one day you'll take me to Venice.
- ConexionesFeatured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.207 (2013)
- Bandas sonorasSomeday
Written by Julian Casablancas
Performed by The Strokes
Courtesy of The Strokes and RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
Licensed courtesy of Rough Trade Records Ltd
By arrangement with Beggars Group Media Limited
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Detalles
- Fecha de lanzamiento
- Países de origen
- Sitio oficial
- Idioma
- También se conoce como
- Delivery Man
- Locaciones de filmación
- Brooklyn, Nueva York, Nueva York, Estados Unidos(exteriors of buildings on 10th Avenue between Sherman and Windsor Place)
- Productoras
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Taquilla
- Presupuesto
- USD 26,000,000 (estimado)
- Total en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 30,664,106
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 7,944,977
- 24 nov 2013
- Total a nivel mundial
- USD 53,120,346
- Tiempo de ejecución
- 1h 45min(105 min)
- Color
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 2.35 : 1