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The Dilemma

Whether you like him or detest him, Vince Vaughn has verified time and once again he can carry a film -- and lead it into megahit territory. ("Wedding ceremony Crashers," any person?) You can say the same point for director Ron Howard, albeit on a far more refined degree. Howard is A-record all the way, from "Apollo 13" to "A Lovely Thoughts," and his tasks are pretty much often penciled into profitable holiday- or summer-release slots, usually with an eye on awards season.

Let's just say that in the long term, "The Dilemma" isn't heading to be pushed up extremely substantial on either man's résumé.

As cumbersome and drawn out as a gradually deflating tire, this cinematic collision involving Vaughn's celebrated humorous-surly persona and Howard's earnest pedigree is a bore -- and a significant miscalculation. Vaughn gets wedged into a absolutely dominant, unlikable part that keeps him on screen far as well long. And Howard's path comes across as type of nerdy mainstream wannabe, as if he'd like to cash in on Vaughn's edgy appeal but is far as well square to really make it work.

Vaughn plays Ronny, a quick-talking Chicagoan whose very best close friend and company companion, Nick (an amiable Kevin James), is a gifted automobile designer on the cusp of a large breakthrough. Both males are happily partnered: Ronny to a self-possessed chef, Beth (Jennifer Connelly), for whom he is hoping to perform previous his dedication phobia and request her to marry him; and Nick to the cheerful Geneva (Winona Ryder, with some good caustic moments), who has been married to him for many years.

But it turns out Ryder's Geneva is seeing an additional man. When Ronny sees her kiss that man in public, he's racked with angst: Really should he inform his finest good friend? Or spare him the trauma? 'The Dilemma'

This kind of is the "dilemma" of the title, which doesn't turn out to be significantly of 1 -- true to kind in this sloppily published tale. (Allan Loeb turned out a screenplay that uncomfortably mashes together aspects of broad farce, sweet buddy flick, offbeat humor and sophisticated connection drama).

Simply put, it's the variety of motion picture that could be around in 20 minutes if its characters acted remotely like authentic human beings.

Why Nick doesn't at least tell his girlfriend about what he sees is a mystery -- but then once more, if he did, a 3rd of the plot would have crumbled.

Other indicators position to more script woes, like an underdeveloped Queen Latifah character (she plays a randy automobile executive) and a goofball cuckolder in the kind of Channing Tatum, whose odd demeanor looks nevertheless another stab at an unattained edgy comic charm.

At the lowest second, Vaughn's character engages in the inevitable awkward toast scene at a dinner social gathering, and his more than-the-leading ramblings, which extend for a lengthy-march eternity, fairly considerably sum all that is incorrect with "The Dilemma": He's overwrought, slightly imply and mainly unfunny.