Synopsis
Rattled by sudden unemployment, a Manhattan couple surveys alternative living options, ultimately deciding to experiment with living on a rural commune where free love rules.
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Cast
- Jennifer AnistonLinda
- Malin ÅkermanEva
- Lauren AmbroseAlmond
- Paul RuddGeorge
- Justin TherouxSeth
- Joe Lo TruglioWayne Davidson
- Alan AldaCarvin
- Kathryn HahnKaren
- Ken MarinoRick Gergenblatt
- Jordan PeeleRodney Wilson
Recommendations
- 91
Entertainment Weekly
I don't know what tools of the trade Paul Rudd and director David Wain share to dream up the kind of inspired nutso stuff Rudd has done in smart-funny-raunchy winners like "Wet Hot American Summer" and "Role Models." But whatever it is, the two are in a groove - and backed up by some blissed-out creative co-conspirators. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Stars Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston find themselves at home here, playing against a stock-raising performance by Justin Theroux as the charismatic libertine who prompts their adventure. - 70
Village Voice
Though Wanderlust finally laughs off the real discomforting conclusion that it's edging toward, it's gut-busting funny when mocking their hopeless options. - 67
IndieWire
Alternately mortified and charmed by the unhinged lifestyle, the film goofily celebrates the idea of a societal escape before drowning its idealism in a puddle of half-formed jokes. - 65
Movieline
Wanderlust is an agreeable comedy that peters out halfway through. - 63
Slant Magazine
Wagging a limp dick at a host of up-to-the-minute issues, Wanderlust, manages to feel current, and relatively funny, without ever becoming particularly pointed, resulting in a floppy but satisfactory middlebrow comedy. - 60
Time Out
None of the hilarity is enough to keep Wanderlust from feeling like a late-night comedy-show sketch stretched to feature length. But why look a giggle-prone gift horse in the mouth? - 60
Arizona Republic
It's not a top-shelf Apatow production, and by the end, it's obvious Wanderlust was a lot more fun to make than it is to watch.
