I Love You, Man

Cinephile deep dive

The take

John Hamburg directs. Lawrence Sher behind the camera. Theodore Shapiro scores. William Kerr cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 17 years ago.
• 2Directed by John Hamburg, shot by Lawrence Sher. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 3Original score by Theodore Shapiro. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 4Editor William Kerr shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 5Paul Rudd and Jason Segel and Rashida Jones carry the top of the cast.
• 6Marketing tagline: "Are you man enough to say it?".
• 7IMDB entry: tt1155056 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 8Classified under 17 themes, including "marriage", "male friendship", "wedding", "guitar player".

The technical file

Cinematography

Lawrence Sher

Original score

Theodore Shapiro

Editing

William Kerr

Production design

Andrew Laws

Costume design

Leesa Evans

Makeup / hair

Tracey Levy

Sound

Marc Fishman

Stunt coordinator

Alex Daniels

Runtime

105 min · 1h 45m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Budget

$41,000,000

Box office

$92,000,000

Return

224% of budget

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

R

IMDB

I Love You, Man (2009) ↗

Rotten Tomatoes

82% 🍅 Fresh

Metacritic

70/100

IMDB rating

7/10 · 224,926 votes

MPAA

R

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Stills · wallpapers

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  I Love You, Man - Trailer

  Trailer · Official
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  I Love You, Man (2009) second trailer

  Trailer

Production companies

Who made it

• 

  The Montecito Picture Company

  US

• 

  De Line Pictures

  US

• BE

  Bernard Gayle Productions

Key crew

• Post Production SupervisorJake Rice
• ElectricianLuke Kalteux
• ProducerDonald De Line
• ProducerJohn Hamburg
• Executive ProducerBill Johnson
• Executive ProducerAndrew Haas
• Executive ProducerIvan Reitman
• Executive ProducerTom Pollock
• Executive ProducerJeffrey Clifford
• Co-ProducerAnders Bard
• Production DesignAndrew Laws
• EditorWilliam Kerr
• Costume DesignLeesa Evans
• CastingAllison Jones
• Stunt CoordinatorAlex Daniels
• Unit Production ManagerSusan McNamara
• First Assistant DirectorScott Robertson
• Second Assistant DirectorJonas Spaccarotelli
• Art DirectionEric Sundahl
• Assistant Art DirectorClint Wallace
• Set DecorationChristopher Carlson
• Camera OperatorDaniel C. Gold
• Camera OperatorBrooks Robinson
• Steadicam OperatorBrooks Robinson

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• marriage
• male friendship
• wedding
• guitar player
• rock band
• real estate agent
• fiancé fiancée relationship
• male bonding
• duringcreditsstinger
• best man
• engaged couple
• socially awkward
• gay theme
• best friends
• no friends
• gay brother
• man date

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2009-03-20R
• Physical2011-08-11R· DVD / Blu-ray

Also known as

International titles

• Let's Make FriendsUS
• Kallis oled, vanaEE
• Trauzeuge gesucht!DE
• Te Amo, HermanoAR