Delivery Man stars Vince Vaughn and is the remake of a 2011 French-Canadian release called Starbuck, both by 2009's Sticky Fingers writer and director Ken Scott. I haven't seen Vince Vaughn on screen in a while so it was nice to see him in all of his Vince Vaughn-y, blunt comedy glory. He was funny, relatable and original given the circumstances of his character, David Wozniak, who learns that he is the biological father of 533 children (Wozniak had been a sperm donor twenty years prior- 600 something times- under the alias "Starbuck" in a plot to make $24,000). Fast forward to present day and 142 of his biological children are filing a lawsuit to have access to his identity. Meanwhile, he is a mediocre meat delivery man who has a baby on the way with his displeased present day girlfriend. Total dramz. But, who better to handle such a largely less-than-ordinary dilemma than cool and calm Vince Vaughn? No one, that's who. Wozniak takes on every challenge that comes his way with stride with the help of his best friend/overwhelmed father/attorney Brett, played by a believable Chris Pratt. Together, the two seem to be able to keep it together. Even with Wozniak taking curious excursions to "see" just who exactly these 142 kids he's fathered are and where they are in life. Which results in some classic comedy moments."My genes are in a professional basketball player!".
The plot seemed unique to anything recent, as well as anything Vaughn has taken on (although we have seen him take on plenty of awkward), even with the story being a recycled version of Scott's French-Canadian film, only now for American audiences. Vaughn had to be the perfect actor to lead the movie, holding the necessary "take it as it comes" personality to truthfully portray a character in such a bizarre situation. Said best by a helping opinion during a time of reflection for Wozniak, "A normal person would not be in this sort of situation." In Delivery Man, David "Starbuck" Wozniak is forced to come to terms with his life as he knows it and learns that you truly are never quite ready for what life delivers.
3/5
Delivery Man is in theaters November 22
Great review, thanks for sharing, sweetz! <3
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