---
title: 'Failure to Launch (2006)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tom Dey'
released: '2006-03-10'
runtime_minutes: 97
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/failure-to-launch-2006'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427229/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Failure to Launch (2006)

2006 · PG-13 · 97 min · Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Failure to Launch is a 2006 American romantic comedy film directed by Tom Dey, and starring Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker alongside Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper, Terry Bradshaw, and Kathy Bates. The film focuses on a 35-year-old man living with his parents who shows no interest in leaving the comfortable life that they, especially his mother, have made for him. Released by Paramount Pictures on March 10, 2006, it was met with generally negative critical reviews but was a commercial success, grossing $130.2 million against a $50 million budget.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tom Dey](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-dey)
- **Screenplay:** [Tom Astle](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-astle)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Rolfe Kent](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolfe-kent)
- **Producer:** [Scott Rudin](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-rudin)
- **Editor:** [Steven Rosenblum](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-rosenblum)

## Cast

- [Sarah Jessica Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-jessica-parker)
- [Bradley Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/bradley-cooper)
- [Stephen Tobolowsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-tobolowsky)
- [Mageina Tovah](https://cinepixo.com/people/mageina-tovah)
- [Kathy Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathy-bates)
- [Tyler James Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/tyler-james-williams)
- [Rob Corddry](https://cinepixo.com/people/rob-corddry)
- [Terry Bradshaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-bradshaw)
- [Matthew McConaughey](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-mcconaughey)
- [Justin Bartha](https://cinepixo.com/people/justin-bartha)
- [Larry Gamell Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-gamell-jr)
- [Patton Oswalt](https://cinepixo.com/people/patton-oswalt)
- [Aubrey Dollar](https://cinepixo.com/people/aubrey-dollar)
- [Katheryn Winnick](https://cinepixo.com/people/katheryn-winnick)

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Official site: http://www.paramount.com/movies/failure-launch
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/failure-to-launch-2006
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