Tanya Batson-Savage, Freelance Writer

From left, newly-weds Molly Peterson (Kate Hudson) and Carl Peterson (Matt Dillon) grin and bear permanent house guest Randy Dupree (Owen Wilson). - Contributed

You, Me and Dupree is a funny, light comedy that explores male friendship and how it is forced to changed when maturity (that hopefully comes with adulthood), or rather marriage creeps in. The flick is directed by brothers Anthony and Joe Russo and written by Mike LeSieur.

Randolf Dupree (Owen Wilson) and Carl Peterson (Matt Dillon) have been friends since childhood. However, while Carl grew up, got a steady job and then married the boss' daughter, Dupree is still stuck in childhood, the living embodiment of the Peter Pan complex.

In many ways Dupree is the kind of friend one might wish on other people. His heart is pure, but unfortunately, it comes attached to the rest of him and that is where the problems lay. Dupree is the kind of man who leaps before he looks, enjoys the rush of the fall and only sees the problem when he has landed splat on the sidewalk, or worse yet, when he has landed on the innocent bystander who broke his fall.

So, although Dupree makes a great friend during bachelorhood, when he falls on hard times and has to live with his recently married best friend and his new wife Molly, problems will ensue, because Dupree is easily a wife's nightmare.

Along with Wilson and Dillon, the flick also stars Michael Douglas (Mr. Thompson) and Kate Hudson (Molly Peterson).

As such, the film is filled with actors who have played their prescribed roles numerous times (with the possible exception of Dillon). Indeed, the performances are engaging and allow the flick to remain the bubbly light fare it was intended to be.

Indeed, the day may well soon come when one tires of seeing Owen Wilson play the same (oddball, live with your heart not your head, fast talking) character time and again, merely changing his costume but varying nothing else. Fortunately, that day is not today, and Wilson delivers his role with great aplomb, even if one with a change in dialogue Dupree could have almost come from any of his other films.

Furthermore, Dillon makes a great straight man against his light-hearted character, providing a delightful contrast. Douglas is also entertaining as the nefarious father-in-law, while Hudson needs to make no effort to play cute and blonde.

So, You, Me and Dupree provides a light-hearted popcorn fun. It falls no where in the vicinity of brilliant, but it certainly manages to be fun.

If one knows Owen Wilson, one knows what to expect, though the flick manages to be more fun than the trailer suggested.