United States, India, Canada · 2013
1h 45m
Director Ken Scott
Starring Vince Vaughn, Cobie Smulders, Chris Pratt, Britt Robertson
Genre Comedy
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An affable underachiever finds out he's fathered 533 children through anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years ago. Now he must decide whether or not to come forward when 142 of them file a lawsuit to reveal his identity.
If this remake of 2011’s French-Canadian hit "Starbuck" feels as if it’s just going through the motions, Vaughn himself radiates sincerity and good intention. The actor doesn’t get it right this time, but he’s earned himself another chance.
Delivery Man may be a change of pace for Vaughn, but it’s the exact opposite for its creator, the Québécois filmmaker Ken Scott. Belonging to the Funny Games school of carbon-copy remakes, the film is an identical Hollywood retread of Scott’s 2011 festival favorite Starbuck. Every scene, every joke, nearly every shot of the movie is straight out of the original.
Village Voice by Amy Nicholson
Let's not blame Vince Vaughn for this stale cupcake. He's halfway through his Alec Baldwin-like transition from underbaked hunk to charismatic character actor.
The Playlist by Charlie Schmidlin
There are themes of familial connection and responsibility drenched across every frame of it, but aside from a few performances and amusing asides, “Delivery Man” is a bland translation of a sweet, but already flawed original.
The breadth of Vince Vaughn's gregarious persona has never been given free reign by any director and this certainly isn't the game-changer.
Entertainment Weekly by Chris Nashawaty
The only saving grace is Chris Pratt as Vaughn's deadpan best friend.
Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten
The film lacks any undercurrent of believability.
The Hollywood Reporter by Michael Rechtshaffen
Proves lightly entertaining in spite of its more heartfelt tendencies.
The circumstances may be contrived, but the characters feel refreshingly genuine.
McClatchy-Tribune News Service by Roger Moore
So it’s no “Starbuck,” which most people won’t mind because Americans don’t read subtitles. But even in this form, Delivery Man and the guy who plays him still deliver where it counts.
They'd be bettter off with strangers.
Mr. Right is never the one you expect.