Delivery Man: The Perfect Movie For The Holidays

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What do you get when you have Vince Vaughn, Cobie Smulders, and Chris Pratt together?  One of my newest favorite movies is Delivery Man! 

Delivery Man: The Perfect Movie For The Holidays

I cannot get over how much I like this movie. I love the characters and the emotions that you feel when you sit down and watch Delivery Man!  I’m going to let you know right from the start that Delivery Man gets two thumbs up from me!  I love the far-out humor, but I also love the real emotions that you feel when you watch Delivery Man!  Sitting down and talking with Vince Vaugn, I realized how much he used his feelings from his everyday life and put them into the movie.

I don’t know what your plans are this weekend, but mine are to take my family to watch Delivery Man!  If you are not already aware, it is in theatres today, November 22, 2013.  My family has been listening to me talk about this movie non-stop since my recent trip to LA for the Red Carpet Premier for Delivery Man!  I have to say thank you to Disney for paying for my trip and to Marshall for inviting me.  They have given me the opportunity to come back and share my 100% honest opinion with my amazing readers.

So basically, let’s cut to the chase…  There is no need for a review here!  Hands down, one of the best movies I have seen in a long time!  There is so much emotion; one minute you’re laughing, the next you want to reach through the screen and give one of the characters a hug. My favorite thing about Delivery Man is that its real emotions mix with the humor of a man who has 533 kids!  I mean, really, who has 533 kids and doesn’t know about it until YEARS later?  That’s the humor of it all, but the emotions that you feel during the movie are real because they are real emotions that many parents have felt.  Whether it’s the fear of handling a situation, the joy of helping your child, or the feeling that comes over you when you see one of your children hurt and all you want to do is just take it away!

There is this handicap boy who is one of the 533 kids, and that part steals my heart.  I’m not sure if it is because I can relate to that feeling, but I can tell you that I remember feelingthat way with my step son.  I didn’t have any children, and here is this handicapped boy that I didn’t know how to act around.  What do you do, what do you say, and how do you do it.  I remember those feelings, and that’s a lot of the reason I love this movie so much; it’s very relatable for me.

I’m not going to tell you a whole lot about the movie; there’s plenty of trailers for that, and I think you should go watch it.  So here’s a brief rundown of it: basically, David Wozniak (Vince Vaughn) ends up with 533.  How was he to know that 20 years later, his anonymous donations to the fertility clinic would come back to haunt him or tell him he was the father to 533 children.?  20 years later, all of his kids come together because they want to find out who their father is…  Let the lawsuit begin

533 children?  What would one do with that many kids?  Do you think it is even possible?  How in the world, as an later,actor, would you prepare for such a role?  If you read our recent Interview with Vince Vaughn, I’m sure you already know that Vince sounds like an amazing father, and a lot of what is in this film is real.  The emotions that you feel are emotions that Vince was able to relate to his own life, and role as a father.  How do you feel when your kids hurtmean,?  What would you do if you had the chance to help your son change his life forever?

Vince did such an amazing job taking a movie that’s so far out there—I mean really, 533 kids—and bringing it back in so viewers could relate to so much of it. Then you have David’s amazing friend, Chris Pratt, who is just full of fun.  I don’t think there is a moment when he is on the screen that I don’t laugh or cry.  Cobie plays the perfect girl who just wants her guy to grow up and get a life.

The movie really gets started once Vince begins to meet his children.  Chris Pratt, who’s acting as Vince’s lawyer and BFF, warns David to stay away from the children, but of course David just want to see what one of them looks like.  He ends up helping one and moving on to the next, slowly building relationships with them, learning what it is to be a dad, finding out how much he loves being dad, and eventually… Oh, don’t you wish I would go on?  I would but I really want you to see this move from start to finish, I don’t want to be the one to tell you everything!

Follow David on his journey that leads him to discover who the real David Wozniak is, but even more importantly, learn who he is with 533 kids and what kind of father he can be!  It’s totally worth watching. I honestly cannot think of a better movie for the holiday season than Delivery Man!

Everyone did such an amazing job with their roles… If you went to see Delivery Man today, leave me a comment and let me know what you thought.  If not, go see it. Take the family. I think you will agree. Delivery Man hits the spot this time of year!

If you didn’t read it, be sure to read my recent post, 8 Things I Found Interesting About Vince Vaughn.

What I liked best:

I loved that I was able to relate to the way Vince felt.  I have been there one moment you’re not a parent, the next you are the parent to 533.. mine was only 3, but it was socking, I didn’t know what to do, and I was scared… Being a stepson from one day to the next has changed me in more ways than I would have imagined, and I think this movie is a great example of that. Plus, it’s funny, and I love Vince Vaughn.

I have posted tons of trailers about Delivery Man; if any of them have made you smile or made you laugh, you will enjoy this movie!