The Delivery Man didn't Deliver (no, this isn't about pizza)

I don't know how many of you went to see the movie Delivery Man, but  it simply didn’t deliver.  In fact, according to Rotten Tomatoes (the tomatoemeter gave it ONLY a 36%, which was no surprise). “It has an undeniably sweet charm, and Vince Vaughn is eminently likable in the lead role, but…”

The flawed protagonist, David Wozinak, played by Vince Vaughn's appeal is laced with sweet, endearing sentiment, and while his character does evolve, there are issues with the plot, in this American remake of the French Canadian film “Starbuck.” Frankly, there are just too many narrative threads, and Wozinak is juggling too many fires along with stereotypical kids that makes the plot sort of fall apart.

Vince Vaughn is generally a good idea, but his desperation isn’t believable in this film.  It kind of feels like he’s just going through the motions of a story, which is somewhat exhausting. Ironically, the little bit of humor in the film, is more related to the circumstance the lead character finds himself in.  Then there is his oddball best friend and lawyer in season, Brett (Chris Pratt) with his four ridiculously brazen children, who offer a moment of comic relief in this supposed comedy.

The script itself just doesn’t deliver.  It is confused and cliche’- driven.  Cliche'-driven writing is just a bad idea.