Sarah Jessica Parker’s snobby act may work for Big in Manhattan, but paired opposite a good ‘ol boy like McConaughey, it is extremely uncomfortable to watch. Failure to Launch is not one of those rom-coms. The McConaughey rom-coms that work best aren’t those that ride on his looks and game with the ladies, but rather those in which he displays believable chemistry with the gal opposite him. The film then quickly crumbles into a onslaught of outlandish Pacino rants and sly McConaughey grins … and a shirtless workout montage by Mac. Having a knack for picking winners, he draws the eye of Pacino’s high-stakes gambling tycoon, leading to a poor man’s Gordon Gekko/Bud Fox–like relationship. McConaughey plays Brandon Lang, a former college quarterback who transitions to sports handicapping. In 2005, McConaughey pressed pause on his dominance as a rom-com leading man to play opposite Al Pacino in this disastrous “based on a true story” drama set in the sports-gambling world. By far the most excruciating parts are McConaughey and Zellweger trying to out-crazy each other. McConaughey plays Vilmer, a greasy, batshit crazy, inbred cannibal who, along with Leatherface, torments the hell out of the lone survivor (Zellweger) of a group of high-schoolers who crashed their car on prom night. Originally released as The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, then rereleased in 1997 with a new title following its lead actors’ rise to fame - McConaughey had appeared in A Time to Kill and Renée Zellweger in Jerry Maguire - this third installment in the horror franchise deserves to be forgotten. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994) We can all look back now and laugh (or cringe) at these nine.ĩ. And then there are the ones that we’ll chalk up to McConaughey being McConaughey. Others were failed attempts to set himself apart from the pack. Some were done because Matthew McConaughey was coming up through the ranks and didn’t know any better. To get to the McConaissance, we first had to trudge through some horrible movies.
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