I admit not being a fan of Owen Wilson until he won me over with his delightful performance as Randolph Dupree in You, Me and Dupree. I even dreaded having to review this title on DVD. I purposely avoided the film during its theatrical run based on a steady stream of negative reviews, but now I wish I hadn't.  I found You, Me and Dupree to be very entertaining and full of solid laughs.

Carl Peterson (Matt Dillon) and Randolph Dupree (Owen Wilson) have been inseparable pals since childhood, so it seemed fitting that Carl would select Dupree to be the best man at his recent wedding to Molly Thompson (Kate Hudson).

Mr. Thompson (Michael Douglas) is Carl’s father-in-law and employer at a real-estate development firm. Prior to the wedding, Carl handed in blueprints for a subdivision he hoped to build. Surprisingly,  Thompson raised Carl's salary while also giving him the team and all the tools necessary to bring his vision to fruition.

When Carl drives to a pub for a celebratory beer, he learns that the manager has allowed Dupree to live in the bar after last call. Dupree apparently left for Carl's wedding in Hawaii not telling his employer. After Dupree consistently failed to show up at work, the company terminated him. Dupree tried living in his car but his boss, who leased it for him, demands he hand over the keys. Now the bar owner wants him gone due to complaints from the regulars.

Carl tells Dupree he can crash with him and Molly -- but only until he secures employment and is able to afford his own place. Unfortunately, Dupree orders premium cable billed to Carl and Molly and destroys the downstairs bathroom. Unable to find a plunger, he flushes a clogged toilet over and over again hoping it will rectify itself. And, at his only job interview, Dupree blows his chance by admitting he hates to work. 

Molly believes if Dupree falls in love he will suddenly want to leave, but she shrieks when encountering him in a compromising position on the sofa with a friend of hers, one she encouraged him to take out. While attempting to clothe himself, Dupree knocks over candles he used to set the ambiance. The blaze completely destroys the front part of Carl and Molly’s house.

In the meantime, Molly's father worries that his legacy will die when he's gone because Molly is his only child. He demands that Carl take Molly's last name or hyphenate his so his grandchildren will carry on the Thompson name. When Carl refuses, Mr. Thompson  hijacks his project. As the last straw, Thompson has the audacity to tell Carl he should get a vasectomy so that he can never have children with Molly. 

Will Molly and Carl rid their lives of Dupree? Will Dupree ever grow-up? Will Carl and his father-in-law ever see eye to eye? It's great fun watching how the movie answers these questions.   

Wilson puts in a commanding performance here, but Dillon, Douglas and Hudson also provide loads of laughs in their supporting roles. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, You, Me and Dupree is a highly amusing film. 

(Released by Universal Pictures and rated “PG-13” for sexual content, brief nudity, crude humor, language and a drug reference.)