Movie: The Dilemma

• Director: Ron Howard
• Release Date: January 2011
• Writers: Allan Loeb
• Run Time: 111
• Genre: Comedy, Drama

Tagline: The truth hurts.

Review: Ron Howard has been successful in entertaining me and making good movies, and you can add The Dilemma to a list that also includes Frost Nixon, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, Cinderella Man, and Parenthood. He does another great job on directing this bromance comedy, making this his best comedy since Parenthood.

The story is a brilliant one that I like. It shows how one friend is going through the trouble of whether or not to tell his best friend that his wife has been cheating on him. The story continues to stay funny thanks to the witty script by Allan Loeb and Howards directing.

Howard has put together an excellent cast led by Vince Vaughn. Vaughn stars as Ronny Valentine, who runs a car business with his best friend, Nick. Vaughn does sometimes do his usual kind of acting like he has pulled off in Wedding Crashers and Dodgeball, but he makes that work to his advantage. Vaughn gives a hilarious performance where he makes you compassionate in what he is going through.

James is great as Nick, and shows that he still as talent as a comedy actor. James makes you feel bad for him even though he doesnt know what is really going on with Ronny.

Jennifer Connelly and Winona Ryder are both also great as they are Vaughns and James female counterparts. Connelly shows how sweet she makes Beth when she shows her love and concern for Ronny. Connelly makes Beth out to be a very affectionate and loving girlfriend. Ryder gives a hilarious turn as Geneva, Nicks wife. What I like best about Ryders performance is that she makes Geneva out to be the bad one and is hilarious at threatening Ronny.

Overall, this is a fun comedy that continues to be funny as Ronny keeps getting himself into bigger and bigger trouble. What I liked best about The Dilemma is how Ron Howard is able to keep interest in his storytelling and to keep it funny. Howard shows that he is one of the best directors out there and can do any kind of movie.