Failure to Launch

1997 film by Tom Dey

Movie Film Q228936

Facts

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Instance of: film
Director: Tom Dey^[1]
Genre: romantic comedy^[4]
Publication date: March 10, 2006, March 16, 2006^[29]^[30]
Official website: www.paramount.com^[34]
Screenwriter: Tom Astle^[2]
Producer: Scott Rudin^[19]
Duration: +97^[40]
Aspect ratio (W:H): 2.35:1^[41]
Assessment: Bechdel test
Australian Classification: M
BBFC rating: 12A certificate
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
Capital cost: +50000000^[42]
Cast member: Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Kathy Bates, Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper, Terry Bradshaw, Katheryn Winnick, Rob Corddry, Aubrey Dollar, Patton Oswalt, Tyler James Williams, Stephen Tobolowsky, Mageina Tovah, Larry Gamell Jr.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]
ClassInd rating: 14
Color: color^[27]
Composer: Rolfe Kent^[3]
Country of origin: United States^[28]
Director of photography: Claudio Miranda^[21]
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures, Netflix^[31]^[32]
Distribution format: video on demand^[23]
FSK film rating: FSK 6^[39]
Film editor: Steven Rosenblum^[36]

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Filming location: Delaware^[35]
Filmiroda rating: Category III
IGAC rating: M/12
IMDA rating: PG
JMK film rating: free from 6 years
KMRB film rating: 15
Kijkwijzer rating: Kijkwijzer 6
MPA film rating: PG-13^[38]
Medierådet rating: Suitable for a general audience
Narrative location: Baltimore^[33]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[22]
Production company: Paramount Pictures^[20]
RTC film rating: B
Review score: 4.6/10, 23%, 47/100^[24]^[25]^[26]
Title: Failure to Launch^[37]

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🔖 Identifiers · 82

AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID: 63804
AdoroCinema film ID: 59200
AllMovie title ID: v329645
Allcinema film ID: 324785
AlloCiné film ID: 59200
Amazon Standard Identification Number: B000IW2B5C
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.2hiurvysxvh8x70ppxtj81r9y
Bechdel Test Movie List ID: 9277
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): failuretolaunch
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 707462
CineMagia title ID: 13359
Cinema.de ID: 1338291

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Cineplex Germany film ID: 166344
ClassInd audiovisual work ID: 19799
DNF film ID: 47545
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 8641
Does the Dog Die? media ID: 9551
Douban film ID: 1547134
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 11k (9.5k–11k, n=3)
EDb film ID: t0012082
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/AAD6-B6FE-70A5-9E10-1AB9-R
ElCinema film ID: 2000452
ElFilm film ID: 421351
Elonet movie ID: 1326675
Exploitation mark number: 114695
Fandango video ID: 62387
FandangoNow ID (deprecated scheme): 1MVc6b1fb62a81afe20670306be95be8556
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/zum-ausziehen-verfuehrt
FilmAffinity film ID: 794703
FilmVandaag ID: film/1258
Filmarks ID: movies/46673
Filmfront film ID (archived): 5103
Filmová databáze film ID: 40100
Filmweb.no film ID: 39868
Filmweb.pl ID: Milosc.Na.Zamowienie
Freebase ID: /m/0b9qwr
Garance item ID: 9906328
Google Play Movies & TV ID: sbhVLzpu_d4
Hulu movie ID: 44d44987-cc10-444e-9ea0-92afe8697def
IMCDB work ID: 427229
IMDb ID: tt0427229
ISAN: 0000-0001-86D1-0000-8-0000-0000-D
ITunes movie ID: 261407656
Il mondo dei doppiatori ID: film1/acasaconisuoi
KINENOTE film ID: 47309
Kanopy ID: 15187849
Kinobox film ID: 229303
Kinopoisk film ID: 86646
LUMIERE film ID: 25714
LdiF ID: 526219
Letterboxd film ID: failure-to-launch
Lithuanian movie register ID: F00343
MPA certificate number: 42417
MUBI film numeric ID: 62016
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 43668
Metacritic ID: movie/failure-to-launch
Movie Review Query Engine ID: failure-to-launch-m100005601
MovieLens movie ID: 44004
MovieMeter film ID: 34320
Moviepilot.de film ID: zum-ausziehen-verfuehrt
Netflix ID: 70044867
OFDb film ID: 94087
OMDb film ID: 6877
PORT film ID: 75037
Plex media key: 5d7768317e9a3c0020c6be76
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/failure_to_launch
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 42875
Scope.dk film ID: 4448
SensCritique work ID: 448285
Sratim ID: tt12771
Swedish Film Database ID: 62041
TCM Movie Database film ID (archived): 629200
TMDB movie ID: 6877
TV Guide show ID (former scheme): 278799
TV.com ID (archived): movies/failure-to-launch
The Numbers movie ID: Failure-to-Launch
TheTVDB movie ID: 4038
Trakt.tv ID: movies/failure-to-launch-2006
Trakt.tv film ID: 3752
U-NEXT video ID: SID0020268
YouTube video ID: 9sK8YtwORnA
ČSFD film ID: 207658

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 13

Bradley Cooper, Matthew McConaughey, Kathy Bates, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patton Oswalt, Katheryn Winnick, Justin Bartha, Stephen Tobolowsky +5 more

Distributed by 2

Netflix, Paramount Pictures

Assessment 1

Bechdel test

Composer 1

Rolfe Kent

Country of origin 1

United States

Director 1

Tom Dey

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Film editor 1

Steven Rosenblum

Filming location 1

Delaware

Genre 1

romantic comedy

Instance of 1

film

Narrative location 1

Baltimore

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Producer 1

Scott Rudin

Production company 1

Paramount Pictures

← FactGrid item ID 1

Melanie Kurt

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Failure to Launch — director (P57): Tom Dey. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Failure to Launch — screenwriter (P58): Tom Astle. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Failure to Launch — composer (P86): Rolfe Kent. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Failure to Launch — genre (P136): romantic comedy. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Failure to Launch — cast member (P161): Matthew McConaughey. stopklatka.pl. Retrieved 2016-04-08. stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Failure to Launch — cast member (P161): Sarah Jessica Parker. stopklatka.pl. Retrieved 2016-04-08. stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Failure to Launch — cast member (P161): Zooey Deschanel. stopklatka.pl. Retrieved 2016-04-08. stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Failure to Launch — cast member (P161): Kathy Bates. metacritic.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. metacritic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Failure to Launch — cast member (P161): Justin Bartha. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Failure to Launch — cast member (P161): Bradley Cooper. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Failure to Launch — cast member (P161): Terry Bradshaw. metacritic.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. metacritic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Failure to Launch — cast member (P161): Katheryn Winnick. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Failure to Launch — cast member (P161): Rob Corddry. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Failure to Launch — cast member (P161): Aubrey Dollar. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Failure to Launch — cast member (P161): Patton Oswalt. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Failure to Launch — cast member (P161): Tyler James Williams. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Failure to Launch — cast member (P161): Stephen Tobolowsky. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Failure to Launch — cast member (P161): Mageina Tovah. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Failure to Launch — producer (P162): Scott Rudin. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Failure to Launch — production company (P272): Paramount Pictures. stopklatka.pl. Retrieved 2016-04-08. stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Failure to Launch — director of photography (P344): Claudio Miranda. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Failure to Launch — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Failure to Launch — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Failure to Launch — review score (P444): 4.6/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-05. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Failure to Launch — review score (P444): 23%. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Failure to Launch — review score (P444): 47/100. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Failure to Launch — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Failure to Launch — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Failure to Launch — publication date (P577): March 10, 2006. Freebase Data Dumps. Retrieved 2025-12-04. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Failure to Launch — publication date (P577): March 16, 2006. IMDb. Retrieved 2017-04-14. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Failure to Launch — distributed by (P750): Paramount Pictures. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Failure to Launch — distributed by (P750): Netflix. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Failure to Launch — narrative location (P840): Baltimore. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Failure to Launch — official website (P856): http://www.paramount.com/movies/failure-launch. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Failure to Launch — filming location (P915): Delaware. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Failure to Launch — film editor (P1040): Steven Rosenblum. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Failure to Launch — title (P1476): Failure to Launch. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Failure to Launch — MPA film rating (P1657): PG-13. IMDb. Retrieved 2025-12-04. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Failure to Launch — FSK film rating (P1981): FSK 6. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Failure to Launch — duration (P2047): 97 minutes. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Failure to Launch — aspect ratio (W:H) (P2061): 2.35:1. IMDb. Retrieved 2025-12-04. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Failure to Launch — capital cost (P2130): 50,000,000 US dollars. Retrieved 2025-12-04. wikidata.org.

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