| Someone Marry Barry | |
| Director: | Rob Pearlstein |
| Producer: | Kate Cohen Barry Josephson Rob Pearlstein Marisa Polvino |
| Starring: | Tyler Labine Damon Wayans, Jr. Lucy Punch Hayes MacArthur Thomas Middleditch |
| Music: | Joey Katsaros |
| Cinematography: | Mårten Tedin |
| Editing: | Justin Bourret |
| Studio: | Madrose Productions Straight Up Films Freestyle Releasing[1] |
| Distributor: | FilmBuff |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Someone Marry Barry is a 2014 American romantic comedy directed and written by Rob Pearlstein and starring Tyler Labine, Lucy Punch, Damon Wayans, Jr., and Hayes MacArthur. The plot follows a group of childhood friends' plans to get rid of their socially inappropriate friend Barry by finding him a wife. Miraculously, Barry meets his female equal, making the guys' problems double.
On July 23, 2012, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Labine, Punch, and Wayans, Jr. had joined the cast of the film written and directed by Pearlstein.[2] [3] On November 1, 2013, it was announced that FilmBuff would release the film on February 13, 2014, in theaters and on VOD.[4]
The principal photography of the film began on July 23, 2012, in Los Angeles.
Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com described the film as "a Bro-dom comedy with a sharp focus on The Inappropriate Guy", criticizing its reliance on puerile humor.[5] David Nusair of Reel Film Reviews wrote, "Someone Marry Barry‘s exceedingly mild success is due almost entirely to the efforts of an impressively charismatic roster of actors."[6] Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times wrote, "For a gross-out movie, 'Someone Marry Barry' has a respectable number of genuinely funny moments. Over all, it's still kind of crass and lowbrow, showing a particular obsession with flatulence, but there's a good-heartedness to it that somehow overrides your gut instinct to stop watching."[7]