Vince Vaughn is David Wozniak, a hapless deliveryman for his family's butcher shop. One day, David returns from work to find a lawyer from the sperm bank (where he gave donation during his student years) who tells him he had fathered 533 children. Of those, 142 have joined a class action lawsuit to force the fertility clinic to reveal the identity of "Starbuck" (but I heard their coffee is costly and it sucks), the alias he had used.
David's friend and lawyer Brett represents him as he tries to keep the records sealed. He provides David with profiles of each party to the lawsuit: David stalks them, finding moments for random acts of kindness.
Delivery Man received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 38% based on reviews from 129 critics with an average score of 5/10. The site's consensus says: "It has an undeniably sweet charm, and Vince Vaughn is eminently likable in the lead role, but Delivery Man suffers in comparison to Starbuck, the hit Canadian comedy that inspired it." At Metacritic the film received a score of 44/100 based on reviews from 33 critics. In general the film received more of a poor accolade by critics.
Well, I get what rotten tomatoes and other critics are saying about this film but I think that the film was delightful to watch especially seeing a man perceived to be irresponsible by his family and most members of his community struggle to be there for the people that mattered most to him, even his magnitude of children.
Now there is a scene in the film that worries me. The Starbuck kids (as they fondly tagged themselves) are camping. This was an avenue for them to bond and get to know each other, and we all know what happens behind the bushes and trees at these camps when young boys and girls are drinking and singing Kunbaya around the burn-fire. This guys are brothers and sisters who are just meeting each other. Don't you think something might...you know happen? I mean...Cmon I don't have to put it in black and white, use your imagination geeks!!! Or am I just being paranoid over that scene?! Just bearing my mind here. Hey Hey Hey don't you call me a freak dude!
(sigh) Oh well!!! For me, weird storyline, but an interesting film and I give the movie Delivery man 8/10, and Nope, I ain't being cheesy!
