''Someone Marry Barry'' is a 2014 American

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directed and written by Rob Pearlstein and starring

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, 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.

Cast

as Barry Burke * Damon Wayans, Jr. as Desmond * Lucy Punch as Melanie Miller * Hayes MacArthur as Rafe * Thomas Middleditch as Kurt *

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as Camille *

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as Ben * Ginger Gonzaga as Juanita * Amanda Lund as Rachael *

Jerry Minor Jerome Charles Minor Jr. is an American actor, comedian and writer known for his comedic roles in numerous television programs such as '' Mr. Show'', ''Saturday Night Live'', '' Trigger Happy TV'', '' Delocated'', ''Brickleberry'', '' Unbreakable ...

as Taxi Driver * Greg Germann as Bill * Brett Gelman as Goker * Joe Lo Truglio as Sammy (Barry's Barry)

Production

On July 23, 2012, ''

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'' reported that Labine, Punch, and Wayans, Jr. had joined the cast of the film written and directed by Pearlstein. On November 1, 2013, it was announced that FilmBuff would release the film on February 13, 2014, in theaters and on VOD.

Filming

The

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of the film began on July 23, 2012, in

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Critical reception

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. 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." Neil Genzlinger of ''

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'' 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."

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