If you are going to go up against George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart ("The Man Who Came to Dinner") and Jean Renoir ("Boudu Saved From Drowning") to tell the old chestnut about an impossible house guest who will not leave, then you'd better have the comedic and dramatic goods. The team behind "You, Me and Dupree" -- directors Anthony and Joe Russo and writer Michael Le Sieur -- do not. Kate Hudson is every shade of winsome and adorable, while Matt Dillon as her newlywed husband morphs believably from likable, stand-up guy to anal-retentive jerk.

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