'The Delivery Man' trailer delivers from the heart

Posted Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at 5:12 PM Central

by John Couture

Stop me if you've heard this one before. A guy makes an anonymous donation to a sperm clinic when he was a young man and through a comedy of errors that could only happen in the movies, he's the father of 533 children.

Actually, you probably have heard this before, especially if you read Dannette's list of 2013 sleepers. At the time, she was advocating Starbuck, the original French Canadian film that finally made its debut stateside earlier this year.

Today, we're talking about the Hollywood remake starring Vince Vaughn as the loveable loser whose life hasn't taken the path that he dreamed of, but he sees an opportunity to give his life some meaning while helping his horde of children realize their dreams. A teaser dropped a few weeks back and we were intrigued, but today's offering caught us totally by surprise.

We figured that Vaughn would deliver on his usual schtick and it would quickly devolve into some sort of schmaltzy thing wrapped in a bow, but I'm telling you after watching this trailer, I'm convinced that he really does reach some cathartic levels. Either that or I'm just a sappy mess now that I'm a father of my own. Either way, the film looks great and we can't get enough Cobie Smulders or Chris Pratt right now.

Check it out and let us know what you think. The Delivery Man hits theaters on November 22.