The Dilemma

What would you do if you found your best friend’s partner having an affair?  That’s the situation Vince Vaughn finds himself in in The Dilemma.

The movie is centred around Ronny Valentine (Vaughn) and Nick Brannen (Kevin James) who have been best friends since college and are business partners.  Nick is the brains of the business, despite his awkwardness, while Ronny is the handsome and charismatic one.  Together, they have managed to become successful and are on the verge of a crucial business deal.

Early on, we find that Ronny idolises Nick for his commitment to his college sweetheart, Geneva (Winona Ryder), and how he admires him and them for managing to stick together for twenty years.  His idolising bubble is popped though when he catches Geneva kissing a much younger and handsome guy called Zip (Channing Tatum).  Now he is in a dilemma; does he tell Nick what he knows about his wife and risk destroying their marriage and jeopardising their business deal or does he say nothing and let his best friend continue living in a sham of a marriage.

The Dilemma is billed as a comedy however that really isn’t the case.  There are a few laughs here and there but not as many as you would think and in all honesty, The Dilemma is an unintentional drama that just so happens to star funny men Vince Vaughn and Kevin James.  If you want to see a comedy, I wouldn’t recommend it, but if you’re interested in a story of how two friends work through a difficult situation, then it may be worth going to.