Wanderlust

Director:  David Wain

Stars:  Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux (future Mr. Aniston), Alan Alda

In Wanderlust, Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston playPaul and Linda Gergenblatt struggling financially after Rudd's character loses his job and the two lose their high-priced New York apartment.   Without palatable alternatives, the Gergenblatts return to an "intentional community" (the folks there don't like it being called a commune.  After initially resisting the lifestyle, they begin to embrace the change of pace, no longer obsessed with technology (Zenith televisions and walkmen, according to the "leader" Seth).

Overall, Wanderlust is not a great movie, but has some solid laughs.  Rudd and Aniston are mostly reactory characters in the zaniness that dominates the movie.  The characters on the commune are mostly stereotypical hippies and most grow tiresome pretty quickly.  The "leader" (although the residents don't call him that) is written pretty well.  

I wouldn't recommend Wanderlust highly.  It has its flaws- the R rating is for graphic nudity (and really unnecessary graphic nudity at that ), and the conflict between Paul and Linda later in the movie doesn't feel altogether genuine.  But watching Wanderlust isn't a waste of time- it's not as crude or obnoxious as something like Hall Pass.