I see what you are saying with most of those movies. They didn't work completely. But there are many inspired moments in most of them. But I might disagree with you on Fred Claus. I think it worked as a Christmas movie, and I think it worked as a vehicle for Vaughn.
And I thought The Breakup was very well done. And I think he was great in Clay Pigeons, and had a great part in Anchorman, and Old School. And I liked him in Starsky and Hutch. I also liked him in Made.
Psycho was a failed experiment, but that was Gus Van Zant as much as Vaughn. He was miscast. It didn't really work, But it was daring and interesting.
I think he had a great little part in Into The Wild also.
There might be others. I can't think of more right now. But even in general losers like Four Christmases and Couples Retreat, there are moments. Wedding Crashers I thought was horrible. Pacing was way off for me.
Now The Dilemma was pretty bad, but it was a bad script and the entire thing was brought down a bit by Kevin James. He couldn't really keep up with Vaughn in that film.
None of this will override your personal experience with him, I realize. He has stained his reputation in yout mind forever. But I think he has a lot of memorable stuff out there. And I'm a Chicagoan, so I root for him. I have my bias too.
But I love the interchange of ideas. That's what these boards are all about.
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