History Film / TheDilemma

** RealityIsUnrealistic. Look at who Kevin James is married to.

* AuthorAppeal: Muscle cars, as one subplot revolves around designing an electric car that looks like a muscle car so that it doesn't look... [[UnfortunateImplications ermmm]] "gay".

2011 {{dramedy}} about a man named Ronny (Vince Vaughn) who sees the wife (Creator/WinonaRyder) of his best friend Nick (Kevin James) cheating with another man. Ronny then goes through great pains to collect proof, while hiding the information until the right time. Directed by Creator/RonHoward.

* YourCheatingHeart: Basically the whole premise of the movie.

* AuthorAppeal: Muscle cars, as one subplot revolves around designing an electric car that looks like a muscle car so that it doesn't like [[UnfortunateImplications ermmm]] "gay"

2011 {{dramedy}} about a man named Ronny (Vince Vaughn) who sees the wife (WinonaRyder) of his best friend Nick (Kevin James) cheating with another man. Ronny then goes through great pains to collect proof, while hiding the information until the right time. Directed by Creator/RonHoward.

* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Another case of 'Sir Not Appearing On This Poster'. One would not even know that it is an ensemble film with Creator/JenniferConnelly, WinonaRyder, Music/QueenLatifah and Channing Tatum in the cast (instead, the poster just shows Vince Vaughn and Kevin James grinning).

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The German for dilemma is "dilemma". So naturally in Germany ''The Dilemma'' is shown as ''Dickste Freunde'' -- which means ''Fat Friends''. Or less literally ''Best Friends''. [[note]]This inexplicable transmogrification was riffed on by Creator/MarkKermode and Simon Mayo. Simon thought Dickste Freunde might have stared in some straight-to-video erotic thrillers. Mark: "Wally Pfister shoots Dickste Freunde, in ''The Fat Friends''!"[[/note]]

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The German for dilemma is "dilemma". So naturally in Germany ''TheDilemma'' is shown as ''Dickste Freunde'' -- which means ''Fat Friends''. Or less literally ''Best Friends''. [[note]]This inexplicable transmogrification was riffed on by Creator/MarkKermode and Simon Mayo. Simon thought Dickste Freunde might have stared in some straight-to-video erotic thrillers. Mark: "Wally Pfister shoots Dickste Freunde, in ''The Fat Friends''!"[[/note]]

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The German for dilemma is "dilemma". So naturally in Germany ''TheDilemma'' is shown as ''Dickste Freunde'' -- which means ''Fat Friends''. Or less literally ''Best Friends''. [[note]]This inexplicable transmogrification was riffed on by MarkKermode and Simon Mayo. Simon thought Dickste Freunde might have stared in some straight-to-video erotic thrillers. Mark: "Wally Pfister shoots Dickste Freunde, in ''The Fat Friends''!"[[/note]]

* TheCoconutEffect: In-universe, Ronny's and Nick's job is to work Coconut Effects into products. During the movie, they're making silent electric cars "roar" as if they had loud combustion engines.

2011 {{dramedy}} about a man named Ronny (Vince Vaughn) who sees the wife (WinonaRyder) of his best friend Nick (Kevin James) cheating with another man. Ronny then goes through great pains to collect proof, while hiding the information until the right time. Directed by RonHoward.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The German for dilemma is "dilemma". So naturally in Germany ''TheDilemma'' is shown as ''Dickste Freunde'' -- which means ''Fat Friends''. Or less literally ''Best Friends''. [[hottip:*:This inexplicable transmogrification was riffed on by MarkKermode and Simon Mayo. Simon thought Dickste Freunde might have stared in some straight-to-video erotic thrillers. Mark: "Wally Pfister shoots Dickste Freunde, in ''The Fat Friends''!"]]

* UglyGuyHotWife: Vince Vaughn and Kevin James are average-looking at best, and both are quite overweight (the latter more so) -- but snagged women who look like Jennifer Connelly and Winona Ryder. A New York Times review pointed out the absurdity of this.

[[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] goes onto a full-on rant about the scene.

* FelonyMisdemeanor: One "big secret" that Ronny has kept from Nick for years is that he dated Geneva... during college... before Nick and Geneva ever even met. Viewers found this plot point unnecessary and tacked on to the overall drama, regardless of authenticity. In the crucial scene, the anger is directed toward Ronny, not Geneva, whom Nick is ''married'' to.
* ManipulativeBitch: Geneva.

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Ronny, presented as the hero, uses the word 'gay' as an insult. Several reviewers have made good points about why this isn't acceptable. [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] goes onto a full-on rant about the scene.

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Ronny, presented as the hero, uses the word 'gay' as an insult. Several reviewers have made good points about why this isn't acceptable. FilmBrain goes onto a full-on rant about the scene.

2010 {{dramedy}} about a man named Ronny (Vince Vaughn) who sees the wife of his best friend Nick (Kevin James) cheating with another man. Ronny then goes through great pains to collect proof, while hiding the information until the right time. Directed by RonHoward.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: One "big secret" that Ronny has kept from Nick for years is that he dated Geneva…during college…before Nick and Geneva ever even met.