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Paula's job is more of a calling, really. She works for parents who would like to become empty-nesters, but who can't get their sons to move out. Paula has a protocol, she meets them, she engages their interest, she improves their self confidence, and presto -- they are flying on their own.

What do you do when your kids just won't leave home? They're not kids anymore, they are grown men and women with, hopefully, their own lives, who won't get out there and live them. Who can blame them? If staying home means no rent, no cleaning, no cooking, no responsibilities and an all around better standard of living than they could afford themselves.

Enter Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker). She can carry on a conversation about Star Wars, she understands the importance of the friends' opinions, she knows the male psyche and isn't afraid to use it. But Paula is also just a bit overconfident.

Movie poster, Failure to Launch
To leave the nest, some men just need a little push.