Every Jon Favreau Movie Ranked From Worst To Best
6. Made (2001)
Made on a comparative shoe-string budget as a spiritual follow-up to the excellent Swingers, and starring Favreau alongside Vince Vaughn, Made offers early insight into Favreaus later tropes.
It might not be quite as good as its predecessor, but Made introduces Favreaus fascination with slightly broken character dynamics, irrepressibly charismatic dolts and surprisingly under-stated pay-offs. (As a side note, his character Bobbys terrible boxing career and lack of self-awareness would later be revived for his Friends role).
Made is about subtle story-telling and unspectacular but rewarding comedy: Vaughn is thoroughly disdainful but irresistibly, disarmingly charming and its a film that revels in the telling more than the actual tale. In some respects this is Favreaus Good Will Hunting, personal, idiosyncratic and a launch-pad to bigger, better things.