BrianSez's Review

Summary - OK 2.5

How to impress your girlfriend and get a promotion? This movie shows us one scheme — find a schmuck and enter a competition for who can show up to dinner with the most pitiful one. With a lineup like Carrel and Paul Rudd, I expected something really great. Instead some potentially really LOL moments were unfortunately subdued by poor execution. Not to say it was a total disaster – you will certainly find yourself laughing at some finer moments: mouse-dolls, Yani like lovers, etc. just a bit disappointing.

Acting - Good 3.0

Carrel was good, but in a completely bad role Paul Rudd does really great as the misguided up and comer, and Zach Galifianakis was darn funny as the animally-magnetized competitor for Stephanie Szostak’s affections

Film - OK 2.5

Producer Sacha Baron Cohen couldn’t make a bad script in to a good movie, even with the all-star cast he had at his disposal.

Edge - Risqué 1.6

Reality - Glib 1.9

1 Comment

• Wick Aug 7, 2010 5:13PM

  Regarding Spaceghost’s Review
  Wow, Ghost. Great review and entirely believable. The trailer had me in stitches, so I intended to see the flik. Then the dreaded professional reviewers gave me too much pause, so I crossed it off my list. Instead, I watched Back to School last night, which was mildly fun but nothing like seeing a fresh, first rate comedy in the theater.

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