Pretty grim stuff for a comedy

Rating: 5/10 (18 March 2005)

I rented this because of the several good reviews it has. I also wanted to see a comedy.
The first half of the movie was rather funny but was due to the role that Jack Black has and his acting.
Somewhere around the middle of this overrated film whatever comedy there was was overshadowing by a series of the rejections that the Cusack character was getting. If you find rejection funny then rent the movie. But I found it quite un-funny.
The idea of the movie was unique and maybe the book was better than the movie.
And casting was good but over all I fail to see why this movie was given more than 5 stars.
The best thing about the movie was the actor Jack Black