A good movie, but not because of the stars

Rating: 9/10 (16 August 2006)

This is one of those movies where i found the main characters annoying... in my opinion the real stars are Seth Rogen (Cal), Romany Malco (Jay), Gerry Bednob (Mooj) and Paul Rudd (David). Their improvised scenes, both in the main movie, and in the DVD extras are hilarious. as far as the stars go, Steve Carrell is just annoying, I really feel he is overrated both as an actor and an improviser. Catherine Keener plays her character well, but she was given precious little to work with. The highlights of this movie for me were the argument between Mooj and Jay over a customer, and the performance of Aquarius during the closing credits. None of the characters is overly sympathetic, and the story is uninspired. But its all in the improv, hence the 9 rating.