Subtle melancholic comedy, typical for actor Ben Stiller's kind of humor. Not a straight comedy, still an excellent lovely gem nonetheless. Recommended for lonely daydreamers

Rating: 8/10 (6 December 2018)

Beware all you Kristen Wiigs fans, she only plays a small supporting role, however charming she is. Comedic actor Ben Stiller directed this melancholic comedy himself. Stiller's style of humor is full of tongue in cheek jokes intertwined with some melancholic feelings, which probably wont please the masses who usually just wanna see a straight comedy, which this is certainly NOT. But arthouse audiences who can appreciate the more subtle melancholic comedies could surely appreciate this excellent lovely gem.
The story is about Ben Stiller playing a bland and insecure office worker who is secretly daydreaming about a female co worker (Kristen Wiig), but hasnt got the nerve to ask her out. What's so special about this movie is the fact that a normal office story gets intertwined with daydream scenes. Might sound boring at first hand, yet these day dream scenes of Ben Stiller are hilarious and full of heroic adventures which are being captured with high quality special effects and cgi. Stunnng action scenes and gorgeous photography. Great soundtrack as well. All these kind of details become even more special after repeated viewing. Lots of attention for detail went into this picture.
The more often I see this picture the more I start to like it. Although the story has definitely got a sad mood to it between all the laughter. But once familiar with that particular mood, the movie is a real unique mix of comedy and melancholy, which I personally love very much. In the end this picture could be loved by all those who live their dreary office lives just like me, without any romance or adventure. Just as the bland Ben Stiller character, I too love to daydream away about climbing volcanos, fighting with sharks and finding the girl of my dreams at the very end. All this gets packaged in one heck of a great subtle, melancholic comedy. Just really charming and quite unique!