Decent comedy, a couple of laughs.

Rating: 6/10 (24 September 2008)

Perhaps I was expecting too much from this comedy. Ben Stiller films can be funny when done well, "The Cable Guy" "Zoolander" "Reality Bites" etc. but this one tried to beat the same jokes over and over. Pretty predictable and kind of boring towards the end. The best laughs came in the start of the film with the Mach previews, but then the jokes form the beginning were recycled over and over. I'm not sure if this film was trying too hard or not hard enough. Tom Cruise has a comedic turn as "Les Grossman" the billionaire backing the film, and the scenes with him dancing were pretty funny. All in all, not worth ten bucks, but probably worth renting on Netfix or watching on cable if you are really stoned.