Starts well then painfully stutters along to the finish line

Rating: 5/10 (9 December 2008)

I was anxious to see this film after it did well at the box office. I am a big Ben Stiller fan and Jack Black is fun as well. The film starts out well enough, Tom Cruise had me fooled until someone pointed out to me that it was him. His character is funny for about 2 minutes then it just grates on and on.............. It's brave to see someone doing a parody of a powerful Jewish Hollywood mogul but the character just becomes annoying after awhile just like Robert Downey's portrayal of his character. Again, funny for about the first half hour of the film then unfunny. The film comes apart for me during and after the POW camp scenes. Save your money on this one.