American sense of humor probably which is supposed to be funny, but Cruise may receive an Oscar for his role

Rating: 5/10 (3 October 2008)

Unbelievable how Americans love this highly overrated movie. I saw it yesterday in a full Dutch Cinema and most of the time, the audience were quiet and people walked away,before the end. This is probably a difference in culture between two continents, although critics about the movie haven't been that bad in the European newspapers, lets's say average. You don't have to explain what kind of movie this is, believe me i understood the message. It's more that the kind of humor is not that funny at all, Jack Black is even irritating and there is only one reason to see this movie. The unbelievable funny role and performance of Tomn Cruise, especially at the end of the movie. I am not really a Cruise fan, the last movie i enjoyed with him, was his stunning performance in Magnolia and once again a not typical Tomn Cruise role seems to brings the best out of him. So i will buy this movie when it is released on DVD, just to go forward to the Cruise stuff, but the rest no, a waste of talent