Tropic Thunder: An Average Comedy

Rating: 5/10 (18 August 2008)

I didn't go into this movie with many expectations. In many ways it exceeded them and in many ways it fell flat. There is a lot of the usually stupid make funny faces, Ben Stiller kind of comedy, but there were moments of very clever and hilarious comedy. To stay on the positive side, there were great comedic performances by Danny McBride, and Bill Hader, these two did not disappoint and were very funny in every scene they had. Ben Stiller and Jack Black had their moments and Robert Downy Jr. was not too bad, he played the movie in blackface which would of been very racist accept it is brought up in the film and is portrayed as a bad thing and they were in no way promoting the idea. The best part of this movie was Tom Cruise, believe it or not, this was not his cheap small role in Austin Powers, he went all out for this one. Picture Tom Cruise 40 pounds heavier and bald and dancing to hip hop (the end was the best part) Overall I would great this movie a C++