Hilarious!! A good comedy in years.

Rating: 8/10 (6 October 2008)

I went to see this movie with huge expectations and fortunately i wasn't disappointed. It is loaded with a great star cast and everyone has done their job very well. I was laughing from the moment the three main characters are introduced till the end. I am not a big fan of Ben Stiller and he doesn't do anything different from his usual style here as well, but is well overshadowed by the performances given by Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr.
The opening scene of Downey and Toby Maguire is hilarious and there are no dull moments from there on. Downey plays an actor playing a part of a black soldier in a movie and is living his character. He does this weird ascent and his subtle style of comedy is fantastic. I haven't seen many of Downey's comic roles so far but i bet after this performance there are a lot more on their way.
To make the experience all the more pleasurable was Tom Cruise's performance as a shrewd, hairy and a cranky old businessman. Though his part is quite small but he's done something very different here which is not a typical Tom Cruise style. Certainly a good comedy after a long time.