Tropic Thunder is Hilarious

Rating: 8/10 (13 August 2008)

Tropic Thunder is FUNNY. It starts of slightly slow at first then the comedy picks up. I could not stop laughing when the rebels captured Ben Stiller's character and forced him to act out his previous role as a mentally retarded person Simple Jack. The film is clever because it makes fun of actors and pop culture in general. Robert Downey Jr. background as a dramatic actor taking his 'craft' seriously and going over board with the role and becoming a black character in the film is beyond hysterical. Jack Black playing a drug addicted actor looking for his next hit was hilarious. Jay Baruchel played the straight man role well(the smart/normal one), the conversational scene between Baruchel where he is plotting out a plan to rescue Stiller and finding out that none of the other actors Downey J., Brandon T. Jackson, or Jack Black had read the script I thought was the funniest moment in Tropic Thunder. Danny R. McBride deserves honorable mention as a minor character who was also funny. Tropic Thunder is a fun comedy with lots of laughs.