Best Comedy in A Long Time

Rating: 10/10 (23 November 2008)

I had been anticipating this movie for a long time before it was released in the theater and it did not disappoint at all. This came to be one of the funniest movies I have ever seen and it is highly entertaining. The cast is, of course, ridiculous. Ben Stiller's movies are always enjoyable to me. That includes both his acting and directing. The controversial "retard" scene was blown way out of proportion and context. Don't people understand what the point of that scene was? Robert Downey Jr. was completely hysterical. How he stayed in character cracked me up and even the more subtle things he did and facial expressions were very humorous. Jack Black had a lot of funny stuff as well as a drugged out wacko. The scene where he is tied to a tree was quite hilarious. All the other supporting cast did a great job. I didn't even realize Les Grossman was played by Tom Cruise until halfway through the movie. I finally bought the DVD and watching the movie again knowing that it was Tom Cruise made it even funnier, if that was possible. It was great to see him play a role like that and it makes me wonder why he does not do more comedy because I was seriously surprised and impressed. Overall, I really think people that are offended by this movie needs to examine what this movie is really about. The actors in this movie are almost poking fun at themselves and Hollywood in general. It's about the personalities, egos, and overblown production of big Hollywood movies. So I do not understand people taking offense to the movie, but if you truly just did not enjoy the movie, then that's your opinion. Though, I do not see how that would be possible. Some other reviews mentioned this movie had both smart humor and "dumb" humor. This is absolutely true and was a big reason why the movie worked so well for me. It had both obvious and blatant jokes as well as many subtleties. So if you want to see one of the funniest movies that has come out in a very long time and can enjoy the movie for it was supposed to be, you are in for many laughs and a real treat. I give this one a 10.