Vietnam gets treated to a revisit by UFOs

Rating: 7/10 (29 August 2008)

Ben Stillers effort at making a comedy about Vietnam is OK. It is a noble effort at moving comedy to a different dimension. Bringing Unidentified flying actors (UFA's) into the Vietnam War is kind of the basis of this film.
The film opens with apparent previews of other movies done by the luminaries of the cast. Then it kicks straight into the Tropic Thunder movie set in Vietnam. In typical Hollywood fashion, the set is over budget and out of control. The movie then veers in the same direction.
At 107 minutes, it is in the ideal length range of a comedy film. The difference is that there are moments where action dominates the comedy. There are moments where drama is attempted, With a cast like Jack Black, Nick Nolte & Robert Downey Jr along with Stiller, the film seems more comfortable doing funny stuff than drama.
Luckily Stiller realizes this and leans more towards the humor. This movie is OK but would be better if it stuck even more to humor. Jack Black only gets a few sequences.