Sheer Genius

Rating: 10/10 (3 November 2009)

It's a rare moment that a movie brings me to breaking down and letting it flow. This is not one of them. It is, however, a worthy entry of parody and parity into the veritable plethora of satirical satire-based movies that pulls together so many unworthy, yet somehow worthy, genre movies. It begs the burning question: "Who IS Kaiser Sose?"
That said, I give myself bonus points for finding Tom Cruise before the credits. When a movie has this many big names (Nick Nolte!), you know there must be something to it. There isn't, but somehow you want there to be.
The true beauty of this movie is you have to be intelligent, insightful, fluent in current, recent and historical events, and a movie-goer who's seen all the movies (and actors) this movie references. It doesn't hurt to know a bit about cocaine and "The Jeffersons" either.
The burning question: Is that Ben Stillers very fugly sister, or Ben Stiller in drag?
P.S. I loved this movie. It's a check-your-brain-at-the-door, sit back and enjoy type movie, with no concern of there ever being a sequel.