You Will Laugh Yourself Retarded

Rating: 7/10 (29 January 2009)

This is a funny movie. If you enjoy some low brow humor then it is funnier. If you enjoy juvenile humor then you may fall out of your seat because it is so funny. Ben Stiller has done it again and done it well. Not only did he help write the movie but he directed it too. Then he added Jack Black who is on fire with a string of comedies. Then Stiller added Robert Downey Jr. put him in black face and in doing so almost secured a supporting actor nomination. Amazing.
Tropic Thunder is about a film crew in Asia filming a memoir about the Vietnam War. An accident happens and in a twist of comic fate the crew nor the actors realize they are being attacked by local drug dealers and not other actors in the film. The real actors band together attempt a rescue.
The film got into some degree of trouble when some groups came out against the movie claiming it unfairly was attacking challenged people. In the movie those type of people are called retards. So get ready to be shocked or disgusted depending on your level and limits of humor. The real jewel of the movie is Robert Downey Jr. Every second of him on film is comedy gold. The film is also a who's who from Hollywood. There is even some very funny moments from a scene with Tom Cruise. I doubt you will be able to name all the cameos. This is a funny movie and if you have any affinity for Ben Stiller then you'll love this film and want to own it. **/**** Â•
Â• As for the poster design they take their cues from what has come before them and try to make fun of it. I think the movie was a lot more creative than the campy poster and I would have liked to see the designer do more than just a Chuck Norris/ Schwartzenegger take off.