Thursday, July 29, 2010

Dinner for Schmucks

A movie that relies far too much on situational comedy and not nearly enough on clever writing. Made for fans of situational comedy, and those people who aren't quite sick of Steve Carell just yet.

Rated PG-13 for language, some violence, strong sexual references, and sexual humor.

Dinner for Schmucks

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Dinner for Schumucks wants
to make you laugh with sight gags and cringe-worthy situational comedy, instead
of making you laugh with clever writing. You see Tim (Paul Rudd) is looking to
get promoted. His boss has an inexplicable compulsion for throwing a dinner
where each employee brings the biggest idiot they can find, so they can make
fun of the people behind their backs. Except the joke is on them, because Barry
(Steve Carell) is impervious to ridicule. Barry is the perfect candidate for
idiot of the night, and is sure to land Tim in the coveted seventh floor corner
office, vacated by the last guy who didn’t perform well at the idiot dinner.

2 1/2 out of 5

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