Dinner for Schmucks
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Takes One To Know One.
Rising executive Tim Wagner works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim plans on not attending until he meets Barry, a man who builds dioramas using stuffed mice. Barry's blundering but good intentions send Tim's life into a downward spiral, threatening a major business deal and possibly scuttling Tim's engagement to his fiancee.
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Vincent Van Gogh. Everyone said to him, "You can't be a great painter, you only have one ear." And you know what he said? "I can't hear you."
-BarryJay Roach, the man behind the camera for the Austin Powers films and the two first Meet the Parents, tries life without Meyers or Stiller. While it seems the film falls into either love it or hate it territory for most people on Letterboxd, I still enjoy the film a great deal. It's a lighthearted comedy that takes the rough premise of Le Dîner de Cons but not much of it's cleverness.
While I think Steve Carell's film career has had more then a few misses, I like him here. Opposed…
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I want to start a mouse collection....or not... maybe buy a zebra....or not
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The best part was the art department's attention to detail with the mouse costumes, I particularly liked the Vincent Van Gogh and Evil Knievel miniatures. Poor Paul Rudd has been chiseled away to a bored unenthused caricature and not even another dry appearance from Jemaine Clement can save this shit wreck. Maybe the joke's on any Shmuck that sees this?
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I did laugh a few times, I liked Jermaine Clement's performance and the actual dinner scene, once they got there, was engaging. Yet, getting there was a bit rough. The first half of the movie seemed disjointed, setting up conflicts to bide time before getting to the dinner, and it wasn't as much fun to watch as they seem to think it was. Overall, this dinner left me hungry.
Not Recommend.
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I could see myself at that dinner table.
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Una de las comedias más infravaloradas de los últimos años. Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Zach Galifianakis, la mitad de Flight of the Conchords...Y abre con una canción de los Beatles. ¿Qué más se puede pedir de la vida?
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I want to start a mouse collection....or not... maybe buy a zebra....or not
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I enjoyed Dinner For Schmucks more than The Campaign, the other Jay Roach film I saw this week.
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Vincent Van Gogh. Everyone said to him, "You can't be a great painter, you only have one ear." And you know what he said? "I can't hear you."
-BarryJay Roach, the man behind the camera for the Austin Powers films and the two first Meet the Parents, tries life without Meyers or Stiller. While it seems the film falls into either love it or hate it territory for most people on Letterboxd, I still enjoy the film a great deal. It's a lighthearted comedy that takes the rough premise of Le Dîner de Cons but not much of it's cleverness.
While I think Steve Carell's film career has had more then a few misses, I like him here. Opposed…
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Super weird, WAY too long and almost oppressive in its unfunnyness. Another modern comedy where it seems like there are almost no actual jokes. From time to time there are glimpses of the great dark comedy that could've been but it feels like the studio or the filmmakers were too afraid to alienate the audience and so they relied on silly costumes and shenanigans for laughs. Spoiler: it didn't work.
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my relationship with patrick in a nutshell.
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bad
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No he visto la original, pero esta versión la encontré bastante amena y me saco muchas carcajadas. y los ratones? lo maisimo.
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Good film.
This comedy did the job, i was very entertained throughout and i even laughed out loud at some gags...so they did well!
Really good cast of characters and it was a real joy to see the familiar faces of some comedians and actors i really rate and enjoy seeing, such as Jermaine Clement, Chris O'Dowd, David Waliiams,and the guy from office space.
Rudd and Carrel played of each other beautifully in this film and it really shows how good they are at there craft.
It wont get a re-watch, but its a nice solid slice of comedy.
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While I've wanted to see Dinner for Schmucks since I first saw the trailer, my enthusiasm was muted slightly by the average reviews the film started getting last week. So with my expectations in check, I headed to the theater this afternoon not expecting much. And perhaps that's why I fucking loved the film. Dinner for Schmucks was very funny, and I found myself entertained for the nearly two hour runtime. Sure, the plot's both ridiculous and thin, but once Steve Carell and Paul Rudd get together on screen, none of that really matters. I found that the film is reminiscent of I Love You, Man (and not just because Paul Rudd's in both), as the film has a very similar plot at its core, while being tonally similar throughout. But anyway, I really enjoyed Dinner for Schmucks for what it was. Screw what the critics say.