More than any other movie I’ve watched on the couch this year, Dinner for Schmucks has been the one I’ve been recommending to people. It had me laughing throughout the whole movie. Paul Rudd is back on my good side after he fell from grace with How Do You Know.
The characters in Dinner for Schmucks fit the actors perfectly and every comedian in the movie batted 1.000 here. Especially funny was The Flight of the Conchords’s Jemaine Clement as Paul Rudd’s potential romantic rival, the sex crazed artist Kieren.
My new favorite John Lennon quote is “You may say that I’m dreamer. But I’m not.” How great is that line? I can’t believe that no one has thought of shortening Lennon’s lyric for humor before. I love it.
If you watch this on Blu-Ray, make sure to watch the special feature on the guys who designed the taxidermied mice for the movie. They are as out there as any of the dinner guests.
Watch Dinner for Schmucks. I doubt you’ll regret it.
I TOTALLY disagree.
Dinner for Schmucks was so bad it made me physically ill. The feeling I felt while watching this movie was similar to how a mother must feel giving birth. The hype was built up. I rented it and proceeded to watch it. Every minute was increasingly worse than the previous. I thought, “well, there must be a payoff later,” but I couldn’t make it all the way through. It had already wasted to many precious minutes of my valuable time that I had to abort.
Movie Notes: Zach’s schtick it tired and Steve just made me want to slap him. I liked Pull Rudd.
@Terrance – Are you sure you weren’t watching The Room? 🙂
One of my faves of last year too! I thought it was so bizarrely wonderful and original.