Alright, so many of you know that I believe Steve Carell walks on cinematic water. I love everything he does. But, I have to step away from that belief when writing reviews to be fair to you all. :)
Dinner For Schmucks stars of course Carell as Barry, Paul Rudd as Tim, Bruce Greenwood as Tim's boss Lance, Zack Galifianakis is Therman, Jemain Clement as Kieran, Lucy Punch is Darla, and Stephanie Szostak is Julie, David Walliems is Mueller. Tim is getting a promotion at his marketing job after he comes up with a brilliant idea to win the business of this wealthy Swiss investor, Mueller. His boss tells him that there is this business dinner held once a month where they find weirdos and make fun of them. Tim tells his girlfriend, Julie, who is appalled by this. He tells her he won't do it, and wasn't going to, until he accidentally hits Barry with his car. Barry was picking up a dead mouse to use in one of his mousterpieces (hilarious). We will get to see many of his creations and they are very funny, some are even touching and sweet. Anyway, Barry decides he will be friends with Tim, whether Tim wants him to be or not. Unfortunately, disaster follows Barry. So, Barry accidentally sends Julie away whilest bringing in Darla who is someone from Tim's past that stalks him. Julie is working at an art gallery and Keiran is the man whose art is on display. He is the only thing I didn't like in this movie. He is creepy and off putting, but he works as a sort of villain. Barry wants to help Tim get Julie back and stop Keiran from getting her while Tim is trying to get this promotion and stop Barry from ruining his life. Therman is Barry's rival and well, you have to watch it to see why.
The movie is very funny. It's a mix of slapstick and innuendo. It is dry humor which really works well for this, but there is enough physical humor to keep you smiling if you aren't into the double entendres. The dinner won't come till the last 20 mins of the movie, but there are plenty of fun gags along the way. It is a sweet movie about friendship, and doing the right thing even when it costs you. That being said, there is one scene that really turned my stomach and did derail the film a little bit, but other than that it flows well and does what it set out to do. It's smartly acted and well written. Zack G cracked me up with his "mind tricks", he has some of the funniest scenes. If you are a fan of Steve Carell, you will love this, if not, you will probably still enjoy it, maybe just not love it.
For those concerned about content, there is some language at the very beginning and one rough one right at the end. There is also some sexual humor, but you will probably laugh in spite of that.
We don't give out our 5 brick rating till the end of the year, but I will tell you, this is going in my top 5. I loved it (I'm trying not to be biased here!), a solid 4 gold bricks out of 4 for Dinner For Schmucks.
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