Dinner for Schmucks

Released: 2010
Comedy I guess
Starring: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Ron Livingston
Director: Jay Roach
Running Time: 114 minutes




Ok, so I have to admit that the only reason I was watching this movie in the first place was that I have a crush on 3 of the guys in it.  Take them out of it and there's no reason to watch it.  It wasn't very funny.  It was based on the French film  Le Diner De Cons "Dinner for Cretins."   The director also did the Austin Power movies so that gives you a clue to his sense of humor - terribly unfunny.


Rudd plays Tim a guy on the 6th floor trying to get an office and promotion to the 7th floor office that just became available.  His boss likes one of his proposed ideas and decides to invite him to their regular dinner.  You must bring an idiot with you so they can all laugh at them and decide who's the best one.  Rudd finds Carell by hitting him with his Porsche.


High points of the film: Carell makes dioramas of mice doing things as people would including wigs, wearing clothes, and eye glasses.  The mice do things like take a hot air balloon ride, eating dinner, getting married.  That was so cute, I love those!  All the guys I have a crush on, Paul Rudd, Ron Livingston, and David Walliams (of Little Britain fame) are easy on the eyes and in almost every scene.
Low points: Zach Galifianakis is a stupid character as usual.  A lot of the movie is just goofy in a bad way and not funny at all.  I think I smiled a few times (at the mice) and tittered out loud maybe twice.


You can skip this one even if you like Steve Carell and cute stuffed mice.
1 out of 5 ticket stubs for the mice and hot guys.