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Ben Stiller
Duplex (2003)
Along Came Polly (2004)
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Gleefully silly...plays like an extension of a
Ben Stiller Show
sketch (but a pretty good one, at that).
Meet the Fockers (2004)
DeNiro is pretty much the only reason to see
Meet the Fockers
...[betrays] creative exhaustion.
Madagascar (2005)
I see no compelling reason to begrudge the kiddies of this mostly amiable timewaster, but this one's hardly destined to join the crowded top shelf of animated winners.
Tropic Thunder (2008)
Lazarus' cliched idea of a black man is funny in itself...but Downey's immersive take on the immersive actor is pure genius.
The Heartbreak Kid (2007)
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
Energetic, fast-paced, and pumped full of zany humor...sure to entertain the younguns and be fairly painless for their guardians.
There's Something About Mary (1998)
Gauche, garish, and gross, a prime example of the coarsening of our culture and of the art of comedy in film. It's also pretty darn funny.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
Musters only a few lackluster laughs...[but] has one trump card: it’s a kid-friendly, “PG” film that celebrates museums.
Greenberg (2010)
Greenberg
doesn’t amount to much, really, but it’s an enjoyably amusing character study with plenty of little pleasures.
Megamind (2010)
The promise of extraordinary brain power isn't fulfilled.
The Cable Guy (1996)
Tower Heist (2011)
Has the perfect 'generic brand' title to match its Teflon blandness.
The Watch (2012)
According to an old showbiz saw, the key to comedy is timing. Well, the new big-budget sci-fi comedy
The Watch
has a problem there.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Achieves some romantic uplift when Mitty dreams of Cheryl and literally takes flight, but most of the time, the picture strains to make any kind of sense, much less entertain.
While We're Young (2015)
The obvious shots at hipster scenes...eventually sour into a complex critique of modern ambition in a changing cultural landscape.
Zoolander 2 (2016)
A goofy gag machine that will raise smiles for some and make others just plain gag.
Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Series (1999)
Had a lot going for it: a strong creative vision from authorial forces who would go on to take Hollywood, a talented cast that would essentially do the same, and that premise.
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