Our movie begins with Tim (Paul Rudd of Clueless and various Judd Apatow movies) trying to get a promotion at work. His boss invites him to a "special" dinner where he has to bring an idiotic friend for everyone to make fun of. After a small personal dilemma, he runs into Barry (Steve Carrell of The Office) an IRS worker that has an interesting hobby. Tim invites Barry to the dinner the next evening, but Barry gets the dates mixed up and arrives at Tim's house that evening; right as his girlfriend is leaving after a fight. Barry tries to fix everything, and that pretty much takes the rest of the movie.
The dinner is a great scene, unfortunately only 2 actors really act in it. There is a lot of other good talent attending (such as Jeff Dunham who is possibly displaying a new puppet for his stand up routine?) but you really just don't see any of them.
All in all, "Dinner for Schmucks" was a good time. It's not heavily plot driven, but leans on the talents of Steve Carrell and Zach Galifinakis (of The Hangover) to get the movie through.
THE RATINGS
Based on: 1998 French Film "The Dinner Game".
Plot: 5/10. Nothing special here, and the ending was predictable.
Acting: 7/10. There is a lot of underused talent in this movie. Paul Rudd is just the typical confused lead role, with nothing special going on about him. Steve Carrell and Zach Galifinakis did a great job, however Zach was used way too little. The other talent in this movie is hardly noticable, and that's unfortunate.
Comedy: 7/10. There were a few parts that were genuinely funny, but if I wasn't laughing, I was bored.
Overall: 6/10. It was a good laugh, and with the lack of other comedies out there right now, worth your money. However, if you're in the mood to see an overall better movie, there are much better options (like "Inception").
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