Dinner for Schmucks had an amazing cast. Paul was joined by Steve Carell, Zach Galifianakis, Stephanie Szostak, Bruce Greenwood and Ron Livingston to name a few. There were many other great performances as well. Steve and Paul meshed amazing. Steve has a very unique ability to make a complete fool out of himself and make it realistic. Another Steve, Steve Martin, has a similar ability but his acting is over the top and does not come off as realistic as Steve Carell's. Paul Rudd has the ability to make some amazing facial expressions, and amazing body language. The two of them were absolutely perfectly cast. I have enjoyed almost every single one of Paul's most recent films, and look forward to his continued work.
The premise of the movie is all the top executives at the company Paul's character Tim works for have a get together once a month and bring the biggest loser they can find. They choose the best of the losers and give them a trophy. Steve's character Barry is absolutely incredible. If you actually break down his character and look at him from a standpoint other than being a loser, he is extremely talented. Paul's character Tim is a very determined go getter that is competing for a promotion. The two of them together have so many witty fast pace one liners it is incredible. The entire film is one skit after another.
That touches on one of the few things I did not like about the movie. I felt that this movie, along with a few other recent movies, has increased the bar for comedy so high that you can't make a film with a single dull point any longer. While this could be a good thing, I think it has forced movies to cram so much stuff in to keep our newly dulled senses so overloaded that it is almost sickening.
Even with this overload, the scrip was very solid. There was a definite plot, and the movie did keep flowing to it. I felt that there were too many distractions along the way however. It felt as if a lot of the scenes were unneeded for the story to make sense, but were needed to keep the movie funny and get it to be two hours long. The movie was almost painful to watch with all of the bad things that kept happening. It reminded me of Meet the Parents
, in the fact that one thing after another happened the entire movie from start to end. This is something I think Steve Carell is probably used to from working on The Office
for as long as he has.The film was enjoyable, despite the fact that it was painful to watch at times. Most of the one liners were very funny, and the character interactions were as well. The music choice went perfect to go with the character build of Steve's Barry and the flow of the movie.
If you are looking for a nice easy going comedy to keep you entertained, Dinner for Schmucks is a good choice. I am giving the film a 4 star rating. It is enjoyable, yet I felt too much was attempted to be crammed into the film. I am telling you to go watch the film, come back and give me your opinions. You must also share to your favorite social networking site so I can get more followers. Now...I release you!
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