Two things to keep in mind if you're thinking of renting this movie:
1) It took five men to write this script.
2) Will Ferrell had his name taken off of it. How bad does something have to be to have Will “Allow me to debase myself” Ferrell take his name off of it?
Ben Stiller has gingerly extracted yet another gleaming prize from his comedic cat box. At this point I have to wonder if he’s doing this to get back at his father. If you look at his “career”, it reeks of passive aggression. “Daddy, didn’t tell me he loved me? I’m going to make Mystery Men!”
It would be one thing if Stiller were trying to make good movies and was failing. I could respect that, but he’s marking his territory over every half-baked idea on the East Coast. I guess the thinking is that if he has the quantity, quality can take the backseat.
Truly, I wouldn’t be surprised if his friends were slipping him movie ideas and then laughing behind his back. Then when they realize that the dunce is taking them seriously, they feel bad enough to appear in his films.
In regards to Stiller’s acting, I assume he’s culling characters he’s created while performing at the crowds at his daddy’s dinner parties. Even his “serious” film Permanent Midnight was hard to watch. I’ve seen less embarrassing spectacles at the local detox center.
Please, if anyone in Hollywood reads this, stop Stiller. Take him aside and tell him to stop this sad adventure of his. It’s time to let the grown-ups make the movies again.
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