An average movie

Honestly, I wasn't expecting much from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Jason Schwartzman and Ben Stiller, I thought I might as well give it a try. Basically, it belongs to this sub-genre in comedy, when the main character is more or less a pathetic moron. Personally, I have never been a fan of the genre, I even disliked a lot a huge classic like 'Dumb and Dumber', and even though I did like 'Napoleon Dynamite', it was still nothing really amazing. I mean, it is so tricky, you have to manage to create a pityful character but he or she still has to be interesting or entertaining to watch. Well, Marc Pease was certainly not interesting or entertaining. To make things worse, they thought it would be hilarious to have another major douchebag played by Ben Stiller but, again, it was a massive failure. To complete this, they added a very weak female character played by Anna Kendrick to create an underwhelming love triangle. As a result, the whole thing felt like a big waste of time for all these talented actors. To conclude, I think I might be really generous with my rating here, it is just a really weak comedy and I don't think it is worth a look whatsoever.

5/10