They don't say "Dinner for Schmucks" a single time.
I love the taxidermy mice, and I love Paul Rudd and Steve Carrell and a lot of the supporting cast. However, for every joke that works, one or two miss, and some of the misses go on for a long time.
Dinner for Schmucks
Takes one to know one.
Rating
2.5 (1)
Release Date
7/30/2010Runtime
114 minsGenres
Overview
Rising executive Tim Conrad works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim plans on not attending until he meets Barry, a man who builds dioramas using stuffed mice. Barry's blundering but good intentions send Tim's life into a downward spiral, threatening a major business deal and possibly scuttling Tim's engagement to his fiancee.
How It Feels
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A screwball comedy where a scheming executive's plan to exploit an oddball man for social gain spectacularly backfires, dragging him into increasingly ridiculous chaos. It's a gleeful demolition of ambition and pretense delivered at high energy.
Mood
ExhilaratingAbsurdBittersweet
Themes
AmbitionFriendshipComing apartClass
Tone
Comedic
Pacing
Brisk
Look
Stylized genre
Structure
Linear
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