Dinner For Schmucks (2010)

There are people in the world that would do things out of desperation just for a promotion in their job field and some have absolutely no regrets about it because to them money equals power. Or at least it means that you'll get a little bit more respect from your colleagues and that is what Paul Rudd's (This Is 40) character will attempt to do in today's film Dinner For Schmucks. You see all Tim (Rudd) wants is to get to the next floor because it means more money and respect and after introducing his boss (Bruce Greenwood) to a potential client (David Walliams) that could save their company, Tim is tasked with one mission. All Tim has to do is find an idiot and bring him to a dinner that they hold every year and if he wins he is in for sure. Cue in Barry (Steve Carell), a man who does taxidermy with mice and creates diorama art with them as a hobby as his pick, but as Tim gets to know him his life begins to spin out of control and Barry could be the key to saving it, but what will he do? The film also stars Zach Galifianakis (Bubble Boy) as Therman, Jemaine Clement (What We Do In The Shadows) as Kieran, Stephanie Szostak (Iron Man 3) as Julie, Ron Livingston (Office Space) as Caldwell, Lucy Punch (Bad Teacher) as Darla, and the film was directed by Jay Roach (Trumbo).

There were a lot of funny moments in this film and that is because Steve Carell does such an amazing job just being an idiot he literally reads into things too literally. Barry is the slightly more intelligent version of Brick, but that is not to take away from Paul Rudd who was the perfect teammate for Carell in this film. All I am going to say that is that when we get to the actual dinner scene you will laugh your ass off as the scene also features actors and comedians like Octavia Spencer, Chris O'Dowd, Jeff Dunham, Patrick Fischler, and Rick Overton who all have their moments, but the greatest, laugh till you cry moment belongs to Galifianakis and Carell. Galifianakis basically plays Carell's biggest foe, enemy, bully, etc. and it is in the dinner scene that business begins to pick up. Some of the other great comedic moments also come from the very brilliant Jemaine Clement who does very well to hang with Carell in their scenes which are priceless but he does well on his own too. If you are looking for just some laugh out loud funny or if you love Paul Rudd and/or Steve Carell then this is the movie to watch and it's available on Netflix as we speak and make sure you hang on til the very end of the credits for something special. I am going to give the film an B+/A- (somewhere in there) for a final grade because it made me laugh an I do not regret watching it.