One Sentence: Why does awkward and uncomfortable mean comedy?
Rated: PG-13
Running Time: 110 Minutes
Release Date: 30-Jul-2010
Nudity: None
I think my least favorite type of movie is the type of movie where it is awkward, weird, mean spirited, and not really that funny, when it is supposed to be. Dinner For Schmucks is that type of movie. It takes me back to other awkward unneeded movies like Very Bad Things and Happiness. Other tragic films dubbed as "comedies" because they can't call them 2 hour awkward wastes of time. It just wouldn't sell tickets.
Happily Dinner is not as bad as the other 2 movies I listed and has some funny parts. Jemaine Clement from Flight Of The Concords is in Dinner For Schmucks and is very funny in every scene he is in and some other parts got a few laughs out of me. But it is not enough to save the overall tasteless painful experience that Dinner For Schmucks is.
I am not going to recommend this movie because it isn't that good and I also just don't have a fun experience watching this type of movie and don't think you will either. Don't be fooled by the trailers that say the critics love it. It just isn't very good.
