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Dinner for Schmucks

Posted on 4/18/11 at 10:23 am
Posted by Tiger JJ
Member since Aug 2010
545 posts
Posted on 4/18/11 at 10:23 am
What'd you think? I thought it was kind of OK, but pretty uneven. The Flight of the Conchords guy was funny in an Aldous Snow kind of way, but not as over the top.
Posted by The Eric
Member since Sep 2008
24107 posts
Posted on 4/18/11 at 10:28 am to
i laughed alot but i also cringed.

uncomfortable situations make me uncomfortable, so i was uncomfortable when the characters were in uncomfortable situations.
Posted by MadMaxwell
The Motherland
Member since Jul 2009
4600 posts
Posted on 4/18/11 at 10:48 am to
I thought it was pretty brutal. Not many funny moments, the movie just seemed to drag.

The title is Dinner for Schmucks, but only about 30 minutes of the film is the actual dinner. It took way too long to set up Paul Rudd and Steve Carell's characters.
Posted by LasVegasTiger
Idaho
Member since Apr 2008
8518 posts
Posted on 4/18/11 at 10:51 am to
quote:

I thought it was pretty brutal. Not many funny moments, the movie just seemed to drag.


Would have to agree with this. I watched it in parts cause I couldnt finish it in one sitting. Just seemed to drag and not flow well.
Posted by GeauxColonels
Tottenham Fan | LSU Fan
Member since Oct 2009
25606 posts
Posted on 4/18/11 at 11:06 am to
quote:

I thought it was pretty brutal. Not many funny moments, the movie just seemed to drag.

I agree with this. We saw it in the theater, and I left wishing that I had waited for the DVD/Blu-ray release.
Posted by Jwodie
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2009
7357 posts
Posted on 4/18/11 at 11:11 am to
I thought this movie was terrible and I'm a huge fan of Rudd and Carrell.

Totally sucked.
Posted by TigerinATL
Member since Feb 2005
62446 posts
Posted on 4/18/11 at 11:24 am to
The dinner scene made the movie. Without it the movie is a big ball of uncomfortable comedy fail.
Posted by wilfont
Gulfport, MS on a Jet Ski
Member since Apr 2007
14860 posts
Posted on 4/18/11 at 11:41 am to
quote:

a big ball of uncomfortable

Sums it up quite well.
Posted by Tiger n Austin
Austin, Tx
Member since Dec 2005
6798 posts
Posted on 4/18/11 at 12:39 pm to
I smoked some herb and then watched it..so I thought it was hilarious.
Posted by Slickback
Deer Stand
Member since Mar 2008
28068 posts
Posted on 4/18/11 at 1:00 pm to
I watched it this weekend and didn't care for it. A couple of funny parts, but bad for the most part.

I strongly dislike Paul Ruud.
Posted by jmitc22
Brrrrr
Member since Jan 2007
1718 posts
Posted on 4/18/11 at 1:15 pm to
terrible, terrible movie.

I generally dislike movies whose plot is driven solely by the beyond-believable idiocy of a main character.

Ill sum it up: idiot causes man and girlfiend to completely ruin their careers. Slight feel-good moment when man stands up for idiot, even though doing so means he is simultaneously putting himself poor house.
Posted by Duckie
Tippy Toe, Louisiana
Member since Apr 2010
24314 posts
Posted on 4/18/11 at 2:47 pm to
quote:

i laughed alot but i also cringed.

uncomfortable situations make me uncomfortable, so i was uncomfortable when the characters were in uncomfortable situations.
Posted by tduecen
Member since Nov 2006
161245 posts
Posted on 4/18/11 at 3:35 pm to
It had moments but so many of the characters were so over the top I couldn't find it funny as much as stupid.
For me the funniest scene involved the dude from Flight of the Concords and his character.
Posted by LSU Fan 90812
A man more eviler than Skeletor.
Member since Feb 2005
50655 posts
Posted on 4/18/11 at 3:41 pm to
meh.
Posted by johnnydrama
Possibly Trashy
Member since Feb 2010
9126 posts
Posted on 4/18/11 at 4:15 pm to
I liked it. I wouldn't have gone to the theatre for it but it was worth 99 cents and a trip to a Redbox and back.
Posted by Afreaux
Conway Bayou
Member since Aug 2007
47019 posts
Posted on 4/18/11 at 4:35 pm to
Wasn't funny.
Posted by pwejr88
Red Stick
Member since Apr 2007
37564 posts
Posted on 4/18/11 at 4:39 pm to
quote:

Dinner for Schmucks



Biggest let down for me in a while. I laughed a t little, yes, but not NEAR as much as I thought I was going to.

Posted by Tactical1
Denham Springs
Member since May 2010
27129 posts
Posted on 4/18/11 at 4:43 pm to
Given the comedic talent I thought it was abysmal..
Posted by pwejr88
Red Stick
Member since Apr 2007
37564 posts
Posted on 4/18/11 at 4:44 pm to
Exactly.
Posted by etm512
Mandeville, LA
Member since Aug 2005
20994 posts
Posted on 6/14/11 at 9:12 am to
Just attempted to watch this abortion of a comedy last night and had to turn it off after an hour and 15 minutes in. And this was after fighting the urge to turn it off after 30 minutes. I have never seen a comedy drag so much in my life. I thought it would at least be average with Steve Carrell and Paul Rudd, but the material was just awful.
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