Dinner for Schmucks

DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS (2010) - July 31, 2010
A mediocre and way over-the-top comedy about a guy who finds out that he has to befriend an idiot in order to bring him to a party his boss is holding.  Mostly unfunny wackiness ensues.  The main problem with this movie is that the humour, for the most part, is just way too broad.  Pretty much the entire supporting cast are absurdly zany and completely unbelievable as anything even resembling real people.  The titular dinner scene was long and painfully unfunny.  The movie was also filled with forced melodrama which felt excessive -- even for this type of film, where you have to expect some third act drama.  I did mostly like Paul Rudd and Steve Carell, and some of their scenes together were decent enough, but for the most part the film just feels like it's trying way too hard, and it doesn't particularly work.  **