Friday, October 21, 2011

Zoolander

Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Christine Taylor
Directed by Ben Stiller
Rating: C

Derek Zoolander (Stiller) is a model and famous for his look "Blue Steel". Mugatu (Ferrell) is looking for the perfect dumbest model for his plans to assassinate the Malaysian prime minister who is trying to outlaw child labor laws. A snoopy reporter (Taylor) tries to help Derek from becoming Mugatu's next victim.

Zoolander is one of the better comedies of the 2000's. While maybe not a laugh-out-loud film of the year, it's enjoyable and Stiller is the best part of the movie. Zoolander is an over-exaggerated look at how models are conceited and have no brain cells but it pokes fun at them in harmless way. The movie isn't predictable because there's not too many modeling movies out there. This movie isn't Ferrell's shining glory but he does a good job at portraying an evil clothes designer.

Overall, Zoolander ranks itself among the movies like Dodgeball. It's a fun film to watch and maybe worth buying to watch every once and a while. For those fans of Alexander Skarsgaard from the hit HBO show "TrueBlood" should be excited for the small role he has in this movie.

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