It's hilarious, and there are a lot of fun cameos and explosions. Did Stiller just steal comedy back from Apatow?
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Tropic Thunder (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 173 Fresh: 145 Rotten:28 Average Rating: 7.2/10
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With biting satire, plenty of subversive humor, and an unforgettable turn by Robert Downey, Jr., Tropic Thunder is a triumphant late Summer comedy.
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Theatrical Release: Aug 13, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $86,935,945
Synopsis: When the box office champ Ben Stiller's comedic performances aren't a variation on a soft-spoken, put-upon everyman with an eventual fuse, he's usually playing a full-blown absurdist monster with an apoplectic Napoleon complex. These bizarre creations usually adorn films in which the... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey, Brandon T. Jackson, Jay Baruchel
Director: Ben Stiller
Screenwriter: Ben Stiller, Justin Theroux, Etan Cohen
Story: Ben Stiller, Justin Theroux
Producer: Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfield, Eric McLeod
Composer: Theodore Shapiro
Screenwriter: Ben Stiller, Justin Theroux, Etan Cohen
Story: Ben Stiller, Justin Theroux
Producer: Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfield, Eric McLeod
Composer: Theodore Shapiro
Reviews
Say what you will about Apocalypse Now and Platoon, the two films that Tropic Thunder primarily plays off of, but they were not so "safe".
09/05/08
Thunder is ambitiously blunt and blasphemous in its bombastic barbs of treasured absurdity...[a] calculated comedy drenched in volumes of manufactured viciousness and succulent screwball vibrancy.
09/04/08
A spot on spoof that doesn't resort to the smarmy adult adolescence of the Judd Apatow movies for its laughs and is easily just as entertaining if not more so.
09/04/08
Against all expectations Guy Ritchie has made his first excellent movie since marrying Madonna eight years ago. What kept him? He returns in Lock, Stock style - and his "guns, girls and geezers" find our movie G-spot once again.
09/04/08
...[Robert Downey Jr's] "full retard" speech is alone worth the price of a ticket...
09/03/08
Nothing but mild vulgarity mixed with explosions and entitlement, a piss-take on Hollywood excess that doubles as an example of it.
08/31/08
For an insider's take on the movie business, Stiller's action comedy has you laughing from the start...
08/29/08
Tropic Thunder is an often hilarious return to form for Stiller after almost a decade of lackluster comedies, but it's also a wildly uneven effort that suffers from too much self-awareness to earn the status of bona fide classic.
08/29/08
Stiller never stops bombarding the audience with outrageous ideas, like a monkey throwing dung at a wall.
08/29/08
In the end, despite its flaws, this is a genuinely funny film, and there aren't that many of those around.
08/29/08
Tropic Thunder is the biggest comedy of the year. It's also the funniest ... attack humor at it's best.
08/27/08
Even if Tropic Thunder doesn't move you to tears, it deserves your consideration.
08/22/08
Ben Stiller's confidence as a director is growing; this is comedy on a grand scale, with huge effects and a big cast.
08/22/08
Downey Jr. steals the film as an actor's actor... it's a totally calculated "great performance," but not necessarily an easy or obvious one.
08/21/08
This film is genuinely uncomfortable. In fact, you may want to make sure you know the person you see this movie with very well.
08/21/08
... director Ben Stiller gleefully severs the hand that feeds him in his vicious, funny Hollywood satire.
08/21/08
This Hollywood industry parody features solid performances from Robert Downey Jr, Jay Baruchel and Tom Cruise and a generally funny execution.
08/20/08
One part hilarious; one part offensive; one part too inside Hollywood
08/20/08
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