DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS

 

 

Dinner For Schmucks is a rather screwball comedy starring Paul Rudd and Steve Carrell and is one of the funniest flicks I've seen in a while. In the flick, Paul Rudd plays an ambitious banker or financial advisor or whatever the hell his character actually is who agrees to find a "candidate" for a "special" dinner put on by his company's higher-ups where everyone brings the biggest idiots--or "schmucks"--they can find so they can--you guessed it!--make fun of them in order to get a much-coveted promotion. Then, after assuring his girlfriend--whom he suspects may be having an affair with this whacky-ass "artist" who's showing his "work" at her art gallery--he won't go through with the rather mean-spirited dinner, he runs into Steve Carrell's character--literally--with his car when he's trying to pick up a dead mouse on the road to incorporate into one of his dead mouse dioramas. Seeing an opportunity, Rudd's character reneges on his promise to his girlfriend and decides to "invite" Steve's character to the dinner. However, he soon regrets his decision as Steve's character shows up at his place and proceeds to upend his entire life in the most hilarious ways. I, of course, won't spoil everything for you, though I will say there's a hilariously kinky encounter with a former rather psychotic woman whom Paul's character had a one night stand with before he met his current girlfriend played by Lucy Church (who co-starred in the earlier-reviewed Bad Teacher). I also won't spoil the "dinner" itself except that, among numerous other hilarious things, Steve's character has a "showdown" with his equally-schmucky boss who "stole" his ex-wife played by Zach Whatthefuckishisname (i.e. the fuzzy-faced crazy-ass guy from those Hangover movies). Overall, Dinner For Schmucks is hilarious, mean-spirited and even--dare I say it!--heartwarming. (Now there's a word you rarely--if ever!--see on this blog!)