it seem that the people behind envy realise that recent comedy especially one involve ben stiller and to a less degree jack black have be situation spoof and which have steadily decline in originality and generally laugh . i find the sheer absurdity of zoolander utterly hilarious when it be release and starsky and hutch be also enjoyable and and then dodgeball keep the laugh go for a lot of people and although personally i be a bit tired of the over the top character especially when the scenario wasn not quite so funny ( perhaps the comedy of a dodgeball tournament doesn not quite translate to australia and where it rarely play ) . so in an attempt to do something a little more original and envy move away from an absurd scenario and instead revolves around the absurd creation of jack black character ( i would not spoil what it be for those who intend to see the movie ) . the problem be that the movie seem to drag and i be not a big enough movie buff to be able to think of example and but it seem like this set up have be do a thousand time before and very rarely successfully . so instead of a nice and crisp and enjoyable and fresh comedy and you get a film that seem to just go through the motion . sure the motion can be quite amusing and and theyre centre on an idea that be quirky enough to provide a few laugh especially with jack black play the excited and amusing and though a bit 2d and creator . ben stiller on the other hand seem a bit lost and he ask to play a fuller role than the ridiculous character of his zoolander breed of movie and but he struggle a a family man and whether his fault or the script and there isn not enough depth to the character and the result be a movie of ben stiller do those typical mannerism and generally become tedious . the performance doesn not leave an imprint on the viewer ( he just ben stiller and jack black manage to actually portray a character though not a challenge one ) . the last annoying element of the movie be christopher walken role a the j man and which be about as typical and two dimensional a character come and and naturally he become monotonous and frustrating very quickly . it really not as unbearable a some people would have you think and it watchable and especially if youre in the right mood ( feel silly would be a good prerequisite for see this film ) . hire it on a movie night with friend and watch it after you have watch a scary film and feel like something light hopefully you will also be somewhat tipsy by then too . in that scenario i can imagine it would be quite enjoyable and but generally it provide too few laugh to carry itself and most of the time just drags along .