Jay Roach directed this Comedy. Watch Preview Cast: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Jemaine Clement, Jeff Dunham, Bruce Greenwood, Ron Livingston, Stephanie Szostak, Lucy Davenport, Kristen Schaal. Rated PG-13 for sequences of crude and sexual content, some partial nudity and language. Running time is one hour and fifty-four minutes.
A guy (Rudd) on the verge of having it all must find the perfect guest to bring to his boss' monthly Dinner for Extraordinary People, an event where the winner of the evening brings the most eccentric character as his guest. He chooses to bring a man (Carell) he hit with his car and who's hobby is creating works of art using dead mice. His girlfriend (Szostak) is disgusted by the idea of the dinner.
This is a mildly amusing film that elicited a few chuckles from me but no real laughs. It's a rather cruel comedy in that the humor is all based on Carrell's character, a man with almost no social skills and who raises havoc with everyone with whom he comes in contact. So, in order to laugh you've got to laugh at someone. Younger crowds will find this more amusing than older audiences will. There's nothing in this film that makes a large screen or great sound essential.
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