I found the poo...it's in this DVD case!
Added 7/7/2009
***This is in truth a ZERO-star movie***
Apparently studio head Jeffrey Katzenberg later apologized for making this movie.
Jack Black and Ben Stiller are both funny guys, but not in this movie. Poor writing, direction, and editing didn't help.
Really, it's one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I kept thinking that I should wait another five minutes and it would get better. It didn't. The first five minutes are probably the best. Don't waste your life like I did.
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Comedy Movies
Added 5/9/2009
The product was received in a timely. The movie was in very good condition with no problems.
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Don't be fooled.
Added 4/16/2009
Anyone who voted this more than a 1 is having a laugh at your expense. This movie is the most execrable, painful, nauseatingly dull, and insultingly unfunny film I have ever seen. It is east and humor is west. There are no redeeming qualities to this film beyond mere seconds of Christopher Walken's performance that are like sunny rays peeking through the dead sky of the sad humorless vortex of this film. Do not watch it. Do not buy it. If at all possible, do not permit it in your home.
"Envy" is the closest thing you can get to a real-life haunted relic with a tortured past. It will riddle your home with wailing spirits. Chevy Chase will visit. There will be no more hope.
Please. Do not buy this movie. Forget you ever saw or heard or read anything about this movie. Just stay away. I beg you.
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This movie is HILARIOUS!
Added 2/15/2009
I can't believe anyone would rate this movie less than 5 stars. It is smart and hysterical. I think Ben and Jack were great together. We watch this one often, and constantly quote the hilarious lines.
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Hit and miss
Added 11/15/2008
The good: The satire of suburban life and all of its banality. It does this a lot in the early going and it is spot-on and funny. Also, Black is good enough. There are enough laughs to keep you going.
The bad: The movie bogs down with the plot and there are things that just don't add up, that seem forced, and that strain credulity.
The ugly: I'm not sure why Christopher Walken is even in the movie. His character serves as a distraction and an unnecessary scenery chewing waste of time. I love Walken, but his character is tacked on and brings little but filler to the movie.
Perhaps, in the end, that's where the movie falters - it isn't fully formed. It is some ideas thrown together and has a patch-work feel to it.
Envy isn't awful, it's just not great. If you can get it cheap, it's worth the five bucks or so you can buy it with. You may watch it more than once and therein you've made it worth your while. I have watched it a few times and find enough to laugh at and enjoy even if the critical part of me can spot the holes and shortcomings.
If you want some cheap innocuous entertainment, you could do a lot worse.
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