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I just watched Dinner for Schmucks, it was fantastic! After all of the cold water thrown on this movie from professional critics, I was a bit hesitant to see it. But I'm glad I did, it was quite funny. Jemaine Clements character was well-written and acted, he was nothing like his character from Flight of the Concords and I think he actually steals the show. Steve Carrell's character was a little too far over the top at times, but usually very funny and Steve Carrell did a good job playing him. His exchanges with the other characters where he takes what they are saying too literally are some of the funniest parts of the film. The mouse dioramas he makes are amazingly detailed and very cute. Paul Rudd's character was not as funny himself, but that's to be expected as he's playing the straight guy we can relate to while all the wacky characters bounce off him. But Rudd's scene which he hurt his back was just fantastic acting, you really felt his pain. Zach Galifinakis was good too, and not over-used. The foreign chick playing Rudd's girlfriend was pretty but her accent was kind of variable and that was distracting, also her character was very one-note and existed mostly to express shock and outrage. Her and Rudd didn't have any real chemistry and I didn't find their relationship believable. Overall, I was consistently laughing throughout the movie so I recommend it. BTW, despite the PG-13 rating I think it should have been rated R for the sexually-explicit dialogue. It's not appropriate for younger teenagers.
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