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The Promotion (2008)
A couple of laughs but otherwise brutal
Is this a comedy or a drama? Neither, it fails as both.
It is poorly edited which means that its 85 minute running time was 20 minutes too long. The lead characters are unsympathetic (just like many of the other characters). The acting is poor. (Was that supposed to be a Canadian accent? Or worse, a Quebec accent?) There's so much contrived dialogue that when good dialogue comes around, you're too irritated to appreciate it. The same goes for the laughs: not much is funny anymore when you're mad at yourself for not stopping the movie earlier.
I did laugh a couple times, but the movie was overall a painful experience. Good premise, poor execution.
Envy (2004)
Look out Ishtar, you've got competition!
This is my first movie review on IMDb. I was forced to register after watching this movie. I cannot in good conscience allow this movie to be unreviewed by me. The people must be warned!
First of all, my rating is: 0 (as in "zero")
I love Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Rachel Weis, and Christopher Walken, and yet, I hated this movie. There is a plot, but who cares when there's no script. The dialogue is unreal and plain boring, the situations are contrived, the flow of events is slow and somewhat arbitrary, the characters are unsympathetic and uninteresting, and the story, although based on a good premise, is stupid. This movie is a piece of poo.
Never mind wasting MONEY on this movie, it's not even worth your TIME spent watching it. Please do not see it... I beg of you!