Dinner for Schmucks

“Dinner for Schmucks” is a terrible movie. It stars Paul Rudd, Jemaine Clement, Steve Carell, Ron Livingston and Bruce Greenwood. 8 writers and director Jay Roach join in to give us 2 hours of discomfort and pathetic humor (if one call it that). The operative word is “discomfort” for its attempts at humor not only push open the envelope but make the viewer cringe with uneasiness as he or she watches this adaptation of a film from France made 18 yeas ago. Some things are better left intact and not subject to remake and this film is one of them. I give this film no stars and a warning to the viewing public….do not see this film, it is unfunny, makes you feel uneasy and a reminder of how bad a film can be. Perhaps the greatest oddysey is how this film got a green light for production and an OK for general release..