Loved it! Very funny! Finally a comedy that is actually funny! Really rare these days!

Oh man, this was a dreadfully bad movie! I just stumbled upon it and even though it wasn't reviewed well, I liked the premise. I wasn't expecting much, but I thought I was going to get at least a little something from it. This movie takes a funny premise and essentially takes the least funny angle on every element within the movie with an over the top cartoonishly silly approach. It's a premise that needs to be treated with an element of realism that ties into the reality we are familiar with… as a result jokes would land harder and overall it would be a more enjoyable experience. This movie gives us nothing that is relatable to our world. You couldn't try to make this movie any less funny. This movie should be rated much lower than a 5.9 on IMDb. The vast majority of the humor in this movie is sooooo cringe worthy unfunny. Sure, there are a few moments that made me laugh, but if you throw enough crap at the wall some of it's bound to stick, but it's amazing how little does. The whole storyline associated with that art dude was sooooo insanely unfunny on every level. Steve Carrell's/Barry's big theme to his character is, he creates art with dead mice…. He uses the mice to depict famous/historical people (Benjamin franklin, Jesus, etc). Seriously! That's the funniest thing they could come up with? I mean 1/5th of the movie is dedicated to this mouse joke…. I guess it's a joke? What were they thinking? The whole girlfriend/relationship storyline was painfully cliché and beyond cringeworthy and of course is consistent with being over the top silly. And the whole ex-girlfriend or whatever she was…. Seriously? Oye Vey! The Swedish couple…. redic! Then the move finally gets to the dinner and makes the audience suspend disbelief. We're supposed to believe that all the business big wigs were really enamored with Barry's weirdness as though he was a huge riot, but none of it occurred while we were watching it. He really wasn't that weird in comparison to the others and his big display with the mice wasn't really that bizarre or funny? Who knows, I'm done? This is such a repugnant piece a crap of a movie and the director and writers should be ostracized and never allowed to be a part of any creative process ever again.

..there's a good number believing this is good fun.. as a 5.9 rating from 82K reviewers bears out.. and that's bewildering.. for this movie is just painfully awful.. have seen all the leads in other work, so we all know it's not completely their doing (but they are somewhat complicit for they did agree to participate in this one).. kinda thought it was going to go the way it did, but am a Stephanie Szostak fan, and figured could fast forward to those scenes with her in them.. maybe if she had played a MUCH larger role, time watching would have at least lasted longer for this viewer.. since 'Satisfaction' have not seen her in very worthwhile productions (starting to question her choices).. but will keep trying.. but firmly suggest you don't do the same with this one.

Dinner for schmucks is just a mess from beginning all the way to end. The script is not funny, and neither are the actors. This film is annoying, not funny, there is a big big difference, and unfortunately, not even comedy legend Steve Carrel can save this mess from failure. Paul Rudd is the stereotypical jerk in the movie, and Carrel is the stereotypical idiot in the movie that you on one hand feel very sorry for, then on the other hand, you are incredibly annoyed by him. The "comedy" here is soo awkward and very unoriginal. Take my advice and go see a real comedy film that is worth your time to watch, not this thing..... 1/10 for Dinnner for Schmucks. And this review is coming from a Steve Carrel fan...... so you can imagine my big disappointment.