Review: Dinner for Schmucks

Steve Carell and Paul Rudd are usually two of the more likeable stars in the Judd Apatow stable, so its quite a surprise just how bad and unfunny this film is.

Unlike his turn as Brick Tamland in Anchorman, this time Carell is just irritating instead of the loveable idiot - the film hangs on his performance and the lack of any laughs means it fails completely. Paul Rudd coasts along doing his usual nice guy routine, so escapes relatively unharmed - but its a shame to see someone who should be a much bigger star wasted in so many films.

Jermaine Clement provides the few laughs that are in the film, playing a character pretty similar to his role as Ronald Chevalier in Gentlemen Broncos. But the fact that Dinner for Schmucks is only just better than that film tells you all you need to know about this. One to avoid.