What do you get when you mix Paul Rudd, Steve Carrell with a little timely sprinkle of Zach Galifianakis? You end up with a man attempting to move up the totem pole of his dog-eat-dog job; in order to solidify his position he must compete with other higher up coworkers in finding and bringing the best schmuck to dinner so they can all laugh at them. His man of choice is a socially and ultimately just flat out awkward taxidermist (Carrell) enthusiast who is particularly fond of mice, dead ones. He then decorates them and sets them up in different dioramas (which are all rather clever, but you obviously can tell why he’s chosen for the schmuck dinner) all this as a hobby. Rudd’s long time girlfriend strongly disagrees with this idea and as he attempts to decide what to do with the dinner and his schmuck of choice his schmuck of choice and him end up in a heap of trouble; mainly caused by Carrell’s amazingly uncanny ability to screw things up character. A relationship almost ends, audits are handed out, crazy ex mistakes reappear, mind control (and brain control) is witnessed and lots of dead mice are dressed and stuffed.
Dinner for Schmucks scored big time for me, I found myself laughing at almost every joke that was thrown to the audience. Carrell’s awkwardness is priceless and different; although you can somewhat see Michael Scott in this character, which is why I think he plays this part so well. Paul Rudd plays much of a similar role as that in “I Love You, Man”, a man on a quest who also contains some very awkward moments that leave you laughing but embarrassed at the same time (slightly like the man kiss scene in I Love You, Man). This all works flawlessly as I saw no problem with any of the acting or writing and Zach Galifianakis’ cameo is quite funny clashing pleasantly well with Carrell’s character. A few “Flight of the Conchords” characters also make appearances as well, which all blend well together in this hilarious summer comedy. What’s also nice is that among the hilarity there is some seriousness mixed in where you feel an emotion other than happiness or giddiness adding attachment to the movie not just making it all about the humor. This movie is definitely worth going to in theaters especially if you’re looking for something to cheer you up or are just in the mood to laugh.
Over All Rating: 8 out of 10
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