Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Cavalcade of cameos

Some films are worth watching just for the cameos and supporting roles. This was not one of them.

How can you go wrong with Patton Oswalt, Jason Bateman, Juliette Lewis, Carmen Electra, Judah Friedlander (as "Ice Cream Man"), Vince Vaughn, and Snoop D-o-double-muthafuckin-g? How can you go wrong when there's "your gun and badge on my desk" in the script?


Starsky and Hutch. Although you won't often fuck up blaming either Ben Stiller or Owen Wilson for failure, the writers' thin concept, flat jokes and director's insipid delivery are all at fault in this unnecessary retread.

The photo says it all: "We could show the cheerleader's tits. No, let's just hold endlessly on Owen Wilson reacting to her tits. Yeah! Owen -- do your stuttering thing. Like you've never seen tits before. It'll be hi-larious! They'll eat that shit up!"

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