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Zoolander (2001) Rank 3 Reviews
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San Francisco Chronicle (Bob Graham)
DVDActive (David Cox)
Okay, so it’s not the most sophisticated or consistently funny film you’re likely to see but Zoolander will tickle your ribs on many occasions and as one man shows go, it’s all to Ben Stiller’s credit after the mauling he ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at DVDActive (David Cox)
JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
There's a place in our world for "stupid comedies". Films which don't pretend to take themselves seriously, are based on idiotic premises and filled with dumb jokes. There's also a time for them and many would argue that this difficult period of our ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
That Cow (Andrew Bradford)
Okay, I'm sure someone can go look 'Rollicking' for me, but even without a definition at hand, it seems like the right way to describe Zoolander. Ben Stiller plays Derek Zoolander, a male model so dumb he can't turn left (no, ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at That Cow (Andrew Bradford)
Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
That's perhaps the best capper I can give for a review of this movie. It's a movie about a comedy sketch character portrayed as a pathetic sap while satirizing a subject most of the audience wouldn't care to see satirized. Somehow, it works. ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Matt's Movie Reviews (Matt Easterbrook)
I haven't laughed so much at a movie theatre for a long time. ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Matt's Movie Reviews (Matt Easterbrook)
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Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)
A handful of very funny sketches, unfortunately linked together by precious little. Worth renting if you're in the mood for a laugh or three, but not the sort of comedy to be watched over and over again. ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
If the balm of comedy is not only helpful but necessary in times of crisis, consider Ben Stiller a national wartime resource. Bizarre, outrageous, and profoundly silly, Zoolander is so delightfully over the top, so satisfied with its own daft abilities, ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Movie Habit (Matt Anderson)
While telling the tale of an idiot male fashion model brainwashed into assassinating the prime minister of Malaysia, Zoolander manages to maintain a consistently funny and dysfunctional take on the world. In the Beginning… A few years ago VH1 started ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Movie Habit (Matt Anderson)
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Don't go to see Zoolander for incisive, witty comedy or interesting characters. Go for the purpose of seeing Will Ferrell in a poodle wig screaming "Kill the prime minister!" with an orange face, as seen in a hallucination during Derek's ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)
Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
Dumb comedy - when its at its worst we get crap like "Dumb and Dumber" and at its best some really great flicks like "There's Something About Mary". "Zoolander" is somewhere slightly above the middle, its a surprisingly good comedy, the lacklustre ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
Newsday
(PG-13) Male models go moue a moue in a giddy, goofy if not exactly iconoclastic sendup of fashion, ego and global economics. With Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor, Will Ferrell, Jerry Stiller. Screenplay by Ben Stiller, John Hamburg and ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Newsday
The Movie Insider (Kyle Smith)
In an early scene, Zoolander's best friends all die. Derek's reaction is honest, yet his honest mourning includes forgetting about them almost entirely. If viewers are upset at this event, chances are Zoolander will be a laborious, stupid film; but ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at The Movie Insider (Kyle Smith)
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Movielocity Movie Reviews (Blake Kunisch)
Created for VH1 a while back, the Zoolander character was a satirical look at the fashion industry and played by Ben Stiller. Now, based on the skit, we have a full-length feature film that once again is able to showcase Stiller's comedic brilliance, ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Movielocity Movie Reviews (Blake Kunisch)
sbs.is (Stefan Birgir Stefansson)
Ben AND Jerry Stiller, what more can one ask for? ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at sbs.is (Stefan Birgir Stefansson)
Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Ben Stiller as Zoolander and Milla Jovovich as Katinka in Zoolander.Ben Stiller is a comic genius. He writes, directs, and is blessed with flawless subtlety and timing. Based on Stiller's short story Derek Zoolander: Male Model, this is a hilarious and ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Ben Stiller's first directorial
effort in five years sees the comedic actor improving in terms of comic imagery
but taking a step down in comic execution. ZOOLANDER is an occasionally funny
film that could have actually been better had ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Reel.com
One of the great Hollywood paradoxes is that studios keep greenlighting scripts based on TV skits when the successful films in this accursed subgenre, until now, amounted to exactly one: Wayne's World. Since most of these ill-advised expansions land in ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Reel.com
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When the film's low aims are attacked with such ferocious energy and style, one is too busy laughing to complain. ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
The Movie Chicks
Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) has been the top male model for the past three years, but he has competition from the hot new kid, Hansel (Owen Wilson). Hansel takes the honors at the model-of-the-year awards, and a few other tragedies prompt Derek ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at The Movie Chicks
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eFilmCritic.com (Andrew Howe)
Delivers on the strength of impeccable casting, flashy visuals, top-notch production design and a script that isn’t afraid to toss something into the air and see how it flies. ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Andrew Howe)
Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
I laughed from start to finish at the film, and some of the potshots Stiller takes at the modeling profession are classic. ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Humor occasionally dips low, but let's face it - dumb is fun. ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)
ToxicUniverse.com (Lee Chase IV)
Zoolander is stupid, absurd and sometimes funny as hell. Stiller’s humor will definitely not apply to ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (Lee Chase IV)
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The unstated joke throughout Zoolander , Ben Stiller's humorously surreal comedy about the fashion industry, is that the two leads, Stiller and Owen Wilson, who play competing male supermodels, look nothing like male supermodels. Stiller's character, ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
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To many of us, we know that the glamour is often an illusion as modeling is a world filled with backstabbing, infighting, and all manner of leaches who use people and then spit them out. Most people are well aware of this, but why do so many people want ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Moviehole
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A movie has to be somewhat smart to be so successfully silly, and Zoolander is a comedy that nails its targets with impressive regularity. ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
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Homer Yen
That's pretty much the heart and soul of this film, a sputtering satire of the fashion industry and the dimwitted milksops that inhabit it. It's funniest aspect pokes fun at the extreme vanity and intense competition among the top models. Hansel (Owen ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Homer Yen
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Ben Stiller purses his lips, contorts his face and spikes his hair into the blow-dried coif of an '80s pop-band refugee to play Zoolander: male model, fashion icon, intellectual pygmy.
When the career of the world's most celebrated and self-absorbed ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
MovieEye.com (Frank Ochieng)
Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
I'm a big Ben fan (Stiller, not the clock in
London). And this movie is funny, really ... it's
just, it's just ... I don't know? ... Missing that
inexplicable special something.
Ben is Derek ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
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ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Despite its numerous weaknesses, Zoolander is more enjoyable than many of 2001's crop of so-called comedies. For one thing, it's actually funny, even if only sporadically so. And, with all the open wounds of the past few weeks, if laughter ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Shannon Patrick Sullivan
Review: "Zoolander" will no doubt invite comparisons with the "Austin Powers" movies, since both title characters are imageconscious dolts embroiled in global conspiracies. But whereas Austin was a satire on the entire James Bondstyle spy genre, ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Shannon Patrick Sullivan
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Under normal circumstances, Zoolander is the kind of movie I would recommend giving a pass to in theaters and waiting for the video release. But these are far from normal circumstances. In the wake of the World Trade Center disaster, audiences are looking ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
Perhaps with enough alcohol or if you're gifted with an IQ equal to or lower than most of the characters in this movie, you might find it to be hilarious. Without either of those two things, at best you'll find it amusing. ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
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The Popkorn Junkie
Stiller's acting is getting better and better, but his jokes are still the same as they were three years ago. The film has some rather steamy parts involving sex and drug usage, which is surprising considering the film has a PG-13 rating. You would ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at The Popkorn Junkie
Bob Bloom
It doesn't sound like much, and nor does it seem like it takes much effort to skewer male models. After all, Fabio does it all the time just by being himself.Zoolander's plot, unfortunately, is in bad taste, considering today's political climate. It ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Bob Bloom
Jigsaw Lounge (Neil Young)
Enjoyably daft fashion-world satire hits the ground running and gets unexpected mileage out of its one joke - male super-models are super-stupid. It's basicallyAustin PowersmeetsPret-a-Porter, with a what-the-hell dash ...read the complete Zoolander movie review at Jigsaw Lounge (Neil Young)
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