After watching today’s second trailer (here was the first), I’m getting pretty psyched for Paul Rudd and Steve Carell’s Dinner With Schmucks — directed by Jay Roach — which comes out July 23. The title used to annoy me, but I suddenly find elegance in its literalness, and honestly could anything involving Ron Livingston, Bruce Greenwood, Jemaine Clement, Kristen Schaal, a character named “Lewis Ventriloquist,” and Zach Galifianakis in a crazy coat (pictured) possibly go wrong? As a feast, yes; as a film…maybe not! I’m just digging how unapologetically ridiculous it all is. Maybe I’m in one of my moods. I don’t know. Video after the jump, or watch the hi-res version at Apple. Sidenote: While struggling to come up with Ron Livingston’s real name, I called him “Peter Berger” out loud. You may remember him from acclaimed film/TV crossover Office Space and the City.
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Jemaine will now give me minotaur nightmares.
I saw Lucy Punch in there too!
“Last time I looked in the dictionary, my name’s Ron Burgundy. What’s your name?”
“Brian Fantana.”
“Champ Kind.”
” Brian Fantana.”
” No, you’re Brick.”
“Brian.”
“I’m Brian.”
“Veronica.”
Brian Fantana: “I’m telling you, this lady has really crawled inside Ron’s head.”
Brick Tamland: [bursts out laughing} “That’s a good one.”
Lots of funny people and this summer could use a big comedy hit (that’s actually funny) in the worst way…hopefully, this will deliver.
“Please don’t embarras me.” Perfect!
Embarrass. Sorry, got carried away with the giggles.
When I saw the first trailer, i wasn’t interested…now i am!
Thankfully, this looks a little less cruel than the original French movie, but even funnier, too!
I saw a sneak preview a couple weeks ago. The movie is hysterical. The dinner itself is one of the funniest scenes in a movie I have seen in a long time.
Steve Carrell: “Don’t worry, I’m a taxidermist.”
Paul Rudd: “And I’m ALIVE.”
Man, that gets me every time I see this trailer! LOL. This film looks good. Hope it delivers.
The original movie – Le diner des cons- is ABSOLUTELY hysterical. I worry that the American version won’t actually have the same lesson at the end, and be more of a farce… The French movie is definitely less slap-stick and more cruel judging by these previews… It will be interesting to see how the movie does here in France.
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