Thursday 26 April 2007

Envy (2003) 7/10

Starring : Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Rachel Weisz, Amy Poehler, Christopher Walken
Director : Barry Levinson
Running Time : 96 mins

Nick Vanderpark (Black) comes up with a crazy idea for a spray that will disintegrate poo and offers his friend and neighbour Tim Dingman (Stiller) a partnership on the deal. Tim declines, based on the fact that the idea has no way of working but, to his horror, Nick designs the spray and becomes an overnight millionaire. After a conversation with a hobo named J-Man (Walken), the envious Tim decides to try and ruin Nick's life in a variety of more and more outlandish ways.

This movie got some really bad press, and apparently only got released in cinemas after the success of School Of Rock. However, I quite liked the film; Ben Stiller is rarely likeable, and in this he isn't trying to be. Overall definitely worth watching.

You'll like this if you liked : Neighbours

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