Terrific film, part action flick, part Hollywood satire, with amazing performances, hilarious dialogue and perfect pacing. Robert Downey Jr is outstanding as a Method actor who is never out of character, but it's Tom Cruise who steals the movie as a insanely ruthless movie mogul named Les Grossman, who eats actors, directors and agents for breakfast, chews them for lunch, and spits them out for supper. Great fun. Directed by Ben Stiller, (yes, the same Ben Stiller who 12 years earlier directed the insipid "Cable Guy"). Ethan Coen co-wrote the script.
September 9, 2008
Tropic Thunder (2008) ***
Terrific film, part action flick, part Hollywood satire, with amazing performances, hilarious dialogue and perfect pacing. Robert Downey Jr is outstanding as a Method actor who is never out of character, but it's Tom Cruise who steals the movie as a insanely ruthless movie mogul named Les Grossman, who eats actors, directors and agents for breakfast, chews them for lunch, and spits them out for supper. Great fun. Directed by Ben Stiller, (yes, the same Ben Stiller who 12 years earlier directed the insipid "Cable Guy"). Ethan Coen co-wrote the script.
