Serves as glossy, throwaway fun, and it features more cameos than you can shake a mascara wand at.
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10/12/01
Zoolander (2001)
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Reviews Counted:127
Fresh:79
Rotten:48
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: With Stiller and Wilson giving fun performances, Zoolander is one of those deliberately dumb comedies that actually delivers the laughs.
Runtime: 89 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) isn't smart, but he looks "really, really good." An empty-headed yet kindhearted male model, the self-absorbed Derek becomes an unwitting pawn in a international... [More]
Starring: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Christine Taylor
Director: Ben Stiller
Reviews for Zoolander
When the film's low aims are attacked with such ferocious energy and style, one is too busy laughing to complain.
10/11/01
It's timely, hilarious, good fun.
10/08/01
Embraces the thing it criticizes and continues to prop up and promote the ephemeral careers of these fashionistas and MTV darlings.
10/08/01
I laughed from start to finish at the film, and some of the potshots Stiller takes at the modeling profession are classic.
10/07/01
I haven't laughed so much at a movie theatre for a long time.
10/04/01
brash and sometimes subversive, often pushing into territory where you wouldn't expect it to go
10/04/01
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10/04/01
Top CriticDuring its fleeting moments onscreen, the movie's lighthearted spirit and comic energy make for entertaining, escapist fare.
10/04/01
Top CriticIf you have ever watched a fashion model strut down the walkway and thought they were too full of themselves, Zoolander will strike you as 90 minutes of poetic justice.
10/04/01
A confirmation of Stiller as a bona-fide triple-threat artist, a savvy actor/writer/director whose fingers are solidly on the pop culture pulse of America.
10/04/01
An oasis of bracing comedy that comes at just the right time, when we're parched for it.
10/03/01
A freakishly potent farce.
10/02/01
The most disappointing thing about Stiller's film is that all it appears to be saying is that male models don't seem to have a lot between the ears.
10/02/01
...strives to amuse the audience with intelligently conceived and executed combo of satirical wit and slapstick that hits nearly every target it aims for.
10/02/01
A light but sprightly spoof of celebrity, excess and self-absorbed silliness.
10/01/01
In a different world, the film would be just another five-minute skit blown up until it's not funny anymore; as it is, it's tasteless and offensive to boot.
10/01/01
If you laughed at the trailer, you will likely enjoy many of the quips in the actual picture as well.
10/01/01
So delightfully over the top, so satisfied with its own daft abilities, that it verges on some new sort of comic classicism.
10/01/01
Latest News for Zoolander
July 14, 2005:
Critical Consensus: "Chocolate," "Wedding" Both Sweet
This week's wide releases blend the sweet and the sour. Sweet, like the taste of chocolate or true love; sour, like unabashed excess or scoundrel-like behavior. Will critics... More...
August 20, 2001:
Stiller says he modeled his character after 'some weird kind of hybrid Jason Priestley-Luke Perry guy' he played in a parody on his short-lived series, The Ben Stiller Show. 
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