I wasn't expecting much, it looked like a funny concept, everyone likes to poke fun at people they think are more attractive then they are, especially models, and say they're all stupid as logs. Ben Stiller, although not my favorite comedian, reminds me of New York and that whole cynical dark east coaster thing, which is always good for a laugh.  He is more of a Hollywood brat these days, but grant me the fantasy, thanks.

That being said, it was a resoundingly mediocre film. The funny parts were only funny in a fourth grade bathroom humor way, with slapstick stuff that would make infants and children without fully developed senses of humor laugh.  Infants will laugh if you startle or confuse them in just the right way.  Like by putting a diaper on your head.   Well it was sort of like that, but with pop culture references sprinkled in to make you feel in-the-know for 'getting it.'

Will Ferrell as usual carried the movie. Will Ferrell can be funny without ever actually putting the diaper on his head.  He's just that talented.  Come to think of it, Will Ferrell carried this film in much the same way he carried Jay & Silent Bob's...

I also think the movie was packed with gratuitous cameo appearances, which I won't give away and spoil for you here, well, why not, I recommend you miss the  movie anyway.  I think Ben Stiller likes to corral as many heavy hitters into a film in the hopes that they'll convince the audience that the film must actually be good. Its sort of a peer-pressure film popularity tactic.  Like if David Bowie agreed to be in the film he must have thought it was funny, leaving us to second guess our own comedic judgment. Now that I think about it, that's sort of insulting...damn Hollywood bastards.  It either makes us laugh or it doesn't, you can't create an illusion of funny.

So as I said, I recommend missing this one, so I won't even go into the pitiful plot.  Maybe rent the DVD one day, but only if the video store is plucked clean, and plucked clean of even classics like Mommy Dearest and of colorized classics like  Night of the Living Dead, then maybe consider spending money on it, but only if you're really desperate and can't just go home and force yourself to go to sleep instead.  But save the 8 bucks for now.