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Posted by: Benny at October 22, 2001, 11:35 pm

Topic: Reviews: Zoolander Forum: JoBlo

Zoolander- 9/10 Yes folks, it was actually this good. I went into the theater with a frown on my face and left with a huge, grinning smile. Poor Ben Stiller. Last year in Meet the Parents he played a male nurse, now he is 3-time male model of the year, Derek Zoolander. For about 5 minutes of the movie, Zoolander is on top of the world as the most famous (and stupidest) male model in the world. He even has his own "look", called Blue Steel, and is working on a new one called Magnum. However, at the VH1 Fashion Awards (which has a hilarious cameo from Fabio), he loses this title to Hansel, a surfer/new age hippie model (played perfectly by Owen Wilson). He next loses his friends in a freak accident involving (get this) gasoline, cigarettes, and orange mocha cappucinos. Derek is now furious, and has suddenly retired from the fashion business. Evil clothing designer Mugatu (Will Ferrell, of SNL fame) sees Derek's anger, and gets him to do an awful thing: Assassinate the Prime Minister of Malaysia! And that's only the first 30 minutes. The movie plays on like this for another hour, as Zoolander and Hansel get themselves into millions of stupid situations along the way. In a movie like this, the plot isn't really the big thing; it's the way that the actors ham it up with their character, and in this case, they are all definitely hams. Sure, Zoolander is one of the stupidest comedies I've seen in a long time, but underneath its stupid surface there is a wickedly funny satire of the fashion industry and how everyone has to be perfect all the time. Many cameos by people such as Fabio, Donald Trump, Fred Durst, Andy Dick, and Tommy Hilfiger only add to the fun. And Stiller's real-life dad Jerry has a small role too as the head of Zoolander and Hansel's agency, Balls Models, who constantly has a prostate problem. Overall, this movie is great if you are in need of a laugh, like I was, and just a fun film to relax during it and not have to think hard while watching it. By the way, it upsets me to think that pricks such as Roger Ebert didn't like the movie only because they used the country Malaysia in it. Once again, this film rates a 9/10. [This message has been edited by JoBlo (edited 10-23-2001).]

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