Urine Couch AM Movie Club: Dinner with Schmucks

2010 comedy

Rating: 10/20

Plot: See The Dinner Game. Except this one has the terminally plain Paul Rudd whose promotion to the seventh floor might depend on how much of an idiot he can find for the dinner party. Plus, he's having problems with his girlfriend.

The Urine Couch A.M. Movie Club...it's just me and the ghost of Gene Siskel! Last night's film: 'Dinner for Schmucks' with one of America's most versatle actors, Paul Rudd.
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Larry: Synchro! I just watched that last night too. I had zero expectations and they were met!
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Shane: but you watched it with the ghost of Gene Shalit's mustache...different Gene=different movie club! How many times did you chortle during the movie? I'd like to compare numbers.
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Larry: I'd say 3 real, and 4 for forced chortles. Disappointed by Zack G's performance, subdued.
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Larry: I also didn't know ZG was in it, and 5 minutes into the movie I wished he was, and lo and behold!
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Shane: ‎5 minutes into the movie, I was hoping something would happen...movie was almost DOA. It picked up a bit with the Schmuck's arrival. Got kind of funny with Jermaine Clement...I like that guy!
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Shane: but yeah, about 3-4 real laughs for me and several because I was watching with Siskel and he kept looking over at me to see if I was having a good time...he picked it, and I didn't want to hurt his feelings so I tried to make sure my nipples were at least partially erect whenever he'd look over at me
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Larry: I don't like comedy lesson movies so much. I'd rather it just be mean spirited sometimes.
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Shane: Have you seen the original French version? It's better but probably not by that much. I'm not sure if I want my cliche characters learning lessons or not, by the way...a lot of times it just seems forced. Like they were thinking that if they didn't have Paul Rudd's character learn the predictable lesson that he was going to learn, then it would just be laughing at these unfortunate characters in a mean way. Which is what I do for entertainment nearly every day, by the way.
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Shane: I'm just going to copy/paste this for the blog, by the way...so step up your game!
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Larry: It's like that movie where Gwynth Poultry is friggin' huge yet Jack Black sees her as skinny. 90 minutes of fat jokes disguised as a lesson
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Shane: ‎'Fat Barry'...ok, I don't remember what that movie's called. I saw part of it once when I was in a situation where I could either do that or talk to somebody...I don't think I got to the message in that movie, but I bet it had something to do with inner beauty...that or how fat women are excellent in bed?
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Shane: The lesson should have been that Jack Black should be in less movies.
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Kent: Had hopes, all dashed.
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Kent: I too long for more Jermaine Clement. He's the Kiwi Jeff Goldblum. (I saw Rio, the bird cartoon, and he stole the show via voice)
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Shane: How many laughs?
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Shane: I would like to do some statistical analysis.
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Kent: In Rio, 69.758 percent stolen, not including the musical number
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Kent: in which he sings " I poop on people and I blame it on seagulls"
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Shane: I saw that he was in 'Rio'...no desire to see that one. Kiwi Jeff Goldblum...I can dig it.
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Kent: It was better than I thought it was going to be. Just enough whimsy. Not enough frontal mail nudity.
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Shane: Why do I think you're making fun of my overuse of the word "whimsical" every time you use it...I know "making fun" can't be a possibility.
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Shane: wait...bird frontal nudity?
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Jen: feeling like I must clarify.... the urine couch is not at our house!!!
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Kent: ‎.....anymore.
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Jen: haha... never!
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