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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Steve Adams (written by)
Release Date:
30 April 2004 (USA)
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Tagline:
Success didn't go to his head, it went to his neighbor. more
Plot:
A man becomes increasingly jealous of his friend's newfound success. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination
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NewsDesk:
(13 articles)
Ben Stiller Bites Fox's Hand For Feeding Him
(From Cinema Blend. 1 August 2009, 9:17 AM, PDT)
Shouting Match: Jack Black Must Be Stopped!
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 20 June 2009, 3:28 PM, PDT)
(From Cinema Blend. 1 August 2009, 9:17 AM, PDT)
Shouting Match: Jack Black Must Be Stopped!
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 20 June 2009, 3:28 PM, PDT)
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What an odd film!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ben Stiller | ... | Tim Dingman |
 | Jack Black | ... | Nick Vanderpark |
 | Rachel Weisz | ... | Debbie Dingman |
 | Amy Poehler | ... | Natalie Vanderpark |
 | Christopher Walken | ... | J-Man |
 | Ariel Gade | ... | Lula Dingman |
 | Sam Lerner | ... | Michael Dingman |
 | Lily Jackson | ... | Nellie Vanderpark |
 | Connor Matheus | ... | Nathan Vanderpark |
| Hector Elias | ... | Eduardo |
| Angee Hughes | ... | Woman at Play |
| Manny Kleinmuntz | ... | Dimitriov |
 | Blue Deckert | ... | Cal |
| John Gavigan | ... | Les |
| Terry Bozeman | ... | 3M Worker |
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language and sexual/crude humor.
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Runtime:
99 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Brazil:14 |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #40103) |
Iceland:LH |
Netherlands:AL |
South Korea:12 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-7 |
Germany:o.Al. |
Italy:T |
Singapore:PG |
UK:12A
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At the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, during a press conference for Shark Tale (2004), both Jack Black and Dreamworks' Jeffrey Katzenberg publicly apologized for Envy (2004).
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Revealing mistakes: When Tim goes to Nick's house after J-man answers the phone, Tim knocks on Nick's door, and when their butler opens the door, the door and the frame wobble back and forth for 2 or 3 seconds.
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Quotes:
Nick Vanderpark:
What's that?
[as he looks down and points at Tim's pants, right by his crotch]
Tim Dingman: What?
Nick Vanderpark: That.
Tim Dingman: Oh... maple syrup.
[Nick reaches over and wipes up some maple syrup from Tim's pants with his index finger and then tastes it]
Nick Vanderpark: Mmm. Man! Can you believe that comes from a tree?
Tim Dingman: Don't taste my pants.
Nick Vanderpark: I can't taste your pants?
Tim Dingman: Ever.
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[as he looks down and points at Tim's pants, right by his crotch]
Tim Dingman: What?
Nick Vanderpark: That.
Tim Dingman: Oh... maple syrup.
[Nick reaches over and wipes up some maple syrup from Tim's pants with his index finger and then tastes it]
Nick Vanderpark: Mmm. Man! Can you believe that comes from a tree?
Tim Dingman: Don't taste my pants.
Nick Vanderpark: I can't taste your pants?
Tim Dingman: Ever.
[...]
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Soundtrack:
Envy
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I just saw this movie at a sneak preview and all I can say is..."What did I just watch????" And I mean that in a good and bad way.
The plot is really simple. Stiller and Black play friends/neighbors. Stiller is the focused, hardworker while Black is a dreamer. Black invents this idea to create a spray that erases poo. The idea becomes very popular, and Black becomes very rich. The extravagant lifestyle that Black gains and the fact that he still tries to be best friends with Stiller causes Stiller to become crazy with envy.
As I said, the plot is simple. Everything else is plain odd. The direction is odd, with a weird rotating opening shot to out-of-nowhere sped up sequences. The dialouge and the acting is very odd; odd in a rambling sort of way. And the sound track is the oddest thing in the movie, from the weird "Envy" song that keeps on reappearing to the scene where you think you're going to hear a classic 80's song but suddenly it's in Japanese.
So, the true question is this...is odd funny? That depends purely on the individual. I was cracking up at the shear unwavering weirdness of the movie. After the screening I heard people call it horribly unfunny and glad that it was free. Strangely, I understood their point. There are no jokes whatsoever, so if you aren't hooked by the uniqueness of it all, you will hate this movie. Absolutely hate it.
This movie is destined to lose a lot of money at the box office and become a DVD cult classic. If you can laugh at a movie with no real jokes, like Cable Guy or Punch Drunk Love, then I suggest you see it. If you don't, run away from this movie. It'll only make you mad.