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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Steve Adams (written by)
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Release Date:
30 April 2004 (USA) See more »
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Tagline:
Success didn't go to his head, it went to his neighbor. See more »
Plot:
A man becomes increasingly jealous of his friend's newfound success. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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(18 articles)
You Don’t Know Jack Movie Review
 (From AreYouScreening. 26 April 2010, 3:54 PM, PDT)

Review: You Don't Know Jack
 (From Cinematical. 26 April 2010, 8:32 AM, PDT)

Ben Stiller: am I right to keep the faith?
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 2 April 2010, 4:43 AM, PDT)

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Future Cult Classic See more (164 total) »

Cast

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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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Rated PG-13 for language and sexual/crude humor.
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99 min
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Trivia:
The scenes featured in the film where Jack Black and Ben Stiller are in Rome were actually shot in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, due to the fact that the film was already over-budget and shooting in Italy would have been significantly more expensive.See more »
Goofs:
Continuity: After Tim shoots the horse with the arrow, he then approaches the fallen horse and the arrow is sticking out of the horse's right side. However, the horse originally fell on its left side.See more »
Quotes:
Michael Dingman:[as Tim has put him to bed] Daddy, why can't we have flan?See more »
Soundtrack:
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)See more »

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22 out of 39 people found the following review useful.
Future Cult Classic, 3 August 2006
Author: Christian Ayers from Cambridge, MA

Cult classics are nearly impossible to predict. Who could guess that Vision Quest, Fight Club, and 2001: A Space Oddysey, movies that were panned by critics and audiences alike upon their release, would become immensely popular? Like many IMDBers, I consider myself a movie expert. Unlike the majority of those who hated Envy(evidenced by a dismal 4.4 rating), I found Envy to be one of the funniest movies in the last decade.

The plot of the movie is ridiculous. The dialogue isn't clever, the scenes have little continuity, and the script seems like it was written by a fourth grader. But that's exactly why the movie is so hilarious. You see, in order to appreciate the accidental genius of Envy, you have to enjoy the movie from an ironically-detached point of view.

Why do I love Envy? Because the movie is bad to the point that it becomes good. This is the recipe for a cult classic, and Envy definitely fits the bill.

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