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04/29/09
Envy (2004)
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Reviews Counted: 109
Fresh: 6
Rotten:103
Average Rating: 3/10
Consensus: Jack Black and Ben Stiller fail to wring laughs from a script that's essentially one extended poop joke.
Theatrical Release:Apr 30, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $12,181,484
Synopsis: Ben Stiller ("Meet the Parents") and Jack Black ("Shallow Hal") star in the outrageous comedy "Envy," under the direction of Academy Award winner Barry Levinson ("Rain Man"). Tim (Ben Stiller)... [More]
Starring: Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Christopher Walken, Rachel Weisz
Director: Barry Levinson
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10/18/08
Barry Levinson's career slump continues apace with a wannabe black comedy that's neither dark nor funny.
08/11/08
With so many dubious elements at play, even the half-good ideas get lost in the shuffle.
03/05/07
Top CriticEnvy crawls to its finish through a minefield of poor taste and comedic misfires.
03/05/07
Top Critic...certainly not the flat-out disaster it's been made out to be.
08/05/06
I don't think any critic could have predicted a turkey like this based on the immense level of talent that is involved here.
06/20/05
A primary plot device involves the literal beating of a dead horse -- would they just like to write the reviews for us?
04/01/05
It is in fact consistently adequate and, in places, achieves nothing short of above-averageness.
10/19/04
Not quite as good as it should have been, despite spirited performances from Black and Stiller and Christopher Walken on top crazy bonkers mental form.
09/11/04
Featuring two of America's most successful comic actors, you'd think it'd be hilarious. Think again.
09/11/04
The differing styles of the two comedians never meld, but the script is so flabby even an industrial crane couldn't lift it.
09/07/04
Too broadly played and not at all funny enough, in spite of the milking of a high concept.
08/08/04
Levinson nunca foi um bom diretor de comédias (Bom Dia, Vietnã deve seu sucesso a Robin Williams), mas aqui ele definitivamente atinge o fundo do poço.
07/20/04
I don't envy anyone who has to answer for this bomb.
06/05/04
Obviously attempting to poach on the Farrelly Brothers territory, director Barry Levinson pushes Steve Adams' feeble screenplay over the top.
05/20/04
Pinched, airless -- and so far away from any recognizable human behavior patterns it feels like a movie made by (and for) aliens who watched too many Seinfeld reruns.
05/11/04
Envy is nothing to be jealous about.
05/10/04
The most disappointing release of the year so far.
05/10/04
This may be a shining example of a filmmaker who has completely lost touch with the audience.
05/09/04
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