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Tropic Thunder

Overview


Genre :

Comedy, Action

Release Date :

August 13, 2008

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Ben Stiller

Starring :

Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Matthew McConaughey, Nick Nolte, Brandon Jackson, Steve Coogan, Danny McBride, Bill Hader, Tom Cruise, Jay Baruchel

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Go! Watch this movie. You'll regret if not seeing it.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

Review rate : B

“..Tropic Thunder wrings divine madness from wretched excess..”
by Michael Sragow [Baltimore Sun]
2.5 of 4

“..sporadically funny..”
by Moira Macdonald [Seattle Times]
“..Simultaneously smart and dumb..”
by Kenneth Turan [LA Times]
3 of 4

“..really funny..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
3 of 4

“..raunchy, raucous and riotously funny..”
by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer]
3.5 of 4

“..R-rated laugh riot..”
by Bob Strauss [LA Daily News]
3 of 4

“..one of the better Hollywood parodies..”
by Peter Howell [Toronto Star]
“..flashy, nasty, on-and-off funny and assaultive..”
by Manohla Dargis [NY Times]
Review rate : A-

“..costliest war epic of all time..”
by Skylaire Alfvegren [E! Online]
3.5 of 4

“..a knockout of a comedy that keeps you laughing constantly..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
4 of 5

“..a great big bundle of fun, complete with hilarity, some really rather good action, and some fantastically quirky characters..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
4 of 5

“..a good time gutbuster..”
by Bill Gibron [Filmcritic.com]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News]
Review rate : B-
Reviewed by Gary Thompson [Philadelphia Daily News]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Colin Covert [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Duane Dudek [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

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