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Tropic Thunder (2008)
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Reviews Counted:221
Fresh:182
Rotten:39
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: With biting satire, plenty of subversive humor, and an unforgettable turn by Robert Downey, Jr., Tropic Thunder is a triumphant late Summer comedy.
Theatrical Release: Aug 13, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $110.4M
Synopsis: Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying. [More]
Starring: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Nick Nolte
Director: Ben Stiller
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REVIEWS FOR TROPIC THUNDER
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Top CriticThere are a lot of sacred entertainment industry cows being sent to the slaughter, and Stiller & co. skewer every stereotype with vicious glee.
Jun 12, 2010
Not a third as "dark" or "ferocious" as it believes it is
Aug 26, 2009
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Jul 15, 2009
Sure, there are some moments when the plot falls right down a gun barrel, the comedy is too over the top and the jokes are downright gross. Still, in comparison to the other slapstick comedies this year, this movie-within-a-movie strikes above the rest.
Jul 7, 2009
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Apr 23, 2009
Tropic Thunder is one humongous vanity project for Ben Stiller. His initials aren't BS for nothing. If you can't get enough of bouncing Ben, Tropic Thunder is the movie for you. Ben Stiller acted in, co-wrote, produced, and directed Tropi
Feb 1, 2009
Is this a comedy -- or a cry for help?
Jan 12, 2009
Tropic Thunder turns out to be a very funny film with an immensely talented cast that will be the topic of any water cooler conversation.
Jan 4, 2009
Stiller's parody of Hollywood opportunism and insecurities is fairly lacerating, but perhaps could've been more so had not the whole thing been played so broadly.
Dec 31, 2008
Cruise is downright scary. It's the creepiest -- and most entertaining -- performance since his unforgettable appearance in that Scientology video.
Dec 21, 2008
The action movie has been spoofing itself for years. Half of the time it's no even intentional. Ben Stiller's hilarious and surprisingly intelligent Tropic Thunder takes the genre spoof to a new extreme.
Dec 8, 2008
Tropic Thunder focuses its satire on this Hollywoodization of war, as it depicts the production of a Vietnam genre film that's less "Platoon" than "Platoon Leader" with Michael Dudikoff.
Dec 6, 2008
A journey into Hollywood's heart of darkness.
Nov 20, 2008
Un excelente entretenimiento, realmente gracioso y divertido, que se permite tomarle el pelo a la misma industria de la que sale.
Nov 18, 2008
Even with its excess and undeniably heavy hand, this is a whole lot of fun as a satire of Hollywood, a take off on war/ action flicks and as a straight-ahead action movie.
Nov 17, 2008
... it attacks celebrity culture and the excesses of Hollywood filmmaking ... with a wink and slap on the back, celebrating that same culture as much as it ridicules it.
Nov 14, 2008
...when you throw enough gags at an audience, some of them are bound to work.
Nov 13, 2008
LATEST NEWS FOR TROPIC THUNDER
June 10, 2010:
Paramount Announces Les Grossman Project
Paramount has announced plans to give Les Grossman, the profane, portly movie exec played by Tom Cruise in "Tropic Thunder," his own film spinoff. Cruise and Ben Stiller will produce.
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January 8, 2009:
Broadcast Film Critics Name Critics' Choice Winners
The 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards were given on January 8, 2009, to honor the finest achievements in 2008 filmmaking. A list of nominees follows below, with winners in bold:
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January 7, 2009:
Slate's Movie Club Looks Back at 2008
Slate's Movie Club, boasting an all-female lineup for 2009, has convened to debate the best movies of '08.
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December 12, 2008:
Weekly Ketchup: Tom Cruise to return as Tropic Thunder's Les Grossman
This week sees a surprising lack of the remakes we've gotten used to seeing in the Weekly Ketchup, with the shelving of one horror remake balancing out a movie that is only a remake in as much as it...
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December 12, 2008:
Les Grossman: The Movie?
Tom Cruise's foulmouthed studio executive, Les Grossman, stole the show in "Tropic Thunder" and earned Cruise a Golden Globe nomination. Could a Les Grossman feature film be next?
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