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article2016 Reviews,Zoolander No.2 included everything that was bad in Zoolanderand left out the good parts.
Genre: ComedyDirector: Ben Stiller
Cast: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Penelope Cruz, Will Ferrell,
Kristen Wiig, Cyrus Arnold and Christine Taylor.
Kristen Wiig, Cyrus Arnold and Christine Taylor.
Run Time: 102 min.
US Release: 12 February 2016
UK Release: 06 February 2016
German Release: 18 February 2016
Welcome back to Part-2 of my double Zoolanderreview, if you want to read my critique of the first movie click here.
As stated early before in Part-1, Zoolanderisn’t exactly my favourite film and contrasting most of my friends who think of this being the ultimate comedy I thought it was simply mediocre. In my opinion, Ben Stiller directed and starred in better comedic motion-pictures such as Tropic Thunder, Cable Guy or Dodgeball but that doesn’t mean I did not enjoy the first Zoolander, as it still made me laugh a lot. Sadly this sequel, that came 15 years after the original’s release, has nothing left of the 2001 cult film.
The comedy revolves once again around Derek Zoolander (Stiller), who is in self-imposed exile after a string of unlucky accidents did cost him the custody of his son. Hansel (Wilson) also went into hiding for personal reasons. After pop singers have been systematically targeted and killed, Billy Zane lures both former superstar models back into the world of fashion. Together with Interpol agent Valentina Valencia (Cruz) they try to find out who is behind all the assassinations, while Derek also attempts to get into contact with his son (Arnold) again.
The premise of Zoolander and Hansel returning to prominence to win back the custody over Derek’s son, might not sound as spectacular as the first movie’s synopsis but should have still made for a funny story. Instead, we obtained a terribly executed fart of a comedy that was so stupid and needles I felt my brain cells die. It started of promising with Billy Zane, as himself, in all those remote places looking for Derek and Hansel, but 10 minutes later the movie lost momentum and humour. The funniest parts were put in the trailer, while the rest of the movie is uneventful and boring.
Ben Stiller is better than this; he is a good writer and director, proven by his previous movies, which begs the question why he decided to do a sequel to his cult comedy 15 years later. If you are going to do a sequel after such a long period of time, you need to make sure it is 100 percent funny and intriguing. Zoolander No.2 wasn’t anything except a big messy pile of shit! It relies too much on previous call-backs of the first film, such as the tiny phone Stiller keeps getting out, or his Magnum look to which there is a whole flashback scene of how he stopped Mugatu’s shuriken.
The badly written script was what killed this film, granted I did laugh here and there but most of those funny scenes where during the last 10 minutes. The whole opening scene with Justin Bieber was stretched out a little too long, and the jokes about street fashion and gender ambiguity were picked up and dropped after 5 minutes.
One of the errors Stiller made was to incorporate too many celebrity cameos. It worked in Zoolander for two reasons: 1. He did not over-use those cameos, and 2. It felt natural because Derek and Hansel were celebrities themselves. In this sequel though, celebrities appear out of nowhere just to show-off and it isn’t funny but rather interrupting. While on the subject, I was also disappointed by Benedict Cumberbatch’s three-minute appearance as All because it did not further the plot one bit.
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson were fine in this movie, they played their personas as they did in the original comedy and stayed true to who Derek and Hansel are. The only problem was that their lines weren’t funny, which was extremely upsetting, as they are the lead characters. On top of that, Wilson was completely underused in this movie and felt more like a side character.
Penelope Cruz really disappointed me since I am used to see her perform much better than she did in this. She portrayed the persona of Valentina Valencia, former swimsuit model turned Interpol agent of the fashion division. Like Christine Taylor in the former film, she acted as eye-candy for the male viewers but without the wits or the humour.
Will Ferrell’s over the top performance of evil fashion mogul Mugatu was possibly the funniest part of this film but the character was reintroduced to late, making his first appearance ⅔ of the way. Sadly his encounter with Kristen Wiig, who played a European fashion icon with the unfunniest fake accent I ever heard, wasn’t as impactful as I had wished for. Wiig herself was underused, just as Owen Wilson, but it was all right as she did not add any humour to the story.
The cinematography can be compared to the first Zoolander, which was very glossy and made use of several fast cuts. The only change made is the inclusion of a lot of bad computer-generated imagery. The effects were added in a desperate attempt to increase the comedic value of this film, but Fred Armisen as a tiny CGI person was not funny!
Verdict: Overall, Zoolander No.2 was a disappointing sequel to the mediocre 2001 original. The script and dialogues are horrible and rely too much on jokes from the first film and while the performances of Stiller and Wilson have been all right, they haven’t been funny enough! Penelope Cruz gives one of her worst performances in her career and comedy starlet Kristen Wiig also fails to infuse this stale comedy with humour. The only actor that made me chuckle a little bit was Ferrell and he was introduced to late to this comedy. In the end I will give Zoolander 2 the same grade I gave Daddy’s Home, a 4.5 out of 10.
If you want to see a funny movie you are better of watching the original Zoolander of 2001, save your money and wait until this sequel either appears on TV or on Netflix/Amazon Prime. But if you did go see Zoolander No.2, leave a comment in the section below and tell me what you thought. Thank you very much for reading, and if you liked this review please share it!
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