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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 14 Aug 2011

Comes down to exactly the same type of heroic finale they're supposed to be parodying in the first place. You bettah off renting Rescue Dawn…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 22 May 2011

Instead of entering the jungle to find the heart of darkness, Stiller (the director, co-star, and co-writer of Tropic Thunder) goes in to take…

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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 22 Feb 2011

The frustratingly uneven comedy Tropic Thunder has moments of full-on, bust-a-gut hilarity, along with long stretches where you can hear the…

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By Richard Corliss (1,032) for Time (1,811) on 23 Sep 2010

Those opening trailers are hilarious and devastatingly acute, but the rest of Stiller's film could be more a deconstruction of comedy than…

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By Ken Eisner (445) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 06 Jul 2010

Stiller one-ups his Zoolander fashion-world creation with Tugg Speedman, an action hero trying to revive his flagging, Sly Stallone-type career…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 21 May 2010

The history of filmmakers skewering Hollywood's darker excesses is a long and rich one, from Billy Wilder through Robert Altman…

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By Rick Groen (1,350) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 31 Dec 2009

Tropic Thunder is an assault in the guise of a comedy – watching it is like getting mugged by a clown…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 05 Dec 2009

Tropic Thunder understands movies, understands the system in which they are created and, most of all, knows what it takes to make an audience…

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By Ken Fox (1,094) for TV Guide Magazine (2,375) on 25 Sep 2009

Cruise is downright scary. It's the creepiest -- and most entertaining -- performance since his unforgettable appearance in that Scientology video…

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By Fernando F. Croce (840) for CinePassion (694) on 25 Aug 2009

Not a third as dark or ferocious as it believes it is…

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By Clay Cane (203) for BET.com (238) on 06 Jul 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…

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By Peter Keough (994) for Boston Phoenix (1,372) on 22 Apr 2009

Sounds predictable and academic, but what's unexpected is how deftly Stiller manages to explore these issues and allude to war films from The…

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By Tony Macklin (521) for Fayetteville Free Weekly (88) on 01 Feb 2009

Tropic Thunder is one humongous vanity project for Ben Stiller. His initials aren't BS for nothing…

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By Jeffrey Chen (849) for Window to the Movies (638) on 31 Dec 2008

Stiller's parody of Hollywood opportunism and insecurities is fairly lacerating, but perhaps could've been more so had not the whole thing…

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By Ryan Cracknell (408) for Movie Views (286) on 08 Dec 2008

The action movie has been spoofing itself for years. Half of the time it's no even intentional…

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By Brian Holcomb (102) for CinemaBlend.com (1,378) on 06 Dec 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…

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By Stephen Himes (148) for Film Snobs (370) on 20 Nov 2008

A journey into Hollywood's heart of darkness…

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By Enrique Buchichio (359) for Uruguay Total (359) on 18 Nov 2008

Un excelente entretenimiento, realmente gracioso y divertido, que se permite tomarle el pelo a la misma industria de la que sale…

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By Brian Webster (658) for Apollo Guide (1,430) on 17 Nov 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…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 14 Nov 2008

A flashy, nasty, on-and-off funny and assaultive sendup of the film industry…

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