There are movies that are so bad that they are actually good. Good enough to keep you watching even as you have groan and grimace and perhaps step away for a few moments to take a breather from their awfulness.
Dinner for Schmucks is that kind of movie for me. I can barely watch any self-humiliation plot vehicle film (or whatever such is best called) as it is truly painful for me. Steve Carell is so exponentially inept and awkward that it was impossible to watch without multiple breaks. His character ends up crossing paths with an up-and-rising Wall Street financier and as a result turns the rising yuppie's perfect life upside down with mishap after mishap triggered by Steve Carell's bumbling-beyond-belief nerdness. In a short span of time he ends up losing the love of his life and is on the verge of blowing a huge deal with a European multi-millionaire. I won't bore you with the slightly sweet ending.
I believe that the filmmakers wanted me to be miserable throughout the film given how over-the-top many scenes were. I failed time and again to stop an empathic response to Carell's character's repeated missteps and errors. I can't believe I watched the whole thing!
Rating: R (Rotten) Recipient of the So Bad It's Good Award
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