3/4  Tell Everyone What Happened Here
Tropic Thunder can be explained in three words: explosions, drama, and hilarity. Although I was never really a big fan of Ben Stiller, I have to say that I was impressed with this film.

The story follows four actors that were suppose to... (read full)

3.5/4  Big-Ass Titties
This movie was plain hysterical. Absolutey hysterical. When a group of actors at the head of their game try to act out a documentary-style war epic and their director is killed in action, only comedy runs amok out of the zany mishaps and... (read full)

3.5/4  A must see movie
This movie is awesome!!
Maybe one of the best comedy I saw last year. However, you need to be a true movie fan to understand all the funny scenes. My favorite part is when Ben calls his agent, saying that he just killed his favorite.....h... (read full)

1.5/4  Disaster Movie II
This movie is ridiculous; but it stars Ben Stiller so I guess that's not too much of a shock. The best parts of the movie were Rob D. Jr and Tom Cruise. Shame on them for taking part in this tragic production (AND Matthew McCounaghey for ... (read full)

1/4  guy movie ALL the way!!!
i really do not know what the whole hype was about this movie. i got about fifteen minutes into it and could not stand it any more. the humor was stupid and just plain awful. my brother loved it and so did all of my guy friends, but for so... (read full)

3.5/4  One of the better comedies of the year
This movie was hilarious. I usually don't find Ben Stiller that funny and I've never been a fan of Robert Downey Jr. (although I admit I haven't seen Iron Man) but I think the way the two of them worked together was brilliant. The role (an... (read full)

2.5/4  Tropic Thunder Quick Review
I wasn't offended, but I didn't laugh that much either. Though there are a few great parts, they are too far and not enough. Tom Cruise is perfect whenever he's on screen too bad everything can't be as entertaining.

  Tropic Thunder Quick Review
I'm about an hour into the movie and it's the biggest disappointment. I have not laughed even once. So much for an entertaining Saturday afternoon.

3.5/4  Tropic Thunder Quick Review
Yes, it might be a stupid comedy, but it was hilarious. Especially when poking fun at the very actors and corporations that they work for. A well done comedy, and Tom Cruise was great.

1/4  Tropic Thunder Quick Review
Pretty much one of the worst movies I have seen in a long time. The best part was in the first five minutes when they did the promos/previews of movies. Yeah, that was before the actual 'movie' even started. Yikes!

2/4  Tropic Thunder Quick Review
It was ok. But, it wasn't worth the $2.14 I paid to see it. There's a few good lines, but that's about it.

2.5/4  Tropic Thunder Quick Review
It was funny, but not that funny. I think the only thing I really like was the banter between Robert Downey Jr. and that other black guy. Hilarious!

2/5 Meh... buy the theatrical cut instead
  by Denzel Lockheart (Edmonton, Canada)
There's no doubt that Tropic Thunder is one of the funniest movies of the year- if not THE funniest movie of the year. I remember seeing in the theater and laughing so hard I couldn't breathe. I was excited when I found out that there was an unrated DC coming out... 2 discs, and 15 more minutes more footage.

However, as much as I gotta say the movie rocks, I have to say: BUY THE THEATRICAL CUT INSTEAD. The unrated version slows the movie down a bit, and most of the added stuff doesn't seem to fit in. They changed some funny lines, and even took some out as well. In fact some of the added stuff makes the movie feel a lot longer than it really is, and after awhile the movie seems repetitive, which is one of the few things that killed the movie for me.

So if you're planning on buying the DVD, get the single disc rated version instead... this movie is definitely one of the funniest I've seen, and I definitely look forward to owning it, but really, just get the theatrical. It's MUCH better.

5/5 Robert Downey, Jr.---Excellent Performance
  by Monika Hearne (Orlando, FL)
I never understood why Downey, Jr. received job after job after being released from prison. I knew he was a good actor, but his portrayal of Iron Man and his performance in this movie was just phenomenal (I never saw the Charlie Chaplin movie). I know this movie offended some, but my husband and I are Black and we missed some of the dialogue in this movie from laughing so hard. We were picking out family members who really talk like that! This movie is hilarious. It's unfortunate that Oscars aren't considered for these types of movies/performances. All of the characters in this movie contributed to it's pleasing experience, however, RDJ stole EVERY SCENE he was apart of. Great Job, RDJ!!! I'm now one of your biggest fans!!!

4/5 Politically incorrect with the rude comedic spirit of Blazing Saddles
  by Jared Castle (Roseburg, Oregon United States)
You'll laugh but this movie isn't for the easily offended. Heck, even a few hard-to-offend viewers will cringe, too. A comedy hasn't had this much in-your-face political incorrectness since Blazing Saddles.

You'll be worn out by the end of this two-hour movie but that's not necessarily a bad thing. The hardest laughs come all too quickly before the film settles down to a slower pace.

The story follows a group of high-maintenance actors on the set of a Vietnam war movie that is spinning out of control and likely to become the all-time box office flop, pushing aside Cutthroat Island, The Adventures of Pluto Nash and Basic Instinct 2.

Ben Stiller has the most screen time but Robert Downey Jr. steals the scenes as an Australian method actor who manages to eclipse Robert De Niro's famed transformation in Raging Bull.

Jack Black (in a nod to Eddie Murphy's The Nutty Professor), Brandon T. Jackson, Jay Baruchel round out the rest of the main acting troupe. In smaller roles, Nick Nolte portrays the author of the book, Tropic Thunder, which "got" the movie deal (there's an in-joke). Matthew McConaughey appears as Stiller's TiVo-crazed agent and Tom Cruise appears nearly unrecognizable in creepy make-up as the film's producer. Not a single actor displays anything approaching subtlety or sanity.

One final warning: skip the DVD extras at your own risk. The viral video for MTV is hilarious.


5/5 "It...mu...mu...made me hap..py."
  by jewessjen (Minneapolis, MN)
I'm so embarrassed to say this but I love this movie so much, just bloody love it. I cannot even remember when something made me laugh so hard that I kept going back and watching certain scenes over and over. Robert Downey Jr.'s comeback is complete. As a 'black dude', he just nails it and never lets go. Believe me, you get over feeling weird about it immediatly, it's just too good, too freakin' authentic and hilarious- but NOT disrespectful. He's so good, so perfect. And JB...When Jack Black is `in character' in character, his New York accent literally made me cry. The skinny guy with the guts hanging out, hilarious, Hamlet 2, hilarious, just everything comes together perfectly. Nick Nolte? Nick Nolte?!

And it's all due to Ben Stiller who literally took every bit of his successes (Zoolander) and failures (Heartbreak Kid) and created this just absolutely pitch perfect comedy. It's been so long since I could say that a movie made me pee my pants with delight. Thank you, Ben Stiller, for the gleeful humiliation. I'm glad I was it at home in front of my Sony BRAVIA KDL-46XBR6 46" LCD TV when it happened. Yep, Mother Nature's not the only one who pissed her pantsuite.

Just one bad thing, Tom Cruise was creepy. Normally, I don't mind him too bad but in this movie, he was creepy and not fun creepy, just creepy. I think Stiller thought it would be fun to have him being so outrageous and yeah, it's fun but it pushed the creepy envelope for me. Tom Cruise is just creepy for me and I just think he's, well, creepy.

4/5 Comedy on a Grand Scale
  by The Movie Man (Maywood, New Jersey USA)
"Tropic Thunder" is a very funny spoof of Hollywood movie making starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey, Jr., Nick Nolte, Steve Coogan, and Matthew McConaughey. A film crew is on location in Southeast Asia to make a film about the Vietnam War. The filming is way over budget, director Damien Cockburn (Coogan) incorporates dangerous methods to elicit believable performances from his pampered cast, and the actor/soldiers come into conflict with decidedly humorless drug runners. Downey is a standout as Australian actor Kirk Lazarus, who's undergone a series of skin pigmentation treatments in order to play a black American soldier. Aside from a slew of tepid jokes that never land, the basic premise is funny and the first five minutes of the film are particularly inspired, hysterical satire. The two-disc Director's Cut contains several featurettes, deleted and extended scenes, an alternate ending, and video rehearsals.