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Year:	2001
Country of origin:	USA
Director:	Ben Stiller
Genre:	Outrageous comedy
Starring:	Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor
Rating:	4/5
IMDB link:	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0196229/
Tagline:	3% Body Fat. 1% Brain Activity.
Favourite line:	"I'm pretty sure there's a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. And I plan on finding out what that is."

Very funny, very silly Ben Stiller comedy vehicle that pushes all the right buttons.
This had me in stitches, and would have got top marks but for an unnecessary 'zany' element that rears its never welcome head from time to time.

Stiller plays Derek Zoolander, a male model who, after years of riotous success suddenly finds himself yesterdays news. As luck would have it, a fashion designer hires him for an exciting new promotional idea but, unbeknownst to Zoolander, he's actually being brainwashed to assassinate the Malaysian president!

Sound daft?
Well, it is, but there are some great lines and performances here, especially from Stiller and Owen Wilson, a comedy actor I am still undecided about.
If you just want a good laugh, this one should do the trick.