Envy (2004)

Director: Barry Levinson

Cast: Ben Stiller as Tim Dingman, Jack Black as Nick Vanderpark, Rachel Weisz as Debbie Dingman, Amy Poehler as Natalie Vanderpark, Christopher Walken as J-Man, Ariel Gade as Lula Dingman, Sam Lerner as Michael Dingman, Lily Jackson as Nellie Vanderpark, Connor Matheus as Nathan Vanderpark, Hector Elias as Eduardo, Angee Hughes as Woman at Play, Manny Kleinmuntz as Dimitriov, Blue Deckert as Cal, John Gavigan as Les, Terry Bozeman as 3M Worker

This could be looked at in many different ways. This movie sucks, its
good or its just plain weird. The third one probably explains this
movie best. It has strange themes and just has a strange plot. So who
else but Christopher Walken would play in this no matter how bad,
average or even how good it might be.

The acting was what you would expect especially out of Ben Stiller.
Jack Black I have always liked so you know what you will get out of him
but this is not bad. Christopher Walken is always off the wall. He is
always enjoyable to watch no matter how bad the movie is. Comedy wise
it is somewhat funny. This of course meaning that it does have its
moments (though very few) but can get a little over top here and there
which makes me feel like the movie is just desperate for laughs but of
course not in a good way.

The directing was average as well. Barry Levinson is a slightly
overrated director and really did not do a good job here. This movie
seemed that it had a lot more potential and he did not do much to reach
it. Just very average and did not seem like a lot of effort was put
into making this film.

The writing is the key to a good comedy. Obviously that means the
writing here failed. At best it is below average. Considering it does
have its moments it was not too horrible. That is never a good thing to
say about a movie though.

If not for Christopher Walken and it stupid ridiculous ending I would
have given it a lower rating. He is always quite a character in his
movies. Stil this is just a whacked out strange movie with strange
characters that really don't go anywhere. Not completely horrible but I
would not really recommend it though because it is a very forgettable
movie.