Tropic Thunder: Booty Sweat

Official Site: http: www.tropicthunder.com

Director: Ben Stiller

Writer(s): Ben Stiller and Justin Theroux

Producer(s): Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld, and Eric Mcleod

Starring: Robert Downey Jr. as Kirk Lazarus, Jack Black as Jeff Portnoy, Jay Baruchel as Kevin Sandusky, Brandon T. Jackosn as Alpa Chino, Ben Stiller as Tugg Speedman, Nick Nolte as Four Leaf Tayback, Matthew McConaughey as Rick Peck, Tom Cruise as Less Grossman, and Reggie Lee as Byong(IMDb). Rated- R, 107 min. 

Some of the major hollywood stars have been gathered  to star in Tropic Thunder-the book which is based on the Vietnam experience of Four Leaf Tayback. Although these stars are highly lauded for their acting talents, they have their problems on set, and the director has to deal with Less Grossman, who wants these problems resolved by any means necessary. Tayback suggests, taking the actors in to the jungle when things get real, way too real.  

I was skeptical about this film, and I believed it was going to be absolutely stupid. It was, and I loved almost every minute of it. The brand of humor  in this film was somewhat awkward, but yet the awkwardness worked specifically in relation to Downey's character. Sometimes it was difficult to decipher what his character was saying, but the circumstances in which his awkward, but yet comedic portrayal of a black man's speech disposition was like, worked in certain scenes, while in other scene, one was literally trying to understand what his character was saying. Definitely, Robert Downey Jr. was awesome. 

There were a lot of hollywood heavy weights in this film, unexpectedly, Tom Cruise was one of them. He was great! Less Grossman is a memorable character in my opinion, and Tom was official as that character. He acted that role with such fervor, and passion, and despite all the aspersions, Tom is an amazing actor with a lot of range, proven clearly in his role as Less Grossman. Over all this film was funny, but not hilarious, but none the less enjoyable. According to Metacritic.com the film received generally good reviews, and according to Rottentomatoes.com the film received 128 fresh tomatoes to 25 rotten ones. I like this film and I'll grade it between a B- and C+. Stay tuned movieporium.blogspot.com.