It doesn't convey the overwhelming epic nature of its' stupidity. This film goes for "stupid" in a colossal fashion. Swings for the fences.
But here's the thing: it's not dumb.
Oh no, not a bit.
It's actually an intentionally moronic tweak of "The Manchurian Candidate", with overt nods to "The Godfather Part II", music videos...
...Zoolander has been brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia during a fashion show.
Derek refers to him as the "Prime Rib of Propecia". See? Stupid, but stupid funny.
There's a small role given to a guy who explains "the truth" to the whole plot to the two main characters. His casting is perfect.
The truth is definitely out there, and I giggled during the entire scene.
Ben Stiller plays Derek Zoolander, world's greatest male model. His real-life father plays his agent; Jon Voight plays his father in the film. His real-life wife plays his love interest. Owen Wilson plays the rival model Hansel.
No one with that sort of nose could ever (in a non-stupid world) be a superstar male model, which fits perfectly here. The camera almost lingers on that proboscis.
Will Ferrell again shows up with such a wigged-out performance that I would not be surprised if one day he is discovered to come from another planet. The guy's a loon.
In fact, I'm giving this an extra star (it's a good, solid 3+) simply due to the absolutely hilarious cameos sprinkled throughout the movie. Some may find this "stupid", but that's this film's raison d'etre. Come on...David Bowie judging a runway "walk-off"?
So realize that maybe only seven brain cells will fire while you're watching this.
Those seven will be pretty amused...
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