Zoolander 2 (2016)

I really suggest watching this if you're just looking for something to laugh at

Ben Stiller returns as the incredibly good-looking but incredibly stupid Derek Zoolander, who, with the help of fellow male model Hansel (Owen Wilson) and sexy interpol agent Valentina (Penélope Cruz), attempts to rescue his son Derek Jr. (Cyrus Arnold) from evil fashion designer Mugatu (Will Ferrell).The original Zoolander was one of those films that was so fresh and incredibly silly that it was difficult not to enjoy. This belated sequel tries its hardest to recreate the magic of the first film, taking the lunacy to even greater heights, but this time around the whole affair feels far too calculated, the result being way too many gags that fall flat (and far too many celebrity cameos).Owen Wilson gets a few chucklesome lines of dialogue ("By now she's just a couple of teeth", "She had a mouth like Chinese finger cuffs"), and the sight of the luscious Cruz in a basque is always a bonus (as is her 'sexy fighting' with Milla Jovovich), but overall this is a hugely disappointing sequel. Even the violent on-screen death of popstar Justin Bieber isn't as much fun as it ought to be.

Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson are back on the runway as male models Derek Zoolander and Hansel, perhaps sporting a few extra wrinkles around the eyes. The original Zoolander was a sleeper hit, pulling a shocking number of laughs from what seemed like a very thin concept, and its delayed sequel, unfortunately, pales in comparison. Like many folllow-up efforts from the same genre (Austin Powers and The Hangover, I'm looking at you here) Zoolander 2 falls into the trap of constantly re-hashing the gags that worked the first time. Why innovate when the well's right there waiting for your return, after all? What new material it does bring to the screen is often good for a chuckle, but not deep enough to mine for richer material. Benedict Cumberbatch's gender-bending role as a competing supermodel is a great example. We get about three minutes of big laughs from the character, but then he's spent and is cast aside. Even the returning faces seem lighter and less interesting, particularly Will Ferrell's big-haired fashion mogul, Mugatu. They're propped up with sight gags and cheap one-liners, but there's no masking the lack of inspiration in their writing and performance. Humor arrives in sprinkles throughout this film, like a series of not-quite-ready pitches for an upcoming episode of SNL, but that's not good enough to make up for a bland, obvious storyline and an aimless, meandering pair of central character arcs. Pointless and under-cooked, or maybe over-cooked, considering how long it was left to incubate. Whatever the cause, it's a swing and a miss.

Zoolander 2Zoolander 2 isn't worth considering a movie let along a funny one and addition to that it comes off more disappointing coming under from Ben Stiller's shed.