10 Worst Film Comedies Since 2000
7. Zoolander 2
Since publishing the first edition of his Movie Guide in 1968, Leonard Maltin has never walked out of a movie. Not once. Well, not until he saw Zoolander 2.
By no means a movie snob, Maltin enjoyed the first film and his objections to the sequel were the same as everyone else who didn’t like it: the movie just isn’t funny. Instead of funny ideas and satiric jabs, Zoolander 2 is a long haul through a succession of puerile jokes with a ton of gratuitous cameos from the likes of Katy Perry and Susan Boyle (on a side note, what is it with modern movies and gratuitous cameos? At least Deadpool’s opening credits gave us fair warning).
In 2008, Mike Myers recycled some Austin Powers shtick, brought in a few celebrities to play themselves and gave us The Love Guru, another silly farce whose jokes failed to hit the mark. Nominated for 7 Razzie Awards, it won 3, and Zoolander 2 seems to set to repeat the pattern.
Isn’t it funny how Hollywood keeps repeating itself?