I too hates me some Ben Stiller, but I will grant that he is effective (not good, but effective) in roles where he is playing the straight man.
I know you don;t like tennebaums, but he was perfect in that, exactly as neurotic and anal as the character needed, and not trying to be funny.
and in Tropic Thunder, which I know you don't like too much. he directed it and that is as close as he will ever get to a masterpiece! ha! I laugh so much at that movie. soooooo much...
BUt when Ben Stiller is supposed to carry the funny? MASSIVE FAIL
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