Zoolander: Critic Reviews

Doesn't Stiller realize that the fashion world is already its own parody?

Profoundly silly, this light and fluffy satire of the fashion industry targets for a change not the female but male models.

Serves as glossy, throwaway fun, and it features more cameos than you can shake a mascara wand at.

During its fleeting moments onscreen, the movie's lighthearted spirit and comic energy make for entertaining, escapist fare.

An oasis of bracing comedy that comes at just the right time, when we're parched for it.

A surprisingly entertaining movie, but edgy.

Ben Stiller often forgoes go-for-broke comedy for the sake of getting rich. Not so in "Zoolander," which is not only Cuba Gooding Jr. and Billy Zane's best work of the last decade, but what remains Stiller's flat-out funniest film - down to the DVD menu.

A fashion spoof draped over the bones of a puerile conspiracy adventure, this vanity comedy fails at every level barring its incidental details.

It's patchy, but when it hits, Zoolander is as funny as any Frat Pack picture.

At times Zoolander threatens to disappear up its own catwalk, but it's often very funny stuff.

A success -- if you like dumb fun.

Stiller ... is able to demonstrate contempt for the folly of the Industry of Image even as he shows affection for the people that are in it.

Some funny moments, but misses a chance to really skewer its subject.

I have two words for "Zoolander": Stoo Pid!

Where did the wit go? Where did the cleverness behind the laughter go? Gaylord Focker, help us! Mr. Furious, SAVE US!

The film is dumb and generally unfunny, but it has its moments.

It's undeniably stupid, admittedly, but also a lot of fun. Recommended.

It is a treat to laugh out loud at the movie's deceptively simple-minded goofiness.

Less than halfway though I was checking my watch in boredom and wondering how if there was much more to go.

A piquant parody that puts the letter F into FUN, Zoolander is off-the-wall nonsense from go to whoa.

A film with good intentions and fairly meaningless execution.

Ben AND Jerry Stiller, what more can one ask for?

One of the most amusing satires of the year.

Confidently diverts its audience into having a mindlessly fun time.

Stiller obviously intended this to be silly, mindless fluff. It seldom rises above dumb and boring.