Rated PG13 for crude humor, language, sexualityStarring Paul Rudd, Steve Carell
Tim is a financial consultant who hopes to be promoted among the executives after a spot opens up at his firm. After impressing his bosses and potentially landing a huge client, they are quick to consider him for the job however they say he must attend a "special" dinner. He soon learns that at this dinner, the execs bring the craziest, wackiest idiot they can find and whoever brings the best one wins!
At first Tim is turned off to the idea of making a fool out of some poor schmuck and his live-in girlfriend reminds him how wrong it is and tells him not to do it. But after running into Barry - the perfect schmuck to bring to the dinner - Tim can't resist the chance at a promotion and so he invites Barry to the dinner. Inadvertently he invites Barry into his life as well, popping up at all the wrong moments and making Barry's situation with his girlfriend and his potential new clients only worse! Basically, Barry is a walking disaster.
Will Tim ultimately decide to attend the dinner, with Barry in tow? Or will he do the noble thing and tell Barry the truth, saving him from humiliation?
Honestly, with funny men Paul Rudd and Steve Carell starring together, this movie wasn't as funny as it could have been. It had potential alright, and some laughs, but it just seemed a bit mean-spirited and in the end it didn't deliver.
Feel free to skip this dinner!
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