Review of Zoolander

Zoolander (2001)
The truth can be told
28 September 2001
Yes, now the truth is out. It's worse than anything Oliver Stone could conjure.

Male models are behind all political assassinations! Who would have thought it? Lurking behind those handsome dumb Himbo faces there was really -- well, nothing. But that's what makes them so dangerous as lean, mean, brainless -- gorgeous -- fighting machines.

As Zoolander searches for the answer to the ages-old question, "Who am I?" he goes back to his coalmine roots, becomes ashamed of being a mermaid (actually a "Merman!"), battles evil in the St. Adonis Cemetery, and falls in love. Socrates would have been proud of the way Zoolander learns to "Know Thyself."

The film has a zany sense of humor as it borrows freely from THE X FILES, JFK, FIGHT CLUB, THE GODFATHER, and 2001, among others. This satire is delightful in its sheer silliness. What a great comedy at a time when we need it!
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