Review of Envy

Envy (2004)
4/10
Black and Stiller together - what a wasted opportunity!
9 February 2005
Jack Black and Ben Stiller together in a comedy. The mouth waters doesn't it? Sadly thats where the excitement ends as what is played out is a hollow, unfunny, pointless little film - that not only wastes the comic talents of Black and Stiller - but also the acting talents of the likes of the usually reliable Christopher Walken and Rachel Weisz.

Black and Stiller play Neighbours and best friends who work at the same factory doing pretty mundane office jobs. That is of course, until Black comes up with an invention to "make Dog mess disappear" from a solution within a spray can and becomes very rich. Stiller, who passed up the opportunity to assist Black with his idea, is left to think of what might have been and gets insanely jealous in the process.

What follows is a mishmash of events of little interest and even less humour which will leave you really not caring at all how it all ends, and looking at your watch as time drags on - slowly.

Its watchable to a degree, but with such comedic heavyweights you can't help think what might have been.
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