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Envy [DVD] [2004]
enlarge	Director: Barry Levinson Actors: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Christopher Walken Studio: Uca Category: DVD List Price: ~~£9.99~~ Buy New: £1.55 as of 24/11/2009 18:52 GMT details You Save: £8.44 (84%) New (17) Used (11) from £1.35 Seller: irishdiscs Rating: 2 reviews Sales Rank: 22199 Format: PAL Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 95 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5050582373394 ASIN: B000YN3LWM Theatrical Release Date: 2004 Release Date: December 10, 2007 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: "Va-Poo-Rize"... The invention with wasted potentinal July 12, 2008 Top Cat (Somewhere in England, apparently) 0 out of 2 found this review helpful 'Envy' is a bit like a rare orchid. It has the potentinal to look fabulous, but without care and attention, it will eventual wither... Such is the case with this film - a slightly wasted opportunity to make the final product a lot more respected. br / br /Ben Stiller and Jack Black play two bums who work high up in a sand-paper factory. For Black, this isn't enough, and his focus has been directed away from work onto more constructive idea's... He's a natural dreamer, and wishes to persue an idea that could change the world. Don't we all? br / br /Needless to say, he does. Rather by chance he see's a dog 'littering' on some grass and realises a seemingly impossible future... We need a product that can make dog poo dissapear! And what's more, he grasses out a contract of just 2000 dollars that would test his product. A stubborn, yet sensible Stiller refuses to pay for half the share. br / br /Miraculously, his product is seemingly fool-proof when he tests a sample of spray cans mixed together one night in the street... 18 months later, he's richer than rich! br / br /And so the bulk of the film; that being the remaining 2 thirds, un-ravels Stiller's envy that he never bought a stake. br / br /The humour is best noted once Christopher Walker enters the scene as a wacky and seemingly crazy "J-Man" character, who wants Stiller to get revenge off his loaded pal. In typical fashion, he plays the part perfectly, and the moment in which he is shot by a bow-and-arrow accidentally is hilarious! br / br /But all these little moments of laughs aside, the plot and the way it is presented is shabby. So much more could have been done with this story... a better time plan to spread the scenes through the film, a better script perhaps, but more noticeably a better soundtrack (with only 1/2 film-made songs being used throughout). When you see two such respected actors in a film, you really expect a more professional looking film. br / br /Envy just doesn't cut it when you see some of the better films either protagonist was present in, but this isn't a bad laugh at all. Most likely a rent-before-buy job. Why November 1, 2008 Mr. K. S. Wareing (nelson, lancashire United Kingdom) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful Why oh why was this film aloud to be made, it is a complete waste of time and money

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