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Ben Stiller Collection [DVD]
enlarge	Directors: Ben Stiller, Jay Roach, Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly Actors: Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Robert De Niro, Barbra Streisand, Dustin Hoffman Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy New: £8.52 as of 21/11/2009 23:11 GMT details You Save: £11.47 (57%) New (9) from £8.52 Seller: selectcheaper Rating: 1 reviews Sales Rank: 9478 Format: PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 4 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5051188155636 ASIN: B001CO237Q Release Date: October 6, 2008 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review bThe Heartbreak Kid/bp Ben Stiller and the Farrelly brothers bring out the best in each other. In iThe Heartbreak Kid/i, Stiller plays Eddie Cantrow, who--persuaded by his father and friends that he's commitment-phobic--marries a gorgeous and seemingly ideal woman named Lila (Malin Akerman, iThe Brothers Solomon/i) that he's been dating for several weeks. But after the wedding, things start to go awry... the least of these being that on their honeymoon, Eddie meets a woman who might truly be the girl of his dreams (Michelle Monaghan, iKiss Kiss Bang Bang/i). As in iThere's Something About Mary/i, writers/directors Bobby and Peter Farrelly push Stiller away from his increasingly schticky "tense guy" persona and draw out his sweeter, more multilayered earnest side. On his end, Stiller provides a human core to what could just be a festival of raunch and absurdity (the movie features aroused donkeys, deviated septum jokes, and digitally-enhanced body hair, among other items of questionable taste). It only takes a quick comparison with Jim Carrey in iMe, Myself Irene/i or Jack Black in iShallow Hal/i to see what a surprisingly delicate balance that is. iThe Heartbreak Kid/i may not be quite as wildly sublime as iThere's Something About Mary/i, but it comes extremely close, with kudos to Akerman for her unrestrained nuttiness. --iBret Fetzer/i pbMeet the Parents/bp Randy Newman's opening song, "A Fool in Love," perfectly sets up the movie that follows. The lyrics begin, "Show me a man who is gentle and kind, and I'll show you a loser," before praising the man who takes what he wants. Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) is the fool in love in iMeet the Parents/i. Just as he's about to propose to his girlfriend Pam (Teri Polo), he learns that her sister's fiancé asked their father, Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro), for permission to marry. Now he feels the need to do the same thing. When Greg meets Jack, he is so desperate to be liked that he makes up stories and kisses ass rather than having the courage of his convictions. It doesn't take an elite member of the CIA to see right through Greg, but that's precisely what Jack is. Directed by Jay Roach (the iAustin Powers/i movies), iMeet the Parents/i is an incredibly well-crafted comedy that stands in nice opposition to, say, the sloppy extremes of the Farrelly brothers. Stiller is great at playing up the uncomfortable comedy of errors, balancing just the right amount of selfishness and self-deprecating humour, while De Niro's Jack is funny as the hard-ass father who just wants a few straight answers from the kid. What makes the Jack character all the funnier is Blythe Danner as his wife, the Gracie to his George Burns, who is the true heart of the movie. Oh, and Owen Wilson turns in yet another terrific comic performance as Pam's ex-fiancé. --iAndy Spletzer/i pbMeet the Fockers/bp iMeet the Parents/i found such tremendous success in the chemistry produced by the contrasting personalities of stars Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller that the film's creators went for broke with the same formula again in iMeet the Fockers/i. This time around, Jack and Dina Byrnes (De Niro and Blythe Danner) climb into Jack's new kevlar-lined RV with daughter Pam (Teri Polo), soon-to-be son-in-law Gaylord (Stiller), and Jack's infant grandson from his other daughter for the trip to Florida to meet Gaylord's parents, Bernie and Roz Focker (Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand in a casting coup). The potential in-laws are, of course, the opposite of Jack, a pair of randy, touchy-feely fun-lovers. The rest of the movie is pretty much a sitcom: put Bernie and Roz together with Jack, and watch the in-laws clash as Gaylord squirms. As with the original, there is a sense of joy in watching these actors take on their roles with obvious relish, and the Hoffman-Streisand-Stiller triumvirate is likeable enough to draw you in. But the formula doesn't work as well in Fockers mostly because much of the humour is based on two obvious gimmicks: Gaylord Focker's name, and the fact that Streisand's character is a sex therapist. As a result, the movie itself is more contrived and predictable, and a lot less fun than the original. The casting is grand, but one wishes more thought was put into the script.--iDan Vancini/i pbZoolander/bp Charge your micro-mini cell phones and whip up some orange mocha Frappuccino, 'cuz iZoolander/i is on the runway, and you're gonna laugh your booty off! Based on a sketch created by writer-director Ben Stiller and cowriter Drake Sather for the 1996 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards, iZoolander/i is a delirious send-up of New York's fashion scene as epitomised by male model Derek Zoolander (Stiller), a dimwitted preener who's oblivious to a iManchurian Candidate/i-like plot to turn him into a brainwashed assassin. Tipped off by a reporter (Christina Taylor), Zoolander teams with rival model Hansel (Owen Wilson) to foil the poodle-haired fashion designer (Will Ferrell) who's behind the nefarious scheme. The goofy plot's only half the fun; with roles for Stiller's parents (Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara), dozens of celebrity cameos, endlessly quotable dialogue, and improvisational energy to spare, iZoolander/i is very smart about being very stupid, easily matching the iAustin Powers/i franchise for inspired comedic lunacy. --iJeff Shannon/i

Customer Reviews: Ben Stiller Collection March 4, 2009 Duarte Almeida (Lisbon, Portugal) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful This collection is a must for any and all Ben Stiller fans. Zoolander is a classic and should be appreciated as such; the Meet the Parents + Meet the Fockers duo is always good for alot of laughs. The only downside to the package is The Heartbreak Kid. Whilst it is still a relatively amusing film, it is miles off the Ben Stiller level of comedy we have grown acustomed to. To make the collection complete i would suggest swapping this film for Dodgeball.

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