Rising executive Tim Conrad works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim plans on not attending until he meets Barry, a man who builds dioramas using stuffed mice. Barry's blundering but good intentions send Tim's life into a downward spiral, threatening a major business deal and possibly scuttling Tim's engagement to his fiancee.
The film runs on the friction between Paul Rudd's increasingly frazzled careerist and Steve Carell's kind but chaotic outsider. The humor is awkward, loud and sometimes mean, yet keeps tipping into warmth. Most of it plays like a chamber piece of mishaps, with nearly every scene building a fresh disaster.
Good for you if you like cringe comedies with big comic performers and still want a warm feeling at the end.
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