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Zoolander is a 2001 American comedy film directed, co-produced, co-written by and starring Ben Stiller. A satire on the fashion industry, the film follows fashion model Derek Zoolander (Stiller) who is tricked by fashion mogul Jacobim Mugatu into assassinating the Prime Minister of Malaysia, whose progressive laws on the fashion industry would harm his businesses. The cast also features Owen Wilson, Christine…
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I didn't really have plans to watch or review anything today, but I came across a Zoolander gif online and it had me full of nostalgia and wanting to watch it. I realised it had been a long time since I had last seen it, and I wasn't quite sure what the story was actually about beyond the whole male model thing. My days lately have been filled with television shows and anime as the autumn season kicks in and my lazi…More
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Fortune can smile on a film and bring an unexpected success due to circumstances beyond authors’ control. Some critics like to cite *Zoolander*, 2001 comedy directed by Ben Stiller, as one such example. Its surprisingly good results at box office were often explained with 9/11 that had occurred two weeks before its premiere and American viewers in desperate need for light entertainment that would help them escape fr…More
I absolutely love this film and I hang around with a group of people that also love it and we quote it regularly. When we whip out at Zoolander quote in public and someone else gets it, we know straight away that this is the kind of person we want to be pals with. I'm sure I would have seen it eventually, but the reason why I ever saw it in theaters in the first place is a big part of the reason why I hold this film…More
I actually went to go see this movie by accident. We went to a massive theater in Chicago to see Batman, which was playing in 7 theaters but all of them were sold out. The only other theater was playing this and we wanted to see a movie so we went to go see Zoolander; Batman would have to wait. If you haven't seen it and expect any sort of profound story just throw out that nonsensical thought now. This movie is sil…More