While shooting a big-budget war movie, a group of actors (Stiller, Black, Downey Jr., and others) are forced to become soldiers in a real-life conflict.

Simply, Tropic Thunder was the funniest comedy I have seen all year and perhaps in a very long time. Ben Stiller is a smart and talented writer, actor and director. He seems to know what’s funny without being to ridiculous and too slap-sticky. And Robert Downey Jr was just perfect. His “black” character was never offensive and totally funny.

An interesting surprise (spoiler alert!) was when Tom Cruise appeared playing an obnoxious and funny film executive. It reminded me of the one film I thought Cruise was entertaining, Magnolia. Anyway, Tropic Thunder is a must see if you love to laugh so hard you pee a little in your pants.

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