Delivering a sequel to a movie that felt like bottled lightning was always going to be a tough ask. The original Zoolander’s gags were hit and miss, but worked overall thanks to a fresh concept - male models are really, really stupid - and an inspired performance from Ben Stiller as the eponymous pouty idiot.
Without a new shtick to give it wings, the sequel feels less inspired. Zoolander 2 takes the jokes from the original and recycles them with a few minor tweaks, and the resulting film, while still very funny in fits and starts, never quite hits the high notes of its predecessor.
That lightning has left the bottle, then, but there’s still fun to be had with Derek Zoolander 15 years on, as he returns to the modelling world in order to reconnect with his estranged son.Stiller - who looks alarmingly the same in the role - has lost none of his dumb charm; in fact, his cluelessness (“you’re self-centred” “”...but that’s not how I think of me!”) may have grown more appealing with age.
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Without a new shtick to give it wings, the sequel feels less inspired. Zoolander 2 takes the jokes from the original and recycles them with a few minor tweaks, and the resulting film, while still very funny in fits and starts, never quite hits the high notes of its predecessor.
That lightning has left the bottle, then, but there’s still fun to be had with Derek Zoolander 15 years on, as he returns to the modelling world in order to reconnect with his estranged son.Stiller - who looks alarmingly the same in the role - has lost none of his dumb charm; in fact, his cluelessness (“you’re self-centred” “”...but that’s not how I think of me!”) may have grown more appealing with age.
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