{"id":8284,"date":"2004-12-03T16:01:10","date_gmt":"2004-12-03T14:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/12\/03\/envy\/"},"modified":"2005-10-09T14:16:04","modified_gmt":"2005-10-09T11:16:04","slug":"envy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/12\/03\/envy\/","title":{"rendered":"Envy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"\"\/I’ve just watched “Envy<\/a>” on DVD.<\/p>\n

I don’t know why it is categorized as comedy on IMDB. It really is not. It is a drama. With a happy ending. And it is a good drama at that. I mean, of course, two main characters are played by Ben Stiller<\/a> and Jack Black<\/a>, who comic actors. And one expects them to be funny. But I don’t think that this is enough to stick a comedy tag on the movie. The story behind the film is very dramatic. It is actually a classic dramatic one. And that is what counts.<\/p>\n

Anyway, while not being a comedy, the film is still good. It is worth the time and rental money. And has nothing special for the big screen though. There is plenty of excellent acting by both Ben Stiller<\/a> and Jack Black<\/a>, as well as supporting Rachel Weisz<\/a> and Christopher Walken<\/a>. Excellent soundtrack with a theme “Envy” song and few other bits.<\/p>\n

Verdict: 6 out of 10.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve just watched “Envy” on DVD. I don’t know why it is categorized as comedy on IMDB. It really is not. It is a drama. With a happy ending. And it is a good drama at that. I mean, of course, two main characters are played by Ben Stiller and Jack Black, who comic actors. … Continue reading Envy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-8284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11375,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/17\/tropic-thunder\/","url_meta":{"origin":8284,"position":0},"title":"Tropic Thunder","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"October 17, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I just came back from the movies where I enjoyed an action comedy \"Tropic Thunder\".\u00a0 To be honest, initially I didn't want to see this movie.\u00a0 Silly poster, one of my most unfavourite actors and directos Ben Stiller, and a few other minor factors were all pointing to towards \"You\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "4 stars"","block_context":{"text":"4 stars","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/movies\/movie-reviews\/4-stars\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/tropic_thunder.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9444,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/09\/12\/along-came-polly\/","url_meta":{"origin":8284,"position":1},"title":"Along Came Polly","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"September 12, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"I once said that I don't intentionally want to see another movie with Ben Stiller, but it was a long time ago and Jennifer Aniston was in it, so I decided to watch \"Along Came Polly\". 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