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...Buttenwieser University Professor Stanley Hoffman disagreed...
...have to do this in an interdisciplinary way,” said Hoffman, an historian of France...
...exhibiting his trademark belligerence. Ferrell is essentially expected to play a comedic straight man; most of the film’s humor derives from his mediocrity in the face of persistent absurdity. It’s a casting disaster: since when was Will Ferrell the everyman?Dustin Hoffman recycles his character from “I Heart Huckabees,” which may or may not be a bad thing depending on how you feel about his recent tendency to ignore his natural talent.Emma Thompson, however, completely saves the film at some of its worst moments. She throws herself into...
...more sensitive Ferrell in a script that plays like Charlie Kaufman Lite: that should send up breakthrough and Oscar signals. It doesn't quite, though. The movie is clever, but a little too pleased with its own clockwork intricacy. Director Marc Forster and a tony cast (Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Queen Latifah) hit every punch line with a gong, and Ferrell, who's quiet and fine, seems as lost among them as Harold is in his suddenly fictional world...
...those surveyed mistook Buttenwieser University Professor Stanley H. Hoffman...