With an expensive lifestyle and the possibility of marriage to his longtime girlfriend, Tim (Paul Rudd) finds himself boldly elbowing his way through the rat race of corporate ladder-climbing at the private equity firm, Fender Financial, where he works. Rarely realistic and barely believable, the film’s methodical demolition of its protagonist’s life does become surprisingly entertaining under the constant bombardment of ludicrous scenarios.
Steve Carell and Paul Rudd fill their roles with torrents of enthusiasm, but while they manage to edge past the stale supporting characters, they’re unable to avoid getting dragged down to a less constructive level during the expected plot contrivances. The downside to this structure of supreme silliness is that when the film finally demands sympathy and understanding of its subjects, it’s nearly impossible to comply, given the almost otherworldly foundation they’ve been built upon. He characters and situations presented in “Dinner for Schmucks” are so excessively ridiculous that one or the other will ultimately draw laughs.
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