Envy
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Metascore
31 out of 100

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User Score
4.6 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 25 Ratings

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  • Starring: Amy Poehler, Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Rachel Weisz
  • Summary: Tim (Stiller) and Nick (Black) are best friends, neighbors and co-workers, whose equal footing is suddenly tripped up when one of Nick's harebrained get-rich-quick schemes actually succeeds: Vapoorizer, a spray that literally makes dog poop, or any other kind for that matter, evaporate into thin air. Tim, who had poo-pooed Nick's idea and passed on an opportunity to get in on the deal, can only watch as Nick's fortune -- and Tim's own envy -- grow to equally outrageous proportions. (DreamWorks)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 30
  3. Negative: 16 out of 30
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    75
    The movie works fairly well as a pitch-dark comedy, and very well as a dead-on satire of upward mobility and its discontents.
  2. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Rick Kisonak
    60
    It may not feature the funniest performances Stiller, Walken and Black have ever given but, these three guys giving performances just this funny is enough to make Envy a movie you'll end up kicking yourself for missing.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    38
    There are a few chuckles here and there, and there are odd wisps of cleverness in the script by Steve Adams, but for the most part, Envy is a film that doesn't know where it's going.
  4. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Mark Caro
    38
    Envy is a shaggy dog-poop story that'll make you wish you could spray something at the screen to make it disappear.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 17
  3. Negative: 6 out of 17
  1. Bilbo
    9
    How can you give this movie 31 I thought the plot of this movie was quite well planed out. Also both Jack Black did some very nice acting in this movie.… Expand
  2. MatthewR.
    8
    The people that rate these movies have nothing better to do! This movie is way better than all those idiotic "gangsta movies."
  3. Sam
    7
    Jack Black and Ben Stiller are capable of being VERY funny, and in Envy they are, but it doesn't really introdouce to the ignorant their true genius.… Expand
  4. jp992751
    6
    Jack Balck and Stiller play well of each other in this comedy that deals with just what the title proclaims...Envy. It isn't either actors finest work but it does have a few laughs and more than enough chuckles to make it a comedy that Stiller and Black fans will be able to appreciate. If you already know you don't like either actor avoid it, but if you are a fan than Envy will give you enough of what you are looking for to enjoy the show.… Expand

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