Storyline
Vietnam veteran 'Four Leaf' Tayback's memoir, Tropic Thunder, is being made into a film, but Director Damien Cockburn can’t control the cast of prima donnas. Behind schedule and over budget, Cockburn is ordered by a studio executive to get filming back on track, or risk its cancellation. On Tayback's advice, Cockburn drops the actors into the middle of the jungle to film the remaining scenes but, unbeknownst to the actors and production, the group have been dropped in the middle of the Golden Triangle, the home of heroin-producing gangs.
Directors
Cast
Jason Bateman, Ben Stiller, Steve Coogan, Jack Black, Danny McBride, Tom Cruise, Eric Winzenried, Becca Sweitzer, Robert Downey Jr., Jay Baruchel, Bill Hader, Jon Voight, James Lew, Yvette Nicole Brown, Nadine Ellis, Austin Honaker, Natalie Cohen, Christine Taylor, Nick Nolte, Tobey Maguire, Jillian Johnston, Brandon T. Jackson, Simon Rhee, Brandon Soo Hoo, Andrea De Oliveira, Miko Hughes, Reggie Lee, Mini Anden, David Pressman, Denise Bradley, Ella Christopher, Eric Feliciano, Dave Johnson, Lance Bass, Matt Levin, Amy Stiller, Maria Menounos, Don Abernathy, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Matthew McConaughey, Trieu Tran, Jeff Kahn, Anthony Ruivivar, Valerie Azlynn, Dempsey Silva, Jeff Weidemann, Rachel Avery, Darryl Farmer, Rod Tate, Tyra Banks, Jel Galiza, J. Thomas Chon, Jacob Chon, Mike Hoagland, Alicia Silverstone, Linda Bella, Larry Cruz, Angela Daun, Clark DeVol, Kaylee Dodson, Jasmine Dustin, David D. Espinoza, Lesley Nicole Lewis, Fadhia Carmelle Marcelin, Anya Monzikova, Chad Mountain, Brittany Perry-Russell, DJ Rivers, Samantha Sadoff, Gaku Space, Kaye Marie Talise, Sandra Valladares, Julie Van, Jobeth Wagner
Trailer
Reviews
90
Newsweek
Tropic Thunder is the funniest movie of the summer--so funny, in fact, that you start laughing before the film itself has begun.
88
Premiere
From Downey Jr.'s purposely racist embodiment of African-American anachronisms to Black's scatological humor, everything in Tropic Thunder qualifies as satire, not spoof. It's an important distinction. Pauline Kael once noted that "unlike satire, spoofing has no serious objectives; it doesn't attack anything that anyone could take seriously; it has no cleansing power."
88
Charlotte Observer
If you wait through the credits, you get one last joke in the fine print: The actors shot the whole movie in Hawaii, on the fabulously lush island of Kauai. So while they were shooting a story about indulged prima donnas, they were working themselves in one of the most tourist-friendly spots on Earth. You've gotta smile at that.
88
When it's all over, you'll probably have the fondest memories of Robert Downey Jr.'s work. It's been a good year for him, this one coming after "Iron Man." He's back, big time.
88
Rolling Stone
A knockout of a comedy that keeps you laughing constantly. It's also killer smart, lacing combustible action with explosive gags.
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