80
Stiller is laugh-out-loud funny from start to finish and anyone that may quibble about plot minutiae, is just not ready to have a good time.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
50
Washington Post by Desson Thomson
Even though it’s mostly pleasant and sometimes funny, Zoolander could use some sort of boost.
75
New York Daily News by Jami Bernard
The humor is simple but far from dumb. The dueling "walk-off" between rival male mannequins is inspired, as are the sly juxtapositions of the male model's faux physicality with such real-world demands as coal mining.
75
Isn't always on the money, but when it is, it really is.
90
Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan
Exuberant and insidiously funny satire.
42
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
In theory, Zoolander is ''Pret-à-Porter'' on laughing gas. In practice, however, the movie is an ill-fitting suit of gags, too long in the crotch even at 90 minutes.
50
New York Magazine (Vulture) by Peter Rainer
When he's playing a relatively normal guy ringed by eccentrics, as in "There's Something About Mary" and "Meet the Parents," Stiller can be flat-out funny. In Zoolander, he's just one nutso among many, and he cancels himself out.
60
New Times (L.A.) by Robert Wilonsky
Like all films constructed out of pop-culture effluvia, Zoolander runs the risk of being so last month; this is a movie that treats Fabio as the ultimate punch line and regards David Bowie as the prince of style.
67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Sean Axmaker
The gags hit more than they miss, and Stiller has moments of inspired absurdity, but he's capable of something more cutting and clever. It's junk food moviemaking: fun to snack on, but hardly a substantial meal.
60
It's to Stiller's credit that he can sustain the joke for the length of the movie, but just barely. Ten more minutes of Zoolander would have been 10 minutes too many.