Tropic Thunder

The bulk of this movie, alas, comes down to weak sketches held together by ridiculous action, vast explosions and more or less everything else it should be parodying.

Given the incoherence of its satirical aspirations (the film does end with a suggestion that everyone involved still loves this business we call show), and finally too scattershot to really make it as parody, Tropic Thunder is best appreciated as a goof.

The tension between what the film says and what the film does helps support one of a dozen (or so) layers of snarky, self-aware humour.

Tiptoes to the fine line between irony and insight and blows it to smithereens. It's hilarious.

Gleefully un-PC, Tropic is still one of the most hilarious Hollywood comedies of the 21st Century.

Rude and crude, Tropic Thunder displays minimal mercy toward its targets.

Tropic Thunder certainly has flaws but at the end of the day, it is an over-the-top satire that shows everything that's wrong with Hollywood.

Packed full of hilarious and infinitely quotable lines, it also features two scene-stealing performances by Matthew McConaughey and Tom Cruise.