Zoolander (2001): Ridiculously Good Looking, Occasionally Problematic
This week we’re strutting down the runway with Zoolander (2001). Ben Stiller directs and stars as Derek Zoolander, a sweet, possibly dim, three-time Male Model of the Year who gets dethroned by the younger, hotter Hansel (Owen Wilson). Add Will Ferrell as the unforgettable Mugatu, Christine Taylor, Milla Jovovich, David Duchovny, and a David Bowie walk-off, and you’ve got one of the most quotable comedies of the early 2000s.
We talk about why this movie did not get the box office love it deserved (the release timing was brutally unlucky), what it gets right about aging out of the thing you…
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