Tropic Thunder lives up to the hype

The much-anticipated – and controversial (because of Downey’s blacked-up face routine and the use of the word retard) – satire on all that is horrible about Hollywood finally arrives and lives up to the hype.

Fri, 19 Sep, 2008 - 18:12

Tropic Thunder

Director: Ben Stiller

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