Simon Pegg need only to show a few clips of his performance in, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, to any casting director to prove that he can make an audience laugh. After watching him in this film, I'm surprised that he hasn't been in more comedic movies to date exhibiting his brand of humor.
From the pig mayhem scene at the BAFTA after-party to the wizard/dentist in the Hamptons, this movie is quite the raucous riot. It's the combination of well cast actors and a clever, witty script that make this comedy so enjoyable. Kirsten Dunst, Gillian Anderson, Megan Fox, and Jeff Bridges star alongside Pegg in this one, and for the most part turn in more than adequate roles (Minus perhaps Fox). Dunst, is the second lead, and manages to be surprisingly funny in this movie. She does have a scene where she is bawling and drunk, that did seem a bit forced, but it hardly speaks louder than her entire body of work. Bridges is his quirky, funny self, often stealing scenes from Pegg, as his editor boss, Clayton Harding. I particularly liked his reaction to the t-shirt that Pegg's character wears on his first day at the magazine and his explanation of the different rooms associated with arriving as a celebrity.
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