Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 09/28/2001(USA)
Release Date: 03/12/2002
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 89 Minutes
Flags: Questionable for Children, Sexual Situations, Drug Content
Distributor/Studio: Paramount
Comic actor
Ben Stiller co-wrote, directed, and stars in this spoof of the fashion industry that began as a short skit for the 1996
VH1 Fashion Awards.
Stiller is
Derek Zoolander, an intellectually challenged but bone structure-blessed male model who's despondent after being eclipsed in popularity by an equally vacuous rival,
Hansel (
Owen Wilson). Upon his reluctant retirement,
Derek is invited to a day spa by previously standoffish fashion designer
Jacobim Mugatu (
Will Ferrell), where the befuddled model is brainwashed by the mysterious
Katinka (
Milla Jovovich) into assassinating the prime minister of Malaysia. In addition to
Stiller's real-life wife
Christine Taylor,
Zoolander co-stars his father
Jerry Stiller, along with
Jon Voight,
David Duchovny,
Andy Dick, and
Fabio.
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
