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Just what I expected

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Jack Black and Ben Stiller perform wonderfully, as does Christopher Walken. I won't go in to a long description. However, forget what the other critics say and give it a try. It really is great. It's bizarre, yes. And It's silly. It's also funny as he'll, despite what others may say. It's unique with its story, I've never seen another movie like this. I give this movie a 10 rating. I only wish it did better.

I seen this movie on DVD not long after it was released and thought it was odd there was a Jack Black/ Ben Stiller movie I'd never heard of so I bought it, I now know why I'd never heard of it because they disowned it...watched it once and the DVD still sits on my shelf over a decade later ( I really don't know why, I may watch it again someday but I doubt it )

"Envy" bombed at the box office in 2004, but that doesn't mean it's not worth watching (or owning). Jack Black and Ben Stiller play neighbors & best friends in Southern California who work at a sandpaper factory. Black strikes it rich with an invention and builds a vast mansion where his former home was. Of course, this stirs the envy of Stiller who gets mixed-up with an eccentric vagabond, played by Christopher Walken. Amy Poehler and Rachel Weisz play the wives.While "Envy" isn't very laugh-out-loud funny, it's consistently amusing and the story is good enough to maintain your attention. Walken stands out as the offbeat bum. What I like best is the film's originality; I really can't think of any other films like it. Maybe that's why it bombed. I also like the way "Envy" pokes fun at materialism and everything that goes with it, e.g. envy. In addition, it's nice to watch a comedy like this without overt sleaze and overkill cussing, like 2007's "The Heartbreak Kid" (I don't mind realistic cussing in movies, but when it's overdone it's neither impressive nor funny; it's just stoo-pid and smacks of lazy writing).Weisz and Poehler are as gorgeous as ever, but they're decidedly peripheral and the filmmakers never take advantage of their presence. Regardless, "Envy" is solid, original amusement.The film runs 99 minutes and was shot in Santa Clarita, L.A. & Culver Studios, CA, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.GRADE: B

Though he often takes himself too seriously and generates reviews that contain words too large for even a well-read thespian like myself (wink, wink), I respect Roger Ebert's opinion. I thought he was going to savage Envy, but he really didn't. Though his review was far from glowing, he didn't viciously attack the characters, plot lines or dialogue like he normally does for such low-grade flicks. I think it's a case where he expected the movie to be funny because of the reputation of the two main actors (Black and Stiller where hot commodities in 2002-04 when this film was created and released) so he attempted to contrive even the slightest bit of positivity from it.Truth is, though, there really wasn't all that much to like about it.I saw Envy for the first time six and a half years after its release in 2011 and I sort of knew what to expect. I understood the plot and pace were a little bizarre and Ben Stiller was nominated for a Razzie for his performance. So, I guess it's safe to say it lived up to it's reputation as a wondering, darkish comedy with very little character development and concrete story lines. If I would have gone in blind, I probably would have turned the damn thing off half way through, right after Stiller kills Black's pet horse in a drunken stooper.3/10 stars, I guess?