With his comedy 'Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World', a terrific title, Albert Brooks raises some interesting issues, stretching from America's foreign affair policy and how their intervening (no matter what kind) can lead to worser conditions than before. How I will not explain, but since the film still has to be a comedy, it fails completely.
Simply said it is Brooks who is send by the US government to India and Pakistan to find out what makes Muslims laugh. Brooks takes a big swing at himself in the process, which is kind of an achievement since there are other cultures here. He could have made fun of that but he didn't. Still, and again, this is a comedy and the swings at himself are nicely found from time to time, but never funny.
The ending, although not funny, is the strongest point here. It deals with leaving countries you have 'invaded' before the job is done and with having a huge part in causing problems in the world. It does not make the movie worthy of your time, but at least it shows it has intelligence. Not humor though...
Simply said it is Brooks who is send by the US government to India and Pakistan to find out what makes Muslims laugh. Brooks takes a big swing at himself in the process, which is kind of an achievement since there are other cultures here. He could have made fun of that but he didn't. Still, and again, this is a comedy and the swings at himself are nicely found from time to time, but never funny.
The ending, although not funny, is the strongest point here. It deals with leaving countries you have 'invaded' before the job is done and with having a huge part in causing problems in the world. It does not make the movie worthy of your time, but at least it shows it has intelligence. Not humor though...