Zoolander

Zoolander (2001)

  • 64% of critics liked it
    (130 reviews)

  • 78% of users liked it
    (872,785 ratings)

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… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
John Hamburg, Drake Sather
Genres
Comedy, Special Interest
In Theaters
Sep 28, 2001 Limited
Paramount Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Wally Hammond, Time Out

    A fashion spoof draped over the bones of a puerile conspiracy adventure, this vanity comedy fails at every level barring its incidental details.

  • Emanuel Levy, Variety

    This light silly and fluffy satire of the fashion industry targets for a change not the female but male models.

  • , Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    If you're aware of -- and amused by -- pop culture, you'll laugh a lot.

  • Peter Rainer, New York Magazine

    Doesn't Stiller realize that the fashion world is already its own parody?

  • Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

    Serves as glossy, throwaway fun, and it features more cameos than you can shake a mascara wand at.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bob S


    if you work in an office some movies are mandatory to survive trips to the watercooler. I see this as an investment in my future.

  • Directors C


    Zoolander is a well executed, extremely stupid and very funny satire film. It pokes fun at the fashion industry bringing a lot of memorable moments of humour and wit unlike most Ben Stiller comedies. A better cast could not have been picked.

  • Dan S


    Hilarious.

  • Jim C


    I never want to be a male model. Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) is a famous male model, but when he is snabbed of his glory by anoher male model named Hansel (Owen Wilson), he must learn who he is and what he wants in life. But without Derek knowing it, he is pulled into a… More

  • Kyle F


    Zoolander gets points for originality and good humor, even if it isn't as aggressively funny as it should be. Everyone does a great job with the acting, but Will Ferrell especially shines through with the funniest performance that I have ever seen from him. Nice, colorful… More

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