Tropic Thunder Reviews

This page contains reviews for the 2008 comedy film Tropic Thunder. The movie premieres on August 13, 2008, and stars Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black.Cinematical: Tropic Thunder Charges... (July 15, 2008)

Tom Cruise makes a cameo appearance in the film and is receiving favorable reviews for his performance.Variety: Tropic Thunder Review (July 25, 2008)

The movie received an overall critics' rating of 72 from Metacritic and a 84% from Rotten Tomatoes.

• Ben Stiller as Tug Speedman
• Robert Downey Jr. as Kirk Lazarus
• Jack Black as Jeff Portnoy
• Steve Coogan as Damien the director
• Bill Hader as Rob Slolom

To give his war movie authenticity, a director takes his self-absorbed actors to a jungle in Vietnam. The film cast soon realize that they are in the middle of a real war and their lives are in danger.

"Apart from startling, out-there comic turns by Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Cruise, however, the antics here are pretty thin, redundant and one-note. But that note will strike a chord with a substantial, comic heat-seeking audience, particularly of the fanboy and combat-ready stripes, making for hefty late-summer biz." — VarietyVariety: Tropic Thunder Review (July 25, 2008)

"'Tropic Thunder' is truly a blockbuster comedy. I don't mean one of those movies that flies in under the radar and then blows up. This movie declares war on those films. It rides up, fires a warning shot, then charges in head on." — Los Angeles CityzineLos Angeles Cityzine: Comic-Con Film Review... (July 25, 2008)

"Oh, what a lovely war movie Ben Stiller and his platoon have concocted in 'Tropic Thunder'." — The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood Reporter: Film Review: Tropic Thunder (July 26, 2008)