Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

In this goofy and lowbrow Vince Vaughn/Ben Stiller comedy, the good guys are lovable losers and the bad guys have frosted feathered hair and unitards with inflatable codpieces.

"...Directed by: Rawson Marshall Thurber. Starring: Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Rip Torn, Stephen Root, Justin Long,..."

June 18, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Mystery Men

Inept amateur superheroes must save the day in this comedy.

"...Directed by: Kinka Usher. Starring: Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Hank Azaria, Greg Kinnear, Ricky Jay,..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Little Fockers

Surely we're not the only ones Fockered out as this franchise aims for low-brow smut in its third outing.

"...Directed by: Paul Weitz. Starring: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Blythe Danner, Jessica Alba, Teri Polo,..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Royal Tenenbaums

"...Directed by: Wes Anderson. Starring: Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, Danny Glover, Owen Wilson,..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Black and White

"...Tyson, Claudia Schiffer, Joe Pantoliano, Allan Houston, Bijou Phillips, Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Brooke Shields and Power. Ever..."

April 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

If Lucy Fell

"...by: Eric Schaeffer. Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Eric Schaeffer, Ben Stiller, Elle Macpherson, James Rebhorn, Robert John Burke and..."

March 8, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Holiday Bonuses

DVDs for under your trees

"...The Ben Stiller ShowWarner Bros. Home Video, $26.99..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Burn, Aspen, Burn

Chasing Celebrity With a Basic Cable Nobody at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival

"...Bench shared by Pope, Garofalo, and Ben Stiller March 6:..."

March 27, 1998 Arts Feature by Brad "Chip" Pope

Enter the Funnyman

Danny McBride's improbable ascension via a bootlegged, no-budget tae kwon do comedy

"...of that absurd comic swagger for themselves. Judd Apatow, Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell: All the big names in comedy..."

June 6, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...D: Stephen Frears; with John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet, Marc Busey, Ben Carr,..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Something Completely Different

Comedy writers Bob Odenkirk and David Cross took everything they’d learned from past comic masters and made their Mr. Show variety show into something completely different.

"...brought on as a writer and performer on The Ben Stiller Show, where he won his second Emmy. He..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Ron Deutsch

Scanlines

Dance With Me

"...D: Jake Kasdan;(1998, DVD) with Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, Ryan O'Neal...."

Feb. 12, 1999 Screens Feature

Happy Gilmore

"...Bob Barker, Julie Bowen, Carl Weathers, Christopher McDonald and Ben Stiller. First Billy Madison, now Happy Gilmore. Yes, former..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Autumn Tale

What Movies Look Like This Fall

"...offers films from the houses of Coen, Farrelly, Hughes, Stiller, and Wilson. November brings the Coen brothers' The Man..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...min.) Director: Jeremy Konner Featuring: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Ben Stiller, Jon Stewart Regional Premiere..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...D: Wayne Wang; with Jeremy Irons, Gong Li, Ruben Blades, Maggie Cheung...."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Seven of the Best With Owen Wilson

From small-town crook to the ultimate speedster, the most unmissable roles of the Texas actor's career

"...(Robert De Niro) is the nemesis of Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) in his quest to woo Jack's daughter, Pam..."

April 7, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Starsky & Hutch

Seventies TV shows live on through Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, and Snoop Dog.

"...Directed by: Todd Phillips. Starring: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Juliette Lewis, Snoop Dogg,..."

March 5, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Off The Bookshelf

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"...by Ben Stiller and Janeane Garofalo..."

July 30, 1999 Books Review

Scanlines

Armored Car Robbery

"...is killed in the ensuing shootout, and heist man Benny (Fowley) is mortally wounded. Lt. Cordell (McGraw), after losing..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Screens Feature

Fall Film Previews

September

"...D: David Veloz; with Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Hurley, Maria Bello, Janeane Garofalo...."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Chronicle Recommends: Films About Fashion

Get glamorous with our favorite catwalk flicks

"...Few film satirists have an aim as true as Ben Stiller’s. In this supremely silly assault on the fashion..."

June 4, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

School for Scoundrels

Although it stars Billy Bob Thornton and Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder and is jam-packed with multitalented comedians and stars, School for Scoundrels is just not funny.

"...David Cross, Luis Guzmán, Horatio Sanz, Todd Louiso and Ben Stiller. While it’s not uncommon for Hollywood to completely..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Meet the Fockers

You can Fockerize Meet the Parents all you want, but this new movie is a lame sequel to the comic hit of 2000.

"...Directed by: Jay Roach. Starring: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo,..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Your Friends & Neighbors

"...Directed by: Neil LaBute. Starring: Ben Stiller, Jason Patric, Catherine Keener, Nastassja Kinski, Aaron Eckhart..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Queenpins

Extreme-couponing caper offers laughs but little personality

"...last feature film credit was the 2013 festival drama Beneath the Harvest Sky, kick off the film with an..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Don't Think Twice

In this comedy about comedy, Mike Birbiglia nails what's funny and true

"...Cameos from Ben Stiller and Lena Dunham, appearing as themselves, lend additional..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

From the Vaults: Cover Girl Greta Gerwig

Greta Gerwig starred in three films at the 2008 SXSW Film Festival

"...and 2010's Greenberg, also directed by Baumbach and starring Ben Stiller, it was evident to indie-film watchers that Greta..."

May 31, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dang Aloud

Dana Gould likes hiding the pill in the banana

"...It was me, Janeane Garofalo, Kathy Griffin, Bob Odenkirk, Ben Stiller, and a couple of other people – it..."

April 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

Funny People

With this story about comedians which stars Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen, filmmaker Judd Apatow rewrites his own songbook in the key of James L. Brooks, a tricky mix of humor and heartfelt.

"...very young Sandler prank-calling Amex as Janeane Garofalo and Ben Stiller cackle in the background to cameo bits from..."

July 31, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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