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Zoolander
2001
**½
Director: Ben Stiller
Cast: Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Milla Jovovich, Jerry Stiller, David Duchovny, Jon Voight, Woodrow Asai, Vince Vaughn, Judah Friedlander

In order to protect their profits, an international cartel of clothes manufacturers has brainwashed dim-witted male models into assassins, and Derek Zoolander is the latest victim. Ben Stiller's outrageous comedy pokes fun at the fashion industry and vacuous popular culture in general, and several celebrities of the time appear as themselves. There are a few jokes that land, but the film is needlessly wacky and over-the-top. The male models are total idiots and Will Ferrell is completely out of control as the evil designer. Followed by Zoolander 2 15 years later.