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What on earth was Ben Stiller thinking? Zoolander 2 reviewed

The original was like going on a drunk night out with the funniest people you know. The sequel just made me feel old

13 February 2016

9:00 AM

13 February 2016

9:00 AM

Zoolander 2

PG, Nationwide

‘I’m pretty sure there’s a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good-looking,’ said a pouty Derek Zoolander back in 2001.

Well, apparently not. Because Zoolander 2, the long-awaited sequel to Ben Stiller’s cult hit undercutting the male-model industry, is a good-looking bore, a fashion faux pas where hot celebrities such as Kate Moss, Penélope Cruz and Kim Kardashian are parachuted in to make a relentlessly dreary script look good.

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