In Steve Carell’s first few episodes of the American version of The Office, his character, Michael Scott, hewed closely to the template created by the series’ British mastermind, Ricky Gervais. Scott, ...

Many of us think we’ve first met Steve Carell (Little Miss Sunshine, The Forty Year Old Virgin) when he was a correspondent on The Daily Show. Many of us know him from The Office. But he’s made a big ...

Dinner for Schmucks isn’t a total clunker; it’s got some decent laughs thanks to its two main stars, Steve Carell and Paul Rudd, who do the best they can with the material they’ve been handed.

There's a lot less bite in "Dinner for Schmucks" than there was in the classic French farce that was its inspiration. Whereas "The Dinner Game" ("Le Diner de Cons") from celebrated writer-director ...

Tim (Paul Rudd) is a rising executive who succeeds in finding the perfect guest, IRS employee Barry (Steve Carell), for his boss's monthly event, a so-called "dinner for idiots," which offers certain ...