Think of all the ways you can hurt yourself laughing, as in fall down, split your sides, bust a gut, blow your mind. You get it all in Tropic Thunder, a knockout of a comedy that keeps you ...

Fifteen years later “Tropic Thunder” is a flawed comedy that we’re still trying to agree on Robert Downey Jr.'s outrageous performance keeps it in the discourse, and asks us to think about ...

Ben Stiller is unsure if he would have made "Tropic Thunder" in today's Hollywood. The actor noted "edgier comedy" is harder to accomplish in "this environment." ...

A Hollywood parody of the Scary Movie variety, Tropic Thunder becomes the butt of its own joke. Bombastic actors satirically play bombastic actors — without much effect, says critic Cynthia ...

A smart-alecky sendup of Hollywood in general and action films in particular, "Tropic Thunder" undeniably provokes quite a few laughs, but of the most hollow kind.

It would be “really hard to do” a Tropic Thundersequel, says the original film’s composer Theodore Shapiro. The world was not ready for Ben Stiller’s insane war movie spoof when it came ...

Justin Theroux says a Tropic Thunder sequel could happen with key stars returning if the right idea comes along.

Robert Downey Jr. has long defended his role in “Tropic Thunder,” the 2008 comedy from director Ben Stiller that cast the “Iron Man” star as an egotistical Australian thespian who takes ...

His 2008 satire Tropic Thunder follows a hapless cast and crew as they struggle to complete a Vietnam War-era epic, and it dips into identity discourse, bonkers action, and toilet humor.

When Robert Downey Jr. first got the call about possibly starring in “Tropic Thunder,” the 2008 Hollywood parody helmed by actor-director Ben Stiller, the “Iron Man” lead was conflicted ...

“Tropic Thunder” director/actor Ben Stiller in 2008 promoting the problematic movie, in which Robert Downey Jr. wears blackface.