Right up my alley
Huckabees was exactly the kind of humor I'm into: smart and absurd. The writer/director, David Russell, has an awesome cast to fit this postmodern plot. Jason Schwartzman visits a pair of existential detectives, played by Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin, to discover the meaning behind a coincidence in his life - running into a random African guy twice. But his life is now in the middle of a struggle between the existentialists and a nihilist philosopher, played by Isabelle Huppert. Helping Schwartzman along his path to discovery is Jude Law, Mark Wahlberg (this performance is only eclipsed by his character in The Departed) and Naomi Watts, all in stellar roles. This crisis of life comes to a collision with each character in the end for a hilarious and though-provoking send-off. David Russell really created a classic movie with great characters, appropriate acting, creative cinematography and roll-inducing laughter.