Rotten
Various articles describe Tim and Eric's style as 'avant garde' but we remain unconvinced.
Anna Smith, Time Out
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
It's got shrim!
2012 · 1h 34m · R
Comedy
Directed by
Eric Wareheim
,
Tim Heidecker
Overview
Two guys get a billion dollars to make a movie, only to watch their dream run off course.
Director and cast
- Eric Wareheim Director
- Tim Heidecker Director
- Eric Wareheim Cast
- Tim Heidecker Cast
- John C. Reilly as Taquito
- Zach Galifianakis as Jim Joe Kelly
- Will Ferrell as Damien Weebs
- Robert Loggia as Tommy Schlaaang
- Ray Wise as Dr. Doone Struts
- Jeff Goldblum as Chef Goldblum
- Bob Odenkirk as Schlaaang Announcer
- William Atherton as Earle Swinter
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
38%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The laughs dry up even as the gross-out material grows more, uh, fluid.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Had Billion Dollar Movie been just eight minutes on the Funny or Die website, where Heidecker and Wareheim have often appeared, it might have worked.
Leah Rozen, TheWrap
Fresh
The vicious mirth is hit-or-miss but contagious.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh
Needless to say, this freewheeling parade of bizarreness is not everyone's cup of shrim. Chances are good that the people whose cup of shrim it is already know who they are.
Eric D. Snider, Film.com
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