Ben Stiller is Derek Zoolander, a world famous male model who is more worried about his hair than whether or not his best friends should be playing in gasoline (one of the funniest parts).  Zoolander is brainwashed by the evil Mugato (Will Farrell) to assassinate the prime minister of Malaysia in order to stop child labor from being ended.  Matilda, a reporter for Time Magazine (Christine Taylor) helps Derek in trying to prevent the assassination from taking place.  Also enlisting in the quest is Derek's model arch-nemesis, Hansel (Owen Wilson).  There are cameos abound in this hilarious farce, including Jon Voight as Derek's coal mining dad, Vince Vaughn as the coal mining brother, and Jerry Stiller as Derek's agent.  Also seen are Fabio, Natalie Portman, David Duchovny, Billy Zane (in a hilarious performance) and Andy Dick.

      There are so many funny parts in "Zoolander", but the film ultimately does not deliver what the trailers lead us to believe it would.  The scene from the trailer, where Derek says, "How can they be expected to learn if they can't even fit inside the building", is hilarious and Will Farrell has fun with his role.  The biggest problem I had with "Zoolander" was the downright stupidity of some of the jokes-- most are well timed and catchy while others are just plain dumb.

      Stiller's acting is getting better and better, but his jokes are still the same as they were three years ago.  The film has some rather steamy parts involving sex and drug usage, which is surprising considering the film has a PG-13 rating.  You would think they could have tacked on the R rating for this one because I saw several kids in the theater who looked kind of awkward during one scene involving a picture of an orgy.  All-in-all, "Zoolander" delivers a lot of laughs, just not as many as I expected.  Check this one out if not just for the scene with the midgets.