"Looking for Comedy... In the Muslim World?"

The quote above is from the trailer to Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World, which I just saw (as I wait impatiently for my Monday outing to see Underworld: Evolution...). This quote was one of the amusing one-liners from the trailers (the other ones from the trailer are really funny), and there were a few others that they left for the rest of the movie. There were some nice moments---especially the random snippets of calls from customer help (being answered locally in India, of course) for various American companies that we overhear as Albert Brooks (another fellow Beverly High grad) and company are working through the building towards their office ("Did you try rebooting? [pause] Well, try rebooting again.")---and the concept for the movie was excellent, but the movie is only pretty good. The movie had a few of the obligatory jokes of a Jew spending time in the Muslim world, although the best one of those was revealed partly in the trailer.

Anyway, the movie has its moments and can be entertaining, but it definitely disappoints in comparison to what it could have been.