Jay Roach is no stranger to the raunchy comedy scene (see also Austin Powers), and even though it's not quite that over-the-top, Dinner For Schmucks will definitely make you blush if you're sitting next to your mom. With PG-13s pushing the envelope more and more these days, Roach's latest is dirtier than it needs to be, and actually pretty funny without it.

Paul Rudd plays the straight man in this one, as Tim, the adorable schlub (again), who just wants to do a good job at work and impress his live-in girlfriend. At his corporate office, when a spot on the top floor opens up, Tim's vision and forward thinking earn him a chance to prove himself to the big dogs. The catch is, he has to attend a "Dinner for Winners", where each higher-up invites an idiot so they can all laugh at them, and the one with the biggest loser wins.

After some moral see-sawing, Tim decides not to go through with it... that is, until he meets, er, runs into Barry. Played by Steve Carrell in a toupee, Barry is a walking-disaster, a cross between Carell's no-brain character Brick in Anchorman (which also stars Rudd), and Jim Carrey's Lloyd Christmas from Dumb and Dumber. He is an IRS worker who fashions dioramas out of dead mice in his spare time, whose heart is in the right place, but whose brain is nowhere near.

A remake of the 1998 French film Le Diner de Cons, this movie starts with a pretty hilarious montage of Barry's creative mouse dioramas. Barry is a blockhead, but lovable, and things keep going from bad to worse for Tim from the moment he enters his life. Most of the movie, it's one of those "Oh no, please don't do that..." movies, where you keep feeling worse for the protagonist (see also Meet the Parents or Cable Guy).

It has a lot of potential for the number of stars and comedians in the flick, but never quite lives up to it. I wanted it to be a lot funnier, but never really got as many good laughs as I hoped for. Particularly good in supporting roles are Jermaine Clements (of Flight of the Conchords fame) as Kieran, the eccentric artist, and Zach Galifianakis as Therman, Barry's dickey-wearing boss, who excels at mind control.

Throughout the film, it ends up being the ones taking advantage of the "schmucks" that look like the losers. It's only when Tim examines things closer and gets a better perspective that he is truly able to see the redeeming value in every person.

The Blu-ray comes with a number of extras, like a really funny outtakes section, which goes from hilarious to way-too-crude in a few minutes time, and an inside look at some of the other lovable freaks at the dinner party. Also included are deleted scenes, a look behind the scenes with the cast, and a pretty interesting portion called "The Men Behind the Mousterpieces", which looks at the making of the dioramas.