Dana Carvey stars as an Italian waiter who discovers he has the magical power of disguise. This mainly involves a lot of mugging for the camera, but Carvey doesn’t have the comic invention to pull it off – most of his “disguises” feel like ideas that were rejected during his days at “Saturday Night Live.”

The same flat joke gets endlessly repeated throughout D.E.B.S, which centers around an elite, girls’ spy school for high schoolers: every cliched James Bond moment is undercut by discussions involving fashion or boyfriends. The amped-up sexuality – schoolgirl skirts, a lesbian subplot – makes the tone decidedly adult, yet the movie itself is purely adolescent.

Steve Zahn spends most of National Security with a seething expression of exasperation on his face. As a cop who gets stuck working a case with an annoying security guard (Martin Lawrence), he’s supposed to be in character, but watching Lawrence gyrate and yammer incessantly had to make this the easiest acting job Zahn’s ever

This limp comedy, about three friends whose fun gets disrupted when one of them falls for a demanding psychiatrist, lets a lame script dumb down a bright comedic cast. Steve Zahn and Jack Black play the goofballs while Jason Biggs and Amanda Peet portray the couple, but their occasional flashes of inspired humor cannot save

This would-be sports comedy, starring Keanu Reeves as the leader of a group of subpar athletes who get a shot at the big time during a players’ strike, is so predictably lame it repeatedly cuts to shots of cavorting cheerleaders just to keep your attention. By the time it’s over, you’ll feel as if you’ve

This dud – about a groom-to-be (Jason Lee) who wakes up after his bachelor party with a strange woman (Julia Stiles) in his bed – misfires on all levels: as a romance, a crude comedy and a quirky character study. The main culprits are stale gags and a cast that’s largely devoid of comedic talent.

Another generous comedy from director Robert Altman, with Richard Gere as the main beneficiary. The usually smug star gives an unexpectedly gracious performance as a Dallas gynecologist awash in female trouble – both at his office and at home. Trust me, this isn’t as icky as it sounds. The supporting cast includes Helen Hunt, Farrah