"Rock the Kasbah"

The perfect movie when your in the mood for some dumb Bill Murray fare. Not sure why this one got such bad reviews--I though it was very entertaining. Sure, it could have been better, but a mediocre Bill Murray movie is better than a lot of other so-called comedies. Murray plays a down on his luck talent agent, who decides to take his talented secretary, Zooey Deschanel, on a USO tour of Afghanistan, What could go wrong? It turns out, everything. She bails on him the first night and he ends up promoting a local girl on the country's version of "America's Got Talent". It's loosely based on a true story and I found myself laughing out loud at several skits. The scene where he performs "Smoke on the Water" to a bunch of stone-faced tribal elders is worth the price of admission/rental. Kate Hudson and Bruce Willis also star.
3.5 out of 5 stars