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With a provocative title like Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World, how could Albert Brooks not grab our attention?
The picture opens with Brooks being cold-shouldered by a real-life movie director (Penny Marshall) and casting director (Victoria Burrows) before being inexplicably chosen by the U.S. government for a top-secret project. (Maybe the President saw Finding Nemo.) His mission, should he decide to accept it, is to journey to Muslim lands to find out what makes people there laugh. Perhaps if Americans understand Muslims better, the reasoning goes, they might feel less inclined to fear or want to kill them. The premise is potentially hilarious, not to mention seriously provocative, and there are several ways Brooks could have approached it. He opts for the path of least offence, by making himself the butt of his mild humour.

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