Movie Pick: Envy (2004)
Envy is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Barry Levinson. It stars Ben Stiller and Jack Black.
Tim and Nick are best friends, neighbors and co-workers, whose equal footing is suddenly tripped up when one of Nick's hare-brained get-rich-quick schemes actually succeeds: the Vaporizer, a spray that literally makes dog poop, or any other kind for that matter, evaporate into thin air–to where, exactly, is anyone's guess. Tim, who had scoffed at Nick's idea and passed on an opportunity to get in on the deal, can only watch as Nick's fortune–and Tim's own envy–grow to equally outrageous proportions. When the flames of jealousy are fanned by an oddball drifter who imposes himself into the situation, Tim's life careens wildly out of control, taking Nick's with it.
One night, Nick reveals that he is going to Rome for the debut of vapoorize there, and gives Tim the opportunity to now join him in a 50/50 partnership. J-Man finds out that Tim is now rich, and immediately tries to gain from this, but fails when Tim shoots another arrow off towards his house and strikes J-Man in the back.
At the end of the film, Corkey is seen floating down a river behind a press conference, and the animal hospital must do tests on him to reveal how he died. It is found that the horse was actually poisoned – Corkey used to eat the apples off Tim's tree, and do his business there. They used vapoorize to rid their yard of this, and this is what has killed Corkey. Straight away Vapoorize is pulled from the shelves in all stores, and Nick and Tim almost lose all their wealth and glory – until Tim comes up with an invention of his own – Pocket Flan, inspired by Nick and his family's love for the dessert. J-Man is shown at the end of the film in the audience of Tim and Nick's infomercial for Pocket Flan.
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