Jemaine Clement Movies

An ambitious executive accepts an invitation from his boss to attend a dinner party where high-powered professionals make fun of unsuspecting dimwits in this remake of Francis Veber's 1998 comedy The Dinner Game. Upwardly mobile executive Tim (Paul Rudd) has just landed his company an extremely wealthy Swiss client when his boss, Lance (Bruce Greenwood), invites him to an exclusive, yet unusually mean-spirited dinner party where each of the high-powered executives brings a guest to make fun of. Recognizing that his long-awaited promotion is finally within reach, Tim begins to have second thoughts about participating in the elaborate charade when his longtime girlfriend, Julie (Stephanie Szostak), the successful curator at a local art gallery, voices intense disdain for the idea. The following day, Tim is looking for a way out of the dinner when fate throws the perfect guest right in front of his luxury car. Barry (Steve Carell) is a sweet but dim-witted IRS agent with an unusual hobby: he creates elaborate dioramas featuring stuffed mice. His latest project is "The Last Supper," and he's just put the finishing touches on a tiny mouse Jesus to set at the center of the table. Tim knows that Barry is his ticket to a big corner office on the seventh floor, but the closer the party looms, the more he realizes that his bumbling new acquaintance isn't just an idiot, but also is a magnet for chaos. ~ Rovi

In their sophomore season, the guitar-playing Kiwis continue their quest to make it big in the Big Apple. Among the highlights: With Murray (Rhys Darby) preoccupied by another band, Bret (Bret McKenzie) and Jemaine (Jemaine Clement) take advantage of his absence and pen a commercial jingle; in the episode A New Cup, an impulse purchase sets off a tempest in a teacup that inspires the Roxanne spoof "You Don't Have to Be a Prostitute"; Dave (Arj Barker) and other unlikely gangbangers watch Bret's back after he disparages A-list rappers (watch for the 'Chords to bust some rhymes about "Hurt Feelings"); and the band, unable to pay the rent, moves in with Mel (Kristen Schaal) and Doug (David Costabile). Season 2 guest stars include Lucy Lawless, Art Garfunkel, Greg Proops, Jim Gaffigan, Kristen Wiig, and Patton Oswalt. ~ Kathy LeSage, Rovi

Tongan Ninja director Jason Stutter takes the helm for this supernatural horror comedy concerning a group of human guinea pigs who subject themselves to a series of medical tests, only to discover that the hospital where the experiments are being conducted is haunted. Diagnosed with cancer, flippant English teacher Andre Chang (Raybon Kan) decides that he's got nothing to lose, and agrees to take part in an experimental drug trial. As the testing gets underway, Andre connects with pretty cancer patient Juliet Reid (Jessica Grace Smith), who's convinced that the hospital is in fact a converted insane asylum where her favorite author perished under mysterious circumstances. Over the course of the 48-hour test, Andre and Juliet experience what can only be described as a series of unsettling supernatural encounters. Are their disturbing visions a simple side effect of the experimental drug that's been administered to them, or are these corridors home to something that isn't quite human? Bret McKenzie, Rhys Darby, and Jemaine Clement co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

This rollicking HBO offering chronicled the misadventures of Flight of the Conchords, a two-man "digi-folk" band from New Zealand. It could do nothing less -- starring in the half-hour series was Flight of the Conchords, a genuine two-man digi-folk band from New Zealand consisting of comedians Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, who created the property in concert (no pun intended) with James Bobin. The two protagonists, cleverly named Jemaine and Bret, had come all the way from their mother country to hit it big in New York City. There were only two things keeping them from skyrocketing to stardom: they never seemed to get any decent bookings, and they were bloody awful. Doing rather less than his best to make household names out of Jemaine (the one with the glasses) and Bret (the one with the beard) was their agent-manager Murray (Rhys Darby), whose day job as a cultural aide at the New Zealand Consulate's tourism division gave him plenty of free time -- if not plenty of money -- to arrange such gigs as a retro rock video in which the boys were dressed in ill-fitting cardboard robot suits, and an outdoor concert in Central Park (the wrong Central Park in the wrong city, worse luck). Evidently, Murray was one of only three people in Manhattan who even acknowledged the existence of Flight of the Conchords. The other two were the president -- and only member -- of the band's fan club, an overaged groupie named Mel (Kristen Schaal), who obsessively and lustfully dogged the boys' path, usually chauffeured by her unbelievably unflappable husband; and Dave (Arj Barker), who owned the pawnshop where Jemaine and Bret's instruments were habitually in hock. The series' semi-improvised dialogue and surrealistic storylines were counterpointed by fantasy musical sequences, which gaudily spoofed the music-videos of the past three decades; these vignettes were invariably better than Flight of the Conchords' actual performances, though not by much. Though probably best appreciated by "insiders" in the music business, Flight of the Conchords was broad enough in appeal to tickle the fancy of any comedy fan, while retaining just enough deadpan subtlety to induce quiet chuckles along with the belly laughs. The series debuted June 17, 2007. - Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

After Jemaine is robbed, Bret seaks to recover his stolen property. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

When Sally comes back into the picture, Jemaine and Bret both fall for her, causing a rivalry between the two bandmates. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

Bret meets David Bowie in a dream. Meanwhile, Murray pursues an odd business opportunity for the band. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

In this outrageous martial arts-comedy from New Zealand filmmaker Jason Stutter, the world's deadliest ninja must travel to the mountaintop Patio of Death and do battle with his childhood archenemy to save the love of his life. As a child the Tongan Ninja survived a plane crash by landing on an uncharted pacific island. His father eaten by fish, the young boy was trained by the locals in the art of Ninjitsu and grew to become the most dangerous ninja alive. Upon learning that the peaceful owners of a New Zealand eatery have been receiving threats from the feared Syndicate, the Tongan Ninja must work his way through a trio of formidable foes: Knife Man, Gun Man, and Hench Man before battling the dreaded Action Fighter (aka Marvin). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi