Most Overrated filmmaker in Hollywood.

While it's debatable if he's the single most overrated filmmaker in Hollywood, in my opinion he's definitely in the running. The way I see it he hasn't made a funny movie in nearly 10 years. On top of that his movies have gotten really repetitive and the way he parades his wife and kids in all his films is shameful. Nepotism at its very worst.

He's nothing but a point and shoot director, plain and simple.

That's funny. I remember him admitting that on the commentary for Undeclared. He said he was always nervous when another director was on set because all he knows how to do is point and shoot.

The guy's success is from the talented people he gets together when making films. Not really his direction.

who ever rated him highly? he is a known HACK.

Maybe he's overrated, but his films make money. It's called show BUSINESS, not show art.

As for his wife and daughters being in his films, have you considered that they can spend more time together that way? If there's a part for them, why not? Leslie acts in other films too.

Disagree. When you look at the production budget + marketing of the last few films he's directed he's lost $.

Well, he's only directed 4 films, but he's produced many more. In any case, as long as his hits make a lot of money (Knocked Up, 40 Year Old Virgin, the Anchorman movies) the occasional miss isn't considered that big a deal. His films are relatively low budget (> $50 million) by Hollywood standards because they aren't action flicks with lots of special effects. My guess is that most do well in DVD sales because they're comedies.