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Tag: Comedy

Four Christmases (2008)

Comedy Rated PG-13

"Do these hypocritical holiday comedies have an alarm clock inside them that goes off when they’re suddenly supposed to turn all soft and gooey?"

Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)

Comedy Rated R

"The sudden sweetness Kevin Smith tries to force into the film feels especially false considering the nastiness that otherwise defines the movie."

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)

Comedy Rated R

“…argues for integrity in celebrity journalism, which is an oxymoron to the highest degree (and this is coming from someone who has engaged in it).

Fanboys (2009)

Comedy Rated PG-13

Funny, I always thought of the National Lampoon crowd and Star Wars nation as separate demographics. Apparently they’re the same, at least according to Fanboys. A comedy about four Star Wars-obsessed buddies who break into George Lucas’ ranch to sneak a peek at The Phantom Menace, Fanboys is a pandering, puerile exercise, the equivalent of

Burn After Reading (2008)

Comedy Rated R

"And you thought No Country for Old Men was nihilistic."

Airplane! (1980)

Comedy Rated PG

Taking the disaster movies of the 1970s as their starting point, the writing-directing team of Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker invented a gag reel around the story of former pilot Ted Striker (Robert Hays) who boards a commercial plane hoping to win back his stewardess girlfriend (Julie Hagerty). When all three pilots get

Hamlet 2 (2008)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“There is some really dark stuff going on underneath all the outrageous goofiness…

House Bunny, The (2008)

Comedy Rated PG-13

"Anna Faris has taken a lot of hits for Hollywood, most of them literal."

Rocker, The (2008)

Comedy Rated PG-13

"It can be hard to explain what makes a star, but it’s fairly easy to identify a performer who doesn’t have that mysterious star stuff."

Pineapple Express (2008)

Comedy Rated R

“…has a lot of buzz-killing violence for a pothead comedy.

Recent Reviews

Disclosure Day (2026)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“Disclosure Day lobbies for our right to believe in something…”

The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)

Documentary Rated PG

“… a wake-up call to anyone who thinks they can simply ride out humanity’s worst impulses.”

The Odyssey (2026)

Action/Adventure Rated R

“… galvanizing, glorious, out-of-this-world-while-clearly-created-within-it filmmaking.”


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