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Tag: Comedy

Get Smart (2008)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“Wait until you see the look of chagrin on Carell’s face when he holds a shoe phone to his ear.

Love Guru, The (2008)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“…a gigantic egg, but no one looks more pleased with it than Myers.

You Don’t Mess With the Zohan (2008)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“It’s as if Sandler took a trip to Israel and came back with 6,000 jokes about hummus (the 6,000 penis jokes he didn’t have to go anywhere to find).

Promotion, The (2008)

Comedy Rated R

Fueled by a sense of economic desperation that was all too familiar in 2008, The Promotion was my choice as best picture for that year. The wry comedy stars John C. Reilly and Seann William Scott as assistant managers at a grocery store who are vying for a new manager position, but it doesn’t really

Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)

Comedy Rated R

"…laces its copious gross-out gags, pothead humor and female nudity with the smartest social satire this side of ‘The Daily Show.’"

Baby Mama (2008)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“The picture is about a surrogate mother, and in a sense Fey is being asked to be the movie’s surrogate.

Superhero Movie (2008)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“Pamela Anderson appears for 15 seconds as the Invisible Woman … and if Anderson is invisible she’s pretty much completely useless.

Run Fatboy Run (2008)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“Pegg’s Dennis is lazy, insensitive and unhygienic. Yet his most defining quality is blandness. I could barely rouse myself to dislike him.

Drillbit Taylor (2008)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“During the final showdown, there is almost as much teen pummeling going on as in Never Back Down. Unfortunately, Never Back Down was funnier.

Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns (2008)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns isn’t exactly a good movie, but it is a good Tyler Perry movie

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The Bride! (2026)

Horror Rated R

“The fun here is in the audacious attempt and the performances.”

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Comedy Rated NR

“A bit of a whiff for Frank Capra…”

Stand By Me (1986)

Drama Rated R

“… has a wistful, morbid magic.”


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