“You can often gauge how desperate a comedy is by the number of attacking animals it features.

"…frequently pauses to shower someone with vomit, pus, urine or excrement. It should be called Meet the Bodily Fluids."

“McConaughey bravely rips off his shirt, throws himself in front of the women and selflessly absorbs the camera’s leers.

“…isn’t really funny until it turns sentimental at the end.

There is such a thing as overcastting – when a supremely silly picture has somehow managed to attract smart, talented stars. Consider Mad Money. After her husband is laid off, a pampered rich woman (Diane Keaton) is forced to work as a janitor at a federal reserve bank, where she plans a heist with a

A decided relief after 2007’s batch of clumsy, heavy-handed Iraq war dramas. This actually makes you laugh as it demonstrates the folly of American foreign policy. The picture is a fictionalized account of Texas congressman Charlie Wilson’s covert aiding of Afghan fighters against the Soviets in the 1980s. Portrayed here as a drinker, womanizer and

“Reilly has an absolute sincerity – especially in the many musical numbers – that’s essential for something this goofy.

“Juno gets two things dead right about contemporary teenagers…

“It would be funny even without the wigs.”

“It’s enough to make you hope that a full-blown musical is in Kelly’s future.