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Tag: Comedy

Dirty Love (2005)

Comedy Rated R

Jenny McCarthy is far more desperate than she needs to be in Dirty Love, her self-penned paean to the dating travails of young Los Angeles babes. She’s so busy trying to prove she doesn’t take herself seriously that she undersells what is actually some serious comedic talent. Pushing her snorting, belching Cameron Diaz-type guys’ gal

Mambo Italiano (2003)

Comedy Rated R

Another My Big Fat Greek Wedding knockoff, this offers a few slight twists: its setting is an immigrant Italian community in Canada and its star-crossed lovers are gay. Other than that, this is as broad, farcical and blandly stereotypical as its predecessor. The movie’s vision of Italian life isn’t that far away from that of

Mr. Deeds (2002)

Comedy Rated PG-13

This remake of a 1936 Frank Capra picture turns out to be the perfect vehicle for abrasive funnyman Adam Sandler, a common man’s comedian who fits quite nicely in a farce celebrating common wisdom. After the death of his media-baron uncle, small-town boy Longfellow Deeds (Sandler) reaps a $40 billion inheritance and is swept into

Blades of Glory (2007)

Comedy Rated PG-13

You need a perfectly timed double take to work with Will Ferrell – most of your job is reacting to the bizarre non sequiturs that fly from his mouth – and Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) thankfully possesses a formidable one. (His mouth seems permanently curled in an expression of repulsed confusion.) Here he and Ferrell

Balls of Fury (2007)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“…this is two parts Blades of Glory and one part Enter the Dragon, though it’s missing Will Ferrell’s absurd improvisational humor and, well, Bruce Lee.

Simpsons Movie, The (2007)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“…a conclusive portrait of the dysfunctional American family – stuck with each other and, deep down, OK with it.

Breakin’ All the Rules (2004)

Comedy Rated PG-13

Part farce, part romance, part gross-out comedy, Breakin’ All the Rules is all over the place. It’s as if writer-director Daniel Taplitz thought he could spin your head and break your heart at once. The movie centers around the author of a men’s handbook on how to dump women (Jamie Foxx) who experiences enough romantic

Head of State (2003)

Comedy Rated PG-13

Star, co-producer, co-writer and director Chris Rock takes a simple premise – what would happen if a black man ran for president? – and injects it with his blistering brand of political humor. Many of the speeches play like excerpts from his standup act, but what the movie lacks in polish it makes up for

Easy A (2010)

Comedy Rated PG-13

"A tone-deaf attempt to transplant The Scarlet Letter – or at least its consideration of puritanical judgment – to a contemporary high-school setting."

Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)

Comedy Rated R

Indie stalwart Jim Jarmusch (Down By Law, Broken Flowers) unveils an experiment long in the making with this series of black-and-white vignettes, filmed over the last 18 years, of different actors smoking and drinking joe. It’s curious and often funny, even if the performers – including Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett and rappers RZA and GZA

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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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