Comedy

Quartet: Growing Old Sucks $#!%!

Is all we have to look forward to in our twilight years, the hope for...
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Silver Linings Playbook

Everybody’s mentally ill! A dysfunctional romantic comedy about Pat (Bradley Cooper in his usual flexible...
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The Hangover

The story of a group of four friends going to Vegas for a bachelor’s party....
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The Devil Wears Prada

Comedy. An unfashionable girl gets a job with the Queen of the fashion industry and...
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Little Miss Sunshine

Quirky Comedy. A family of dysfunctional misfits takes a road trip to bring their little...
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Last Holiday

Romantic Comedy. Queen Latifah, a retail clerk, discovers she has 3 weeks to live, so...
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Thank You For Smoking

Black comedy. This was a very clever cutting piece about the nature of manipulation of...
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Thumbsucker

Quirky comedy. A teen kid struggles to overcome his insecurities around his family, friends and...
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The Matador

Buddy Black Comedy. An aging assassin who is losing his touch befriends an everyman nice...
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Fun with Dick and Jane

Satire Comedy. A Jim Carrey vehicle about a married couple pressured to pursue the American...
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Sky High

Recommended. This is a live action version of The Incredibles, and I loved it. And...
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Wedding Crashers

Hard to Recommend. This is a story of two sleaze balls, played perfectly by Vince...
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Bewitched

Kinda Recommended. Another brilliant feminist tale written and directed by my favorite female director, Nora...
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Sahara

Kinda recommended for popcorn fun only. I was a Dirk Pitt fan when I was...
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Robots

Not really recommended. This CGI animated story about a small town robot that wants to...
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Be Cool

Not Recommended. Chili Palmer leaves the movie business to try his hand in the music...
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Meet the Fockers

Not really recommended. The sequel to the hilarious Meet the Parents. This one is the...
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Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

Not Recommended. I put this into the category of boring expensive kid’s films like Harry...
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Not Really Recommended. On one level, I really enjoy Wes Anderson films because he comes...
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Ocean’s Twelve

Not Recommended. I dreaded having to watch this film. Paying for this movie is thievery....
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The Incredibles

Highly Recommended. I won’t say it. I won’t say it was “incredible.” No. It was...
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Shark Tale

Recommended, but beware of subversion. I love CGI animation. I love how expressive and cute...
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Napoleon Dynamite

Recommended. Funny little Indie movie about Geeks winning. Quirky, clean, character-driven comedy. Amazingly clean. I...
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Dodgeball

Not Really Recommended. Story of a smelly old loser gym owned by slacker Vince Vaughn,...
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