Comedy Reviews

Comedy

Laggies

Laggies (2014)

If you weren’t subjected to the marketing of this film, you may find yourself wondering about the title. If you see the movie, and maybe didn’t catch the half-second...

Linda
St. Vincent (2014)

St. Vincent (2014)

Among the many tried and true cliches of Hollywood films (from the training montage, to the dog always surviving, to the hero always getting to kiss the girl at...

Linda
Muppets Most Wanted

Muppets Most Wanted (2014)

Picking up exactly where The Muppets left off (as in, the final song and dance number just ended, and “The End” flashes on screen), the Muppets decide that with...

Linda
Neighbors (2014)

Neighbors (2014)

And, you know, maybe I shouldn’t have dreaded it as much as I did. After all, it’s directed by Nicholas Stoller, who’s responsible for a trio of enjoyable comedies:...

Vickie
Obvious Child

Obvious Child

Yes, this is the comedy about an abortion. Let’s just get that out of the way. For a topic that affects over a million women a year in the...

Linda
Sex Tape (2014)

Sex Tape (2014)

Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel co-star as Annie and Jay, a once-sex-crazed couple who have settled into the everyday (and comparatively chaste) routine of married life and parenthood. In...

Vickie
Funny Face

Funny Face

Audrey Hepburn charms as bookshop clerk Jo Stockton, whose life is turned upside down when fashion magazine editor Maggie Prescott (the fabulous Kay Thompson) bursts into her shop with...

Linda
Sabrina (1954)

Sabrina (1954)

Audrey Hepburn, youthful and glowing in the beginning of her film career, plays Sabrina, the daughter of a chauffeur. Her daddy (the lovable John Williams) works for the very...

Linda
Blended (2014)

Blended (2014)

Jim (Adam Sandler) is a single dad of three girls. Lauren (Drew Barrymore) is a single mom of two boys. Jim and Lauren meet at Hooters (har!) for a...

Linda
The Hunting Party

The Hunting Party

I settled in to watch The Hunting Party with a mixture of trepidation and anticipation. On the one hand, I usually like anything starring Richard Gere, and on the...

Jennifer
Shoot The Hero

Shoot The Hero

There comes a moment in most relationships where you really start to wonder if you can handle your partner’s annoying tendencies for even one minute more.  It’s hugely unfortunate...

Jennifer
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)

The only thing I’ve ever heard anyone say about Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot is, “That movie is SO stupid.” For fifteen years I’ve taken this as a...

Jennifer