Comedy Reviews

Comedy

How to Irritate People (1968)

How to Irritate People (1968)

The three featured films of the John Cleese Comedy Collection (well, two films and one television special, rather) clock in at 65 minutes, 40 minutes, and 55 minutes, respectively,...

Linda
The Strange Case Of The End Of Civilization as We Know It (1975)

The Strange Case Of The End Of Civilization as We Know It (1975)

The three featured films of the John Cleese Comedy Collection (well, two films and one television special, rather) clock in at 65 minutes, 40 minutes, and 55 minutes, respectively,...

Linda
Are We Done Yet? (2007)

Are We Done Yet? (2007)

In what is an even finer example of lowest-common-denominator filmmaking than its insipid predecessor, Are We There Yet? (which, coincidentally, I also hated), this alleged “family film” dumbs itself...

Vickie
Blades of Glory (2007)

Blades of Glory (2007)

Will Ferrell’s been an elf, a lecherous news anchor and a dim-witted racer. With this new comedy – that lifts material from other sports films before it, most notably...

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Catch and Release (2006)

Catch and Release (2006)

That’s what I thought as I left the screening of Jennifer Garner’s painfully tepid and somewhat incoherent dramedy that, I think, is about finding yourself through the loss of...

Vickie
Because I Said So (2007)

Because I Said So (2007)

I was never especially excited to see Because I Said So, but I didn’t think I’d actually hate it. I mean, it’s pure girly fluff—how offensive is that? Hah!...

Vickie
High School Musical (2006)

High School Musical

Until I watched the DVD, my familiarity with High School Musical was with basically one scene in the film. One scene that was on every time I turned on...

Linda
Deck the Halls (2006)

Deck the Halls (2006)

Like a steaming cinematic turd, this hollow and horrible Christmas comedy arrives on screens just in time to disappoint families for the holidays. I’m not sure what happened to...

Linda
Accepted (2006)

Accepted (2006)

If someone was going to accept the premise of Accepted, it would have to be me. A bunch of kids have the noble idea of learning in college through...

Linda
Must Love Dogs (2005)

Must Love Dogs (2005)

I should have known better than to get all excited about Must Love Dogs, but I always lose my wits when Christopher Plummer factors into the deal. He’s the...

Jennifer
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

Really, the above five statements are about all you need to know to enjoy director Robert Altman’s understated, down-home look at the fictional final broadcast of Garrison Keillor’s real-life...

Vickie
American Dreamz

American Dreamz

Given the pedigree of its filmmaking team (About a Boy, In Good Company), I had high hopes for this satire of American pop culture and, more specifically, American Idol....

Vickie