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Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury (2011) – Review

February 21, 2012 in Comedy, Reviews

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3 Stars

Let me get it out of the way upfront, I laughed frequently throughout this spoof of a movie within a movie. I didn’t expect much from the comedic duo of Kevin Sorbo and Danny Trejo, neither man had proven to have even limited gifts in the arena of comedy. Sorbo is a revelation. His deadpan delivery amongst zaniness was first glimpsed in Meet the Spartans, but here Sorbo is more at ease and has better writing to work from. This peculiar sketch film is part Tropic Thunder and a bit Black Dynamite, if those were directed by the Zucker Brothers and Wayans.
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A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011) – Review

February 21, 2012 in Comedy, Reviews

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2 1/2 Stars

A third round of spaced out hijinks from the maestros of marijuana, only this go around is holiday themed. Harold and Kumar are estranged after life has taken them in very different directions. Kumar is a med school drop out content with smoking his days away, while unburned with the knowledge he is to be a father in nine months time. Harold is a reformed stoner now married to a latin woman and desperately trying to conceive a baby. The intervening years haven’t been kind to the pot smoking duo each has a new best friend that serves to irritate and cause jealousy amongst the other. The silly plot involves the Christmas Eve search for a twelve foot tree to replace the one Kumar burnt down with a joint delivered from Santa. It’s that kind of movie.
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Jack and Jill (2011) – Review

February 20, 2012 in Comedy, Family, Reviews

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1 1/2 Stars

The newest Adam Sandler vehicle cast the popular comedian in dual roles. Playing both a male and female character, Sandler goes the route of other comedians like Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence and Dustin Hoffman in playing a homely woman. However in this instance his alter-ego Jill is a Jewish New Yorker prone to negativity and constant befuddlement with technology and Southern California culture. Sandler speaks in a nasally high pitch that recalls the voice he used on his platinum selling comedy album They’re All Going to Laugh at You back before he was a movie star.
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48 Hrs. (1982) – Review

December 8, 2011 in Action, Comedy, Reviews

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3 1/2 Stars

Walter Hill’s 48 Hrs. is a modern classic most fondly remembered for being the impressive film debut of Eddie Murphy. The comic genius of Murphy aside, this is a violent crime thriller with atmospheric cinematography by Ric Waite, a rousing score from James Horner and top notch direction from Hill. Many point to this as the beginning of the ‘Buddy Cop’ sub genre and even the ‘High Concept’ film; each are valid arguments. However unlike the hundreds of sub-par imitations and variations that followed in its wake, 48 Hrs. is well written and acted.
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18 Year Old Virgin (2009) – Review

December 2, 2011 in Comedy, Reviews

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2 1/2 Stars

18 Year Old Virgin is the story of a virgin (surprise!) who’s 18 years old (surprise again!) and desperately wants to loose it to the guy of her dreams. Katie Powers just might get that chance if her friend Rose has anything to say about it. Rose convinces Katie to go for it with Ryan at a senior grad party. One problem though, Ryan won’t sleep with another virgin after having a bad experience filled with drama. OMG Katie, looks like your dream guy is going to slip through your hands (I’m not sure why that came out like a line from Gossip Girl), luckily Rose is there with a great idea. Katie just has to loose her virginity, then she can get with Ryan (way to go Rose!). But there’s a time limit, Ryan is leaving tomorrow!!! This party is Katie’s last chance to make it with the guy that she shared a magical kiss with as kids. Can she become the kind of girl that has sex at a high school party? Is Ryan even her true love? Will she loose her virginity tonight at all? Find out as she tries and fails in many funny and nudity filled situations.
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Without Men (2011) – Review

November 21, 2011 in Comedy, Reviews

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1 Star

What would the world be like if it were run by women? That’s the premise of this misguided so called comedy that is actually the first entry in a new sub genre; Latina lesbian romantic comedy. This ridiculous and offensive film is filled with competent actors and actresses that deserve a whole lot better than this trite material.
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The Change-Up (2011) – Review

November 14, 2011 in Comedy, Reviews

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3 Stars

The Change-Up is another in a long and undistinguished line of films that center on the plot premise of a body swap. An uninspired opening act introduces us to Dave (Jason Bateman), a responsible family man on the verge of making partner in his law firm, and Mitch (Ryan Reynolds), a pot smoking layabout who fancies himself an actor on the brink of stardom. Things get better when the two attempt to preform the everyday duties in each other’s lives. The writing from Hangover scribes Jon Lucas and Scott Moore is groan inducing until the second act when the switch occurs and from thereon the script is littered with enough gags and amusing one-liners to float this uneven comedy to the finish line.
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Big Trouble in Little China (1986) – Review

November 6, 2011 in Action, Comedy, Reviews, SciFi

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3 1/2 Stars

“You know what ol’ Jack Burton always says in a time like this?” Enjoy the camp. Kurt Russell is Jack Burton in John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China. Jack Burton is a truck driver that stops in San Francisco’s Chinatown and hooks up with his friend Wang Chi (Dennis Dun). The two men head off to pick up Wang’s fiancée at the airport, but things go terribly wrong. A Chinatown gang led by an ancient supernatural being, David Lo Pan (James Hong), kidnaps Wang’s fiancée. Burton is dragged into a supernatural war between good and evil. However, Burton doesn’t go into the fight alone, he has Gracie Law (Kim Cattrall) providing moral support and good-guy magician Egg Shen (Victor Wong) as back-up.
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Boy Toy (2011) – Review

November 1, 2011 in Comedy, Reviews

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2 Stars

Boy Toy is the teen sex comedy (to be fair everyone’s in their thirties) version of Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo minus the heart warming charm. Jake (John White – Erik Stifler from the straight to video American Pie flicks) has no money and no job. His best friend and current roommate Ronnie (Dov Tiefenback) is fed up with his lackadaisical lifestyle which mainly consists of sleeping with a new girl every night in Ronnie’s bed, forcing him to take the couch in his own house. Ronnie’s landlord finds out that Jake’s been staying there and demands more money. Jake makes a promise to get the necessary cash, and when their friend Mouse (Vivian Bang) brings up the idea of male escorts Jake hops on board. Soon he’s moved up to the big leagues and working for Barbra (Morgan Fairchild), who keeps him in the green with a steady flow of clients. After starting a yoga class and falling for the instructor, Norah (Mircea Monroe), it’s easy to see where this movie is going. Will Jake become a one girl kinda guy? The odds are good he will.
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Mardi Gras: Spring Break (2011) – Review

October 25, 2011 in Comedy, Reviews

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2 1/2 Stars

Mardi Gras: Spring Break follows the classic comedy formula for three college guys going on a trip to party. Two are hopeless with the ladies, while the third is currently in a relationship, but is able to go with his friends because of some circumstance with his girlfriend (in this case she tells him her grandfather died and she needs to be with her family). One is chubby, gross and overly loud yet somehow his spurning of the other two to party like there’s no tomorrow comes off as somewhat endearing in the end. Naturally the guy with the girlfriend learns that she’s not what he thought and winds up hooking up with his true soulmate (aaawww). Everybody learns a lesson or two and we’re all the wiser for taking this trip with these now proven great friends. I could have been describing any number of films, and that’s what earns Mardi Gras a solid two and a half stars but keeps it from going up that extra notch to three.
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Not Another Not Another Movie (2011) – Review

October 18, 2011 in Comedy, Reviews

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2 1/2 Stars

Not Another Not Another Movie is not a straightforward spoof of spoof movies, instead the filmmakers have decided on a mockumentary approach. This fake documentary covers the rise and fall of a simple production assistant at a failing low budget studio as he makes his way to the director’s chair. Randy loves his job as a PA and his next door neighbor Wendy, but spoof movies are in his nightmares, literally. Randy mans up though, when he’s given the chance to direct his own movie, a spoof idea that he himself accidentally put forward. Sprinkle in some cameos from big name actors such as Burt Reynolds, Chevy Chase, Michael Madsen, Vinnie Jones, Richard Tyson and Wolfgang Bodison, some of which play themselves and others take joking stabs at the real person behind the character (Michael Madsen as Lester Storm replies “Kill Bill” when asked what’s the greatest martial arts movie). Will Randy get his movie made and save the studio? Can he get Wendy’s hand in marriage?
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Chick Magnet (2011) – Review

October 18, 2011 in Comedy, Reviews

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1 1/2 Stars

Chick Magnet is a raunchy sex comedy about a bunch of losers who can’t get, or keep girls. Phil’s wife is divorcing him, which is no surprise seeing as he has no job, no future and is kind of a dick to her. She kicks him out and he moves in with two college buddies, Chuck and Yanni. Chuck just got back from a tour in Iraq that ended with him losing a butt cheek in battle. Yanni is a little fatty. Now we know why they can’t get women, unless they’re very drunk and without their inhibitions. Then, out of the blue, a guy shows up with a shirt that makes the wearer irresistible to women (basically they’ll lose all inhibitions and do whatever sex stuff the guys want).
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Zookeeper (2011) – Review

October 13, 2011 in Comedy, Reviews

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2 Stars

Zookeeper‘s tagline should have been Hitch With Animals, because there’s truly no better description for this low rent Night at the Museum wannabe. Produced by Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison, Zookeeper continues Sandler’s current flare for family friendly comedic movies. Unfortunately it delivers a boring boy wants girl because she’s drop dead gorgeous on the outside, and then finds out he doesn’t want her because she’s ugly as sin on the inside. Head zookeeper Griffith Keyes, played by funny man Kevin James (Hitch), struck out with his proposal to the beautiful Stephanie, played by Leslie Bibb, years ago. When she pops back into his life because of his friend’s wedding the animals at his zoo spring into action to stop him from leaving. They reveal that they can speak to Griffith and begin to help him with getting the girl.
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Lucky (2011) – Review

October 12, 2011 in Comedy, Drama, Reviews

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2 1/2 Stars

Lucky is an independent dark comedy about a serial killer who accidentally wins the lottery and earns a chance to win over his lifelong crush as well. While an interesting premise, the combination of serial killer with romantic comedy doesn’t always work, but the two worlds do play off one another fairly well. Collin Hanks (Orange County) is the ever lucky Ben. After killing a woman who recently purchased a lottery ticket, his mother finds it in his dirty car and turns it in for the prize of $36 million. This attracts the attention of the girl across the street, Lucy, whom he’s had his heart set on since childhood. Comedy ensues (or tries to) as Lucy soon learns of Ben’s little secret during their honeymoon. Can she keep the murders covered up long enough to cash the lottery check and get out of Dodge? Or will their marriage end up working out after all?
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The Trip (2010) – Review

October 11, 2011 in Comedy, Documentary, Reviews

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2 1/2 Stars

This docu/comedy hybrid is extremely pleasing for the majority of its elongated running time. Comedians Steve Coogan and working partner Rob Brydon travel the English country side together enjoying fine food/drink while verbally sparing and comparing celebrity impersonations. After being assigned to review a number of restaurants for a magazine column, Coogan invites his pal Brydon along for the seven day journey. Neither man seems particularly happy to be spending this amount of time with each other. The level of wit and sarcasm the pair repeatedly lobby at one another is the most amusing aspect of this peculiar film.
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Living Will… (2010) – Review

October 6, 2011 in Comedy, Reviews

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2 1/2 Stars

Once you get past the strangeness of seeing Ryan Dunn playing a ghost opposite his friend that opened the movie wearing a “Don’t Drink and Drive” T-shirt, Living Will… is surprisingly watchable. Don’t be led astray by the dvd cover, Bam Margera only has a cameo role that is hardly worth mentioning. His involvement is fitting though, as the Jackass crowd should connect with and enjoy the film.
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American Loser (2011) – Review

October 5, 2011 in Comedy, Reviews

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2 Stars

Originally titled Trainwreck: My Life as an Idoit (that’s not a typo) and made in 2006, American Loser has finally found its way to video store shelves. This is a Lions Gate release and the retitling plays off the American Pie good will earned by star Sean William Scott in hopes of attracting some sales. The original title is far more fitting and descriptive than the latter, not to mention it’s based on Jeff Nichols’ memoirs of the same name. The title change mis-sells the film as an all out comedy, which while it has its moments, the film is more of a downer than anything else.
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Hollywood Sex Wars (2011) – Review

October 4, 2011 in Comedy, Reviews

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1 1/2 Stars

Paul Sapiano’s second time in the directorial chair spawns a sophomoric comedy lacking both the tact of a Judd Apatow production and the witty dialogue of a Kevin Smith script. Hollywood Sex Wars is a poorly constructed excuse to show plenty of T and A (there’s a poor excuse for that?) without any sort of intelligence getting in the way. The plot of the movie pits a group of unsuccessful-in-the-bedroom men (one glance at any of these gentlemen and you’ll know why) against an organized group of physically beautiful women. No one in either group has any level of intelligence, this includes the leaders, which impacts on the like-ability of the characters.
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Barely Legal (2011) – Review

September 27, 2011 in Comedy, Reviews

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1 1/2 Stars

WARNING: The following review is for a film that is almost soft-core porn. I’m sure some of you are turning away already, but not out of any moral dilemma. This simply isn’t the Barely Legal you were searching for. (“Ahhh, only soft-core, damn”)

Barely Legal is a disappointment after a string of decent teen sex comedies from The Asylum. The film tries to hard with the t and a forgetting that what makes these little comedies great is their soft under belly (actually plenty of soft and hard under bellies here). The characters are incredibly unengaging and had this been a horror film, you wouldn’t care one way or another if they got killed off (actually, you’d hope for it). Barely Legal is about a girl threesome of seventeen year olds who are turning eighteen, live in a giant mansion, and all decide to loose their virginities at their big birthday bash (honestly this is so commonplace in the real world, I know I’m getting tired of being invited to these kind of shindigs). Read the rest of this entry →

Showtime (2002) – Review

September 21, 2011 in Comedy, Reviews

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2 Stars

If twenty years ago you had suggested that Robert De Niro and Eddie Murphy would headline a comedy. Particularly if said film was a PG-13 rated satire of reality television. You’d have been thought to be crazy. Unfortunately thats just the cinematic gift audiences were graced with in the fall of 2002. That Showtime was a dud at the boxoffice was no surprise, that Murphy then escaped back to children’s film territory was the biggest fallout of this strange pairing.
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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) – Review

August 23, 2011 in Comedy, Reviews

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3 Stars

Picking up directly after the events of the first film Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay sends our bumbling stoner dudes to Amsterdam with stops in Cuba, Miami and eventually Texas. This is the kind of goofy gigglefest that has the gumption to include a sequence in which our protagonists get high with former president George W. Bush (a spot on impersonator) and a visit to an incestuous family of farmers hiding a mongoloid (and very horny) offspring in the basement. This second installment in the increasingly funny series follows the cross-country adventures of the pot-smoking duo as they try to outrun authorities who suspect them of being terrorists after being arrested for sneaking a bong on board their flight to Europe.
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Take Me Home Tonight (2011) – Review

August 22, 2011 in Comedy, Reviews

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No Stars

Take Me Home Tonight is an insipid so-called comedy void of laughs, interesting characters or a coherent screenplay. The stars do what they can with the material and almost rise above the mess of a movie they are stranded in. It’s no wonder this turd sat on the shelf collecting dust for four years before a blink-and you missed it theatrical run. To be quite honest this film is lacking in so many departments that it’s not in releasable shape. The story revolves around Matt Franklin (Topher Grace) an M.I.T. graduate turned video store clerk. It seems poor Matt has been pinning for his high school crush for almost a decade. Then serendipitously she walks into the store where he works and an awkward scene follows in which Matt pretends to be a customer rather than an employee all while lying about his career and social lifestyle. This meet-cute leads to an invitation to a party being thrown by Matt’s nemesis and supposed hilarity ensues. Unfortunately for the actors and viewers the film is unfunny, amateurishly written and directed with notably bad lighting throughout.
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The Flintstones (1994) – Review

August 5, 2011 in Comedy, Family, Reviews

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3 Stars

This live action big budget spectacular is probably the best adaptation that could be made from a one joke cartoon series that mocked domestic traditions and corporate politics in America during the 1950s. John Goodman is perfect in the lead role as Fred Flintstone loyal employee at the gravel pit and best friend to his coworker and sidekick Barney Ruble (Moranis). Also well cast are Rosie O’Donnell and Elizabeth Perkins as Wilma and Betty their spot on impersonation any very amusing. Admittedly the film is aimed at the young set whom are likely to eat it up, the colors are vibrant the tone is pleasant and the jokes are smart enough to amuse older audience members as well.
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Couples Retreat (2009) – Review

August 2, 2011 in Comedy, Reviews

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3 Stars

This romantic themed comedy dealing with four couples whisked away to a tropical paradise in order to better develop their relationships may sound trite in the plot description. However the solid and funny screenwriting by Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn and Dana Fox is what keeps Couples Retreat afloat even when the story gets a little corny. The absolutely stunning location shooting in Bora, Bora adds to the majestic beauty and overall good vibe that is built between the charismatic and very appealing cast members. When news hits that Jason (Bateman) and Cynthia (Bell) are headed to a special progressive therapy designed to save marriages their friends aren’t exactly eager to tag along. Until a power-point presentation on the joys of the tropics convinces them otherwise. Dave (Vaughn) and Ronnie (Akerman) are overworked parents juggling home improvements and family responsiblities. Joey (Favreau) and Lucy (Davis) are highschool sweethearts long gone sour on one another and Shane (Love) and his new girlfriend Trudy are together for sex and not much else. Read the rest of this entry →

Bridesmaids (2011) – Review

July 21, 2011 in Comedy, Reviews

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3 1/2 Stars

Finally, around a month after its release, I got around to seeing Bridesmaids and let me tell you, I’m happy I did. I’m even happier that I saw it in theaters as the laughter of others made the experience all the greater. These days, comedies really do not interest me, except for the ones with Judd Apatow involved. I find the humor more intelligent in Apatow films and like the bigger heart and message they tend to have. Thankfully, Apatow produced this movie. Bridesmaids, stars Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph, two of Saturday Night Live’s finest. Also featured are Chris O’Dowd, Rose Byrne, and Melissa McCarthy, definitely in her breakout role. Read the rest of this entry →

Grandma’s Boy (2006) – Review

June 23, 2011 in Comedy, Reviews

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3 1/2 Stars

Eternally juvenile video game developer (Allen Covert) is booted out of his apartment and forced to move in with his 1950′s era grandmother. All of the Adam Sandler role players are present in this goofy, and periodically raunchy comedy that features both a masturbation scene and a message that grandma’s are cool people too. Seriously funny throughout its entire running-time with a couple of winning preformances from it’s talented cast of comedians.
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Wild Wild West (1999) – Review

June 22, 2011 in Action, Comedy, Family, Reviews, SciFi

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2 Stars

Fresh off the box office smash Men In Black director Barry Sonnenfeld and star Will Smith re-teamed for this big-screen revival of the beloved television show. All of the major creative forces behind MIB are employed here yet oddly Wild Wild West lacks everything that made the previous collaboration so amusing; namely a funny script and sense of comedic timing. Too many lame joke courtesy of a limp-dick script credited to writers S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock, Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman lay flat on the screen to the point of actually feeling sorry for the talented actors.
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No Strings Attached (2011) – Review

June 20, 2011 in Comedy, Reviews

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1 1/2 Stars

The latest from heralded veteran director Ivan Reitman is a misguided so-called romantic comedy (term used loosely here), featuring two leads will very little chemistry. Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman are Adam and Emma friends who believe they can maintain a strictly physical relationship without emotional attachments. Of course one becomes enamored with the other and wants more while the partner pulls away only to come to their senses in a soppy final scene. The only novel twist in the entire script is that Emma is the one who is constantly talking Adam out of a relationship. Usually in stereotypical Hollywood writing it’s the female that longs for the security of partnership so credit must be given for at least mixing things up. Unfortunately every other aspect of the story is trite. Most developments are so telegraphed that set-ups established early on have no real payoff on an emotional or comedic level.
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Dodgeball (2004) – Review

June 20, 2011 in Comedy, Reviews

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3 Stars

A group of misfits and freaks lead by Vince Vaughn enter a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament in order to save their cherished local gym from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain. The thin premise is highlighted by a hysterical performance from Ben Stiller as a egomaniacal feather haired health freak. His character is solely responsible for some of the film’s biggest laughs. A slew of celebrity cameos are littered throughout and each is surprisingly well used notably David Hasselhoff as the coach of the German team.
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Beautiful Girls (1996) – Review

June 20, 2011 in Comedy, Drama, Reviews

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4 Stars

Ted Demme’s Beautiful Girls is a masterpiece pure and simple. The screenplay written by Scott Rosenberg is full of so many authentic moments it feels like our lives and friends have been observed for material. The story takes place in an unidentified town on the East Coast. Will (Hutton) has come home from NY to attend his ten year reunion and check in with the group of friends that he abandoned when he left to purse a career in music. His crew is made up of character actors Noah Emmerich, Michael Rapport, Max Perlich and Matt Dillon, it’s an absolute credit to the casting decisions made by Demme that the chemistry works so well within the group. Each supports the other in obscure ways and every individual gets a moment to deliver extended monologues.
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