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Out: 8 April 2011
Director: Jason Winer
Starring: Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner, Greta Gerwig
A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman his family doesn’t like. Remake of the ’81 Dudley Moore getting-drunk comedy. Oddly Helen Mirren will be playing the John Gielgud role, as Arthur’s ‘butler’. The director’s best known for TV series ‘American Family’, the screenwriter wrote ‘Borat’/'Bruno’/'Alan Partridge’. Not sure Hollywood can do a comedy about a drunk any more, it’s too un-PC, hopefully it won’t spend half the movie apologising for it. [Critics: 26%] [Public: 5.7/10] = {Ranked: 8th Worst}
Hobo With A Shotgun
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Brian Downey, Gregory Smith
Director: Jason Eisener
Release Date: 6th May 2011
A homeless man (Rutger Hauer) arrived in a crime-ridden city and turns vigilante, blowing away crooked cops, pedo’ Santas, and other scumbags with his trusty pump-action shotgun. Based on the winning fake trailer in the international contest to promote Grindhouse in 2007. Today, the actual trailer isn’t nearly as funny as the fake one, however this is sure to make for cult viewing. Can’t believe they actually made this movie. [Critics: 66%] [Public: 6.3/10] = {Ranked: 10th Best}
Bridesmaids
Out: 13 May 2011
Starring: Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy
Director: Paul Feig
Two feuding bridesmaids (Kristen Wiig & Rose Byrne) battle over how to plan their friend’s wedding. Unlike ‘Bride Wars’, this isn’t sappy or girly girly. Reviews are enthusiastic, comparing it to a female The Hangover. Produced by Judd Apatow and directed by Paul Feig, who last worked together on ‘Freaks And Geeks’. Kristin Wiig is one of the best comedy actresses around, she co-wrote this, and it’s her highest profile movie role to date – which is a good thing. [Critics: 90%] [Public: 7.0] = {Ranked: 2nd Best}
The Hangover Part II
Out: 26 May 2011
Director: Todd Phillips
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong
The gang are heading to Thailand for dentist Stu’s wedding. It’s rumoured that the plot somehow involves his accidental involvement with a Thai ladyboy. The first movie deserved its success, working as both a laugh out loud comedy and fun, unpredictable mystery. In order to keep the original characters in this one (including the Korean gangster), and have the scenario repeat itself, expect unlikely coincidence to be pushed well beyond where it was in the first movie. [Critics: 35%] [Public: 6.6/10] = {Ranked: 13th Best}
Submarine
Starring: Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Sally Hawkins, Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine
Director: Richard Ayoade (TV’s The IT Crowd)
Release Date: 3rd June 2011
[Critics: 87%] [Public: 7.3/10] = {Ranked: 5th Best}
Bad Teacher
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Jason Segel, Lucy Punch
Director: Jake Kasdan
Release Date: 17th June 2011
Follows a hilarious foul-mouthed, money hungry teacher (Diaz) who, after being dumped by her sugar daddy, begins to woo a colleague (Timberlake) – a move that pits her against a well-loved teacher (Punch). Jason Segal plays Diaz’s roommate. Director Jake Kasdan has a pretty good track record of amusing, slightly subversive films – Zero Effect, Orange County, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. The problem will likely be Diaz who has to play an off the wall badgirl and carry a comedy movie, can you remember the last time she made you laugh out loud?
[Critics: 44%] [Public: 5.7/10] = {Ranked: 14th Best}
Your Highness, 30 Minutes or Less and The Muppets are my top three most anticipated I guess. Hopefully one of the ones not on my radar will surprise me though.
Most of em look funny. Hangover 2 would probably be my top pick.
yeah man,hangover 2 it ROCKS!!!!:)
I didn’t think hangover 2 is really that good hangover 1 is the best one out of the two
hangover 2 is really funny.. you might also want to watch hall pass..
You forgot to list Just Go With It.
Didn’t forget, it’s in the 2011 Romantic / Romantic Comedies list. Seemed to fit better there.
Muppets, Hobo With A Shotgun and Paul are my top 3. The Johnny English sequel is my potential guilty pleasure.
The only ones that look funny to me are those that I enjoyed other movies in the line. Namely Paul, adore Simon Pegg, The Muppets, and Harold and Kumar. Of course they could disappoint and be nothing like past movies. Overall it seems like sad sequels and formula movies that will make 2011 ‘s comedy movies the same as every other year. Universal themes are a good thing, but beating a knackered horse just gets old.
Johnny English sequel, can’t wait. The first was great.
OMG!!! i can’t wait for the hangover 2..i wanna c it soo bad(((:
The first hangover was definitely a laugh! Hangover partII is a must see, can’t wait to watch it #BP
I’ve seen hangover 2…its too joke’zz ,ove itt !!!
2011 comedy movies I want to see more than anything: Muppets + Harold & Kumar 3.
comedy movies aren’t all that good anymore, just full of cheesy lines fueled by profanity and nothing more than sexual promiscuity that ranges from stupid and unrealistic ideas about relationships to gross, and…well more gross. My point is if you look at past films such as Dumb and Dumber- there’s probably many others- you’ll realize that creativity isn’t what it always used to be.
I’m not saying some comedy films aren’t funny, I’m just saying that they lack ‘originality’, that something SPECIAL that makes you laugh and wonder at how funny silliness and humor can be without resolving to FOUL MOUTH AND PLAY with…well GROSS, since every other film is like that anyway. Just my opinion, Later!
Every era has had its terrible comedy movies, what happens is time filters out the best and the rest ‘vanish’. So it may seem like there was a decade of high quality, with, say, Airplane and Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but it’s just that all of the other terrible movies from then are no longer available.
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas 3D will rock all movies of comedy in 2011
My top looks like this:
* Hangover 2
* Hall Pass
* Your Highness
* The Muppets
* Cedar Rapids
* Larry Crowne
Hall Pass, Take Me Home Tonight, and Your Highness, but Paul is up there too. For me anyway.
Haha all comedies up until hangover 2 have bombed. So much for 2011 being the year of comedy.
just go wit it is cool and hall pass
horrible bosses was my favorite comedy movie of 2011 so far. your highness and bridesmaids were also great. looking forward to 30 minutes or less and the muppets
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