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17.12.10 # Movie Releases # 87 Comments30 Minutes Or Less
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Nick Swardson, Aziz Ansari
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Release Date: 12th August 2011
The director of Zombieland reunites with Jesse Eisenberg for this adventure-comedy about a small town pizza delivery guy who’s kidnapped by two wannabe criminal masterminds (Danny McBride and Nick Swardson) and forced to rob a bank, in 30 minutes or less. Enlisting the help of his ex-best friend (Aziz Ansari), he must deal with police, hired assassins, flamethrowers, and their tumultuous friendship, as the clock ticks down. The stage is set for a Pineapple Express-style madcap comedy. But it all sounds worrying close to this real life incident.
[Critics - 43%] [Public - 6.3/10] = {Ranked: 11th Best}
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Starring: Nick Swardson, Christina Ricci, Stephen Dorff, Don Johnson
Director: Tom Brady (‘The Comebacks’, ‘The Hot Chick’)
Release Date: 9th September 2011
Adam Sandler co-wrote this comedy about a small town grocery bagger (Nick Swardson) who discovers his conservative parents were once adult film stars. Armed with the belief that he has found his destiny, he heads out to LA, looking to make a splash in the biz. Once they are done laughing at him, they discover he just may have something to offer. I like a good porno comedy (see: Orgazmo), but the Sandler creative team behind this will probably be tempted to go too crude and obvious. Expect it’ll be for fans of Sandler-style humour only.
[Critics - 0%] [Public - 2/10] = {Ranked: Worst Of The Year}
The Big Year
Director: David Frankel
Starring: Owen Wilson, Jack Black, Steve Martin, Rosamund Pike, Anjelica Huston
Release Date: 14th October 2011
Three avid bird watchers compete to spot the rarest birds in North America at a prestigious annual event. The premise is amusing and the lead trio of Wilson, Black and Martin is quite appealing. They’ve all been guilty of phoning it in in recent years, but hopefully putting them together will create a competitive energy. The director of Marley & Me and The Devil Wears Prada doesn’t have any direct comedy experience, and is unlikely to play this heavily for the slapstick you might expect.
[Critics - 38%] [Public - 5.8/10] = {Ranked: 10th Worst}
Johnny English Reborn
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Gillian Anderson, Rosamund Pike, Dominic West
Director: Oliver Parker
Release Date: 28th October 2011
In the sequel to the 2003 action comedy, Johnny English returns from his ‘off the grid’ status to try and stop a plot by a group of international assassins to whack the Chinese premier and cause world chaos. Is there demand for a sequel? As much as there was for Nanny McPhee 2… This is from the writer of the terrible Mr. Bean’s Holiday and the director of St Trinian’s 1 and 2, but it still looks like a slight improvement on the first.
[Critics - 38%] [Public - 6.6/10] = {Ranked: 13th Best}
Tower Heist
Starring: Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Matthew Broderick, Casey Affleck, Téa Leoni
Director: Brett Ratner
Release Date: 4th November 2011
When a group of hard working guys find out they’ve fallen victim to a wealthy businessman’s Ponzi scheme, they conspire to rob his high-rise residence. This is obviously inspired by the real life Bernard Madoff scam. The movie was developed as an “African American Ocean’s Eleven” until Ben Stiller took the lead. Nice to see Eddie Murphy returning to an action-comedy that’s not for the kiddies. Brett Ratner directs.
[Critics - 69%] [Public - 6.5/10] = {Ranked: 9th 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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