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1.01.12 # Comedy Movies # 44 CommentsA Thousand Words
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Kerry Washington, Cliff Curtis, Clark Duke
Director: Brian Robbins
Out: 23 March 2012
After stretching the truth on a deal with a spiritual guru, a fast-talking literary agent (Murphy) finds a Bodhi tree on his property. Its appearance holds a valuable lesson on the consequences of what we say. Every word he speaks causes a leaf to fall and when the tree has lost all its leaves he will die. With just a thousand words left he better take his time and use them wisely… It’s a nice concept for a drama or a comic-drama, but judging from the trailer the broad execution looks pretty horrible. From the director of ‘Norbit’ and ‘Meet Dave’, I doubt that third time’s the charm. [Critics: 0%] [Public: 5.6] – Avoid
Goon
Starring: Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Liev Schreiber
Director: Michael Dowse
Out: 30 March 2012 (On-Demand: 24 February 2012)
Labelled an outcast by his brainy family, a dumb but loveable bar bouncer (Scott) is plucked from obscurity to be the enforcer for a minor league hockey team. Soon he’s leading the crew of underperforming misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way. From the director of ‘Take Me Home Tonight’, this is written by Evan Goldberg (‘Pineapple Express’) and Jay Baruchel. It feels very much like an independent rather than studio production, with a look that is sometimes a bit on the cheap side. I struggled to laugh, although it did improve toward the end. I’d say it’s overrated by critics and public alike. [Critics: 82%] [Public: 6.8] – Ranked: 7th Best
American Reunion
Starring: Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott, Chris Klein
Director: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Out: 6 April 2012
The whole gang from the first film return for their high school reunion. Since 1999, Jim and Michelle have married, Kevin and Vicky said goodbye, Oz and Heather grew apart, and Finch longs for the sort of adventure he found with Stifler’s mom. Now these lifelong friends have come home as adults to reminisce about, and get inspired by, the hormonal teens who launched a comedy legend. They all look too old to be doing the hormonal lusting thing but the writing and the performances are amongst the best in the series. It’s written from the perspective of being in your early 30s and you’re likely to enjoy it more if you’re of a similar age. [Critics: 43%] [Public: 6.9] – Ranked: 5th Best
The Three Stooges
Starring: Chris Diamantopoulos, Sean Hayes, Will Sasso, Jane Lynch, Larry David
Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Out: 13 April 2012
While trying to save their childhood orphanage, Moe, Larry, and Curly inadvertently stumble into a murder plot and wind up starring in a reality TV show. This is a reboot of the legendary comic trio with ‘Will & Grace’s Sean Hayes playing Larry, ‘Mad TV’s Will Sasso as Curly and the barely-known Diamantopoulos as Moe. This is a passion project for the directors of ‘Dumb & Dumber’ and it’s certainly made with a lot of love and attention to detail. In fact it’s a very good ‘Three Stooges’ movie. The problem is it looks very dated in 2012. See it if you have any affection for the original series or have a particular thing for old-school slapstick. If you’ve never watched a ‘Three Stooges’ then avoid it because you’ll probably hate it. [Critics: 52%] [Public: 5.1] – Mediocre
The Dictator
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Megan Fox, John C. Reilly
Director: Larry Charles
Out: 11 May 2012
The heroic story of a dictator (Cohen) who risks his life to ensure that democracy will never come to the country he so lovingly oppresses. Specifically, he is exiled to New York after being secretly replaced by a lookalike goat herder. The project is inspired the romance novel Saddam Hussein wrote, ‘Zabibah and the King’, which was a story about a nice dictator 1300 years ago, but was really about himself. The movie is scripted, rather than another mockumentary like ‘Borat’ or ‘Bruno’, though it comes from the same director. I would have liked to have seen him stay as a dictator for longer (he is dethroned after 15 minutes) and cause trouble on the world stage, instead of working in a health food shop and falling in love. But it still has a lot of decent laughs and some edgy social commentary. [Critics: 58%] [Public: 6.5] – Ranked: 9th Best
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Starring: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson
Director: John Madden
Out: 25 May 2012
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel experience nevertheless begins to win them over in unexpected ways. Not a gut-busting laugh but if you’re slightly older then this is a charmingly funny comedy-drama worth seeing. [Critics: 77%] [Public: 7.2] – Ranked: 6th Best
I’m up for The Watch mostly cause my friend plays the alien and he’s funny as hell.
A Fantastic Fear of Everything grabs my interest … but that’s about it. Everything else feels done before.
Ooh, Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro in a movie together again? That alone makes Silver Linings interesting, I thought Limitless was great.
2012 comedy movies I want to see more than anything: The Dictator, The Watch, The Campaign.
I hadn’t heard about ‘Jeff Who Lives At Home’ but it sounds my kind of film.
You say that Simon Pegg is weaker the further away from himself he plays. I thought he was pretty good in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. What do people think? Is the MI part very like the real Simon Pegg?
When’s Hot Fuzz coming out in the theatres? I heard it’s a really great movie, and would sure like to see it. Anyone know anything about it? Surely going to be up in the best of 2012.
And what about 2012? Heard that’s good too, and coming out this special year.
If anyone knows anything about these, would be great.
Hot Fuzz is an old movie and i think the only way to see it is to rent it or download it but its hilarious!
How come Exotic Marigold Hotel isn’t on the list? I saw a trailer for it yesterday and it looked like a comedy to me. It’s got a great cast – does anyone know anything else about it?
Went to see Best Exotic Marigold Hotel on Saturday. It has an amazing cast and a passable story line (I was reminded a bit of a Richard Curtis type-film with all the interweaving love plot lines) but I wouldn’t class it as a great film. It didn’t require much brain power (which was nice after a long week at work), but equally I didn’t leave the cinema thrilled.
21 jump street best moive ever!!!, must see!!!. I love it and its also crack up
That’s My Boy was awesome! Found myself laughing every 2 minutes in the show.
how did barbra streisand get in a movie
Nativity 2.
It’s going to be epic. David Tennant playing the Martin Freeman role. Superb.
ou maan American reunion-Stifler still has it LOOOVE IT and 21 Jump street loool must watch ou maan n the Dictator hahaha epic
Seven phsycopaths…. !
The Dictator… so incredible!
that movie is so F____ awesome and funny
TED a must watch ! …hahahaha ..so funny
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