Category: Comedy
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Genre: Comedy Director: Frank Oz Screenwriters: Dale Launer, Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning Rating: 88% Year: 1988 Length: 1h 52m Summary: Two conmen who live off women battle it out for the right to a work a wealthy Riviera town. Main Actors: Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly Nice Bits Two men who cheat rich women for a living are somehow made hilarious by two…
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I Love You to Death
Genre: Dark Comedy Crime Director: Lawrence Kasdan Screenwriter: John Kostmayer Rating: 56% Year: 1990 Length: 1h 37m Summary: A betrayed wife tries to kill her cheating husband … again and again, and he doesn’t even notice. Main Actors: Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, Joan Plowright, River Phoenix, William Hurt, Keanu Reeves Nice Bits Kevin Kline manages to make the (anti)hero extremely likeable, even though he causes…
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Don Juan DeMarco
Genre: Romance Comedy Drama Fantasy Director: Jeremy Leven Screenwriter: Jeremy Leven Rating: 74% Year: 1994 Length: 1h 30m Summary: A young man is convinced he is the legendary lover Don Juan, so a psychologist has to talk him out of it. Instead, he starts believing that he might be right. Main Actors: Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, Marita Geraghty Nice Bits This is a real…
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Galaxy Quest
Genre: Comedy Scifi Director: Dean Parisot Screenwriter: David Howard, Robert Gordon Rating: 89% Year: 1999 Length: 1h 42m Summary: the washed out ex stars of a 70s scifi TV show are out of their depth when called upon to help real aliens. Main Actors: Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Sam Rockwell Nice Bits If you’re a fan of Star Trek, or anything like it, this…
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A Fish Called Wanda
Genre: Romance Director: Charles Crichton Screenwriter: John Cleese, Charles Crichton. Rating: 93% Year: 1988 Length: 1h 38m Summary: American jewel thieves in England con a stuffy barrister to help them find the hidden loot. Main Actors: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin Nice Bits The best of British and US comedy acting comes together for this riotous story.…
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Clockwise
Genre: Comedy Director: Christopher Morahan Screenwriter: Michael Frayn Rating: None Yet Year: 1986 Length: 1h 36m Summary: A punctuality obsessed high school principle is running late for the most important event of his life. Main Actors: John Cleese, Penelope Wilton, Alison Steadman, Stephen Moore Nice Bits From one simple idea comes an increasingly funny story, one of John Cleese’s first successful films after the…
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Love Actually
Genre: Comedy Romance Director: Richard Curtis Screenwriter: Richard Curtis Rating: 63% Year: 2003 Length: 2h 15m Summary: An uplifting collection of love stories show contrasting results, coming together at the end. Main Actors: Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Rowan Atkinson Nice Bits This is a lovely ensemble film, and I can’t imagine why the critics didn’t like it. Perhaps it was…
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Dave
Genre: Comedy Romance Director: Ivan Reitman Screenwriter: Gary Ross Rating: 95% Year: 1993 Length: 1h 50m Summary: a Presidential look alike has to pretend to be the President when the real one is laid low by a stroke. Main Actors: Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Ving Rhames Nice Bits I never thought I’d ever enjoy a film about politics, but this…
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The Gods Must be Crazy
Genre: Comedy Adventure Romance Director: Jamie Uys Screenwriter: Jamie Uys Rating: 95% Year: 1980 Length: 1h 49m Summary: A Coke bottle drops from the sky in front of a Kalahari bushman, and it almost destroys his tribe. Main Actors: Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo, N!xau, Jamie Uys Nice Bits This is a hilarious comedy which gently pokes fun at our Western way of life, while…