Comedy

Comedy Movie Reviews

Project X

Director Nima Nourizadeh Staring Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper and Jonathan Daniel Brown Rating MA Score 2/6 3 high school seniors throw a birthday party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads. It was great to see that so many young actors…

Demoted

Director J.B. Rogers Staring Sean Astin, Michael Vartan, David Cross and Billy West Rated MA Score 1/6 What goes around comes around for a pair of prank-playing tire salesmen who find themselves placed in secretarial jobs by their put-upon boss. I’d like to think that I am actually able to spot all dodgy movies based…

Young Adult

Director Jason Reitman Staring Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson and Patton Oswalt Rating MA Score 0/6 Soon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend, who is now happily married and has a newborn daughter. Getting to the end of this of movie…

Ted

Director Seth MacFarlane Staring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis and Seth MacFarlane Rated MA Score 5.5/6 As the result of a childhood wish, John Bennett’s teddy bear, Ted, came to life and has been by John’s side ever since – a friendship that’s tested when Lori, John’s girlfriend of four years, wants more from their relationship.…

One for the Money

Director Julie Anne Robinson Staring Katherine Heigl, Jason O’Mara and Daniel Sunjata Rated M Score 6/6 Unemployed and newly-divorced Stephanie Plum lands a job at her cousin s bail-bond business, where her first assignment puts her on the trail of a wanted local cop from her romantic past Okay, for those of you out there…

The Guard

Directed by John Michael McDonagh Staring Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle and Mark Strong Rating MA Score 6/6 An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is teamed up with an uptight FBI agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring. Compared to any other ‘Crime’ movie that I have seen in recent years the Guard is…

A Few Best Men

Directed by Stephan Elliott Staring Laura Brent, Xavier Samuel and Kris Marshall Rated MA Score 5/6 David and Mia meet and fall in love during a holiday romance. After a week, David proposes and they plan to marry in a few days. David goes home to England and gets his three best friends to return…

Hank and Mike

Directed by Matthiew Klinck Staring Thomas Michael, Paolo Mancini and Chris Klein Rated MA Score 6/6 Two blue-collar Easter Bunnies get fired and try their hand at an assortment of odd jobs, failing at each. Fighting depression, debt and eventually each other, their lives start to unravel until they realize that without their job they…

Eliminate: Archie Cookson

Directed by Robin Holder Staring Paul Rhys, Claire Skinner and Georgia King Rating M Score 6/6 When stolen secret tapes land on his desk, a washed up British spy, Archie Cookson, becomes the target for a psychopathic hit-man sent to retrieve them. For years, we have been bombarded with spy thrillers that follow in the…