Religious satire is still shaky ground even in modern films, but imagine the protests back in 1979 with Life of Brian. Taking the Bible and satirizing key moments through unknown Brian is brilliance, and in the hands of the Python’s a film classic.
It’s almost impossible to replicate the style the Python’s use for laughs. Literally, [...]

Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac could star in anything together, letting their charm carry the entire film. Soul Men was built with these two actors in mind, and there’s no question they’re the reason this road trip movie is a success.
Soul Men isn’t the type of comedy that is willing to take chances. Co-writers [...]

Starting your career with Dumb & Dumber sets an awfully high standard. Amazingly, the Farrelly Brothers have managed to keep their career going with some classic comedies, even if they never conquered the brilliance of Dumber.
Jim Carrey is at his comedic best, saddled with Jeff Daniels as his partner in stupidity. These two incredibly loveable [...]

Anger Management teams up Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson, that being enough reason alone to watch. In typical Sandler movie fashion, this is a goofy, dumb comedy, though lacking the typical laugh quota his films usually provide. In fact, had it not been for Nicholson, there wouldn’t be anything at all to this one.
Sandler plays [...]

Mr. Woodcock commits the cardinal sin for comedies. It’s just not funny. While it offers laughs, they’re spaced erratically and not worth the payoff. The goofy slapstick and Billy Bob Thornton’s character are mildly amusing, but the rest of this film from director Craig Gillespie falls flat.
Thornton plays the abusive gym teacher Jasper Woodcock. His [...]

It’s amazing how lenient the MPAA can be. Take Zack and Miri Make a Porno for instance. Dangerously close to a NC-17, the film contains everything a porno could short of actual sex acts.
Starring Seth Rogen (Zack) and Elizabeth Banks (Miri), this crude romantic comedy has the pair struggling for money and deciding that porn [...]

With all the classic films in the Fox library that could have been released on Blu-ray, the studio chose… National Security? This buddy cop disaster was released in 2003 but feels locked in 1992, from its humor to its action. There’s nothing here to recommend unless you’d like to see Eric Roberts in painfully colored [...]

With a rabid fanbase, The Simpsons Movie was a success the moment it was greenlit. The opening weekend draw would have been enough to make it a resounding financial success regardless of quality, and thankfully, that’s not the route the film took. While it doesn’t revolutionize the series or characters, the gags are non-stop with [...]

With the ever increasing level of raunch in comedies, it has to be hard to one up all of the competition. Sex Drive doesn’t necessarily overcome its competitors, but it does take to the usual standard for sex comedies. The unrated cut is an entirely different story.
Nothing about Sex Drive is original. Josh Zuckerman plays [...]

Role Models doesn’t come from the Apatow school of comedy despite the same tone and feel. Instead, this one is helmed by David Wain, previously directing the comedy Wet Hot American Summer. Despite rudimentary storytelling, Role Models is saved by the actors and an undoubtedly funny script.
Paul Rudd plays Danny, a sarcastic, unlikeable jerk going [...]