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Cedar Rapids is a quirky comedy that crossbreeds two common cinematic staples: the mismatched buddy movie and the fish-out-of-water scenario. With elements culled from the mainstream smash The Hangover and the indie cult favorite Napoleon Dynamite,...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-02-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Miguel Arteta
Cast: Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, Anne Heche, ...
It's hard to actively dislike Cesar Chavez, Diego Luna's bio-pic of Cesar Chavez, the co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association. Chavez looms large in the pantheon of 1960s/70s Civil Rights activists and the movie gives him his due, attem...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-03-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Diego Luna
Cast: Michael Pena, Rosario Dawson, America Ferrera, ...
Me and You and Everyone We Know, the winner of a Special Jury Prize for "Originality of Vision" at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, feels like a throwback film to the American independent films of the early 1990s. Today, it's increasingly rare...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-06-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Miranda July
Cast: John Hawkes, Miranda July, Miles Thompson, ...
From the beginning, it's apparent that there's something "off" about Youth in Revolt. It's not that the film is fatally flawed, but the tone is uneven, the satire is blunt, the comedy rarely generates more than feeble laughs, and the lead characte...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-01-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Michael Arteta
Cast: Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, M. Emmett Walsh, ...