Movies starring Dax Shepard
It has become a time-honored tradition that stars of Saturday Night Live, upon graduating from the no-longer-funny late night show, elect to spread their wings and strive for cinematic greatness. With a few notable exceptions, most have crashed an...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-04-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Michael McCullers
Cast: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, ...
For an action comedy, it's generally advisable that the movie be (a) exciting, (b) funny, or (c) both of the above. In the case of Hit & Run, the unfortunate choice is (d) none of the above. A slow, meandering misfire of a movie, this co-directoria...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-08-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION/COMEDY
Director: David Palmer, Dax Shepard
Cast: Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper, ...
Two words that come to mind when considering The Judge are generic and predictable. It's also well-intentioned and earnest (perhaps to a fault). There are some good scenes and instances of strong acting but the project as a whole is so familiar tha...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-10-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: David Dobkin
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Billy Bob Thornton, ...
This Is Where I Leave You is a card-carrying member of the "family reunion" category of motion pictures wherein circumstances bring together characters whose once-close relationships have grown distant over the years. The mechanism by which this ha...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-09-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: Shawn Levy
Cast: Jason Bateman, Dax Shepard, Timothy Olyphant, ...
Those who were regular viewers of Veronica Mars recognize there's an immense wellspring of charisma available to Kristen Bell that she has thus far been unable to tap in her post-Mars career. When in Rome, despite being a standard-order romantic c...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-01-29
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Cast: Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Alexis Dziena, ...
Want to know why Paramount Pictures is struggling? Watch Without a Paddle and you'll gain some insight. At least the film understands what it is, as is indicated by the steaming pile of excrement that appears 2/3 of the way through the proceeding...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-08-20
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity, Violence, Drugs)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Steven Brill
Cast: Matthew Lillard, Seth Green, Dax Shepard, ...
Calling Zathura the "space version of Jumanji" wouldn't be far off. Like the 1995 film, this movie is based on a children's book by celebrated author Chris Van Allsburg in which a group of people plays an amazing board game. (Van Allsburg doesn't...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-11-11
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Profanity)
Genre: ADVENTURE/SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Jon Favreau
Cast: Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo, Dax Shepard, ...