Movies starring Kristen Bell
A Bad Moms Christmas is one of those plot-by-numbers sit-com movies that tries hard (perhaps too hard) to reproduce the elements that made the earlier film successful. As such, it never strays far from its safe place and, although it offers oc...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-11-01
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Scott Moore, Jon Lucas
Cast: Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, ...
At first glance, Burlesque appears to be a mostly de-sleazed remake of Showgirls, but perhaps that's a little on the cruel side. Unlike Showgirls, which was start-to-finish unpleasant despite all the nudity and campiness, Burlesque is sporadically...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-11-24
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: MUSICAL
Director: Steve Antin
Cast: Cher, Christina Aguilera, Eric Dane, ...
At the very least, it's necessary to respect what the filmmakers try to do with Couples Retreat, even if the end result isn't fully successful or satisfying. Their goal is to take the basic template for a raunchy sex comedy and change it up by ins...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-10-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Peter Billingsley
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Jean Reno, Carlos Ponce, ...
I wish I could be more positive about Fanboys because I understand what the filmmakers are trying to do. Their goal is to provide a Valentine to fanboys and fangirls worldwide - all those who devote themselves to an element of pop culture and ofte...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-02-06
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drugs, Nudity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Kyle Newman
Cast: Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, Dan Fogler, ...
With The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Judd Apatow succeeded in an endeavor that foiled many of the more accomplished directors to precede him: the merging of the romantic comedy, a quintessential "female genre," with the raunchy comedy, a quintessential "ma...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-04-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: ROMANTIC COMEDY
Director: Nicholas Stoller
Cast: Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, ...
For the briefest of moments, while watching Frozen, I felt like I was back in the early '90s, experiencing one of the memorable early "second wave" of Disney animated films. The sensation passed quickly - Frozen is, after all, in 3-D and uses CGI (...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-11-27
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck
Cast: (voices) Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, ...
For many years, Disney resisted the urge to craft big-budget sequels to popular animated films. During the “second wave” years of the 1990s, a cottage industry was born whereby cut-rate direct-to-home video follow-ups were made but the stu...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-11-22
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck
Cast: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, ...
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, ...
Pulse is the latest Japanese horror film to receive an English-language remake. Not having seen the original, I can't make comparisons, but I can state that this is the worst translation within the genre to date, outdistancing such worthy contende...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-08-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Jim Sonzero
Cast: Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian, ...
The classified ad reads: "WANTED: Someone to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. Safety not guaranteed. I have only done this once before. " To be clear, Safety Not Guarant...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-06-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Colin Trevorrow
Cast: Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake M. Johnson, ...