Movies starring Michael Cera
For roughly one hour, Barbie is a delightful journey into a satirical world of pastels and fluorescents, where everything is awesome and pink rules. With its Lego Movie inspired approach to bridging the “real world” with that of dolls and toys...
U.S. Release Date: 2023-07-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
Director: Greta Gerwig
Cast: Margot Robbie, Will Ferrell, Ariana Greenblatt, ...
We don’t see many movies like Gloria Bell these days. Simple, adult character studies with major stars have become a rarity in today’s movie climate. Gloria Bell is sedate in its approach – it tells a story but the narrative is devoid of ...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-03-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Drama
Director: Sebastian Lelio
Cast: Julianne Moore, Brad Garrett, Rita Wilson, ...
Juno may well be 2007's "Little Film That Could." You know the category - there's one every year. Last year's entry was Little Miss Sunshine. Word-of-mouth for Juno has been building since its World Premiere at the Telluride Film Festival in ear...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-12-05
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Jason Reitman
Cast: Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, ...
Although not as good as the brilliantly subversive The Lego Movie, The Lego Batman Movie offers a PG dollop of the same self-mocking humor that made Deadpool so successful. By rejecting the pervasive darkness that has shrouded the character since Tim...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-02-10
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Chris McKay
Cast: Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, ...
When it comes to using dialogue as a mechanism to drive a movie, few (not named David Mamet) are better than Aaron Sorkin with his rat-a-tat-tat approach and ability to craft monologues as living things. After having had a hand in writing some...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-12-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Drugs)
Genre: Drama
Director: Aaron Sorkin
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, ...
It's strange how the concept of two people wandering around a city at night falling in love has come of age in 2008. First, there was In Search of a Midnight Kiss. Now there's Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist. Of course, Richard Linklater can c...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-10-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Peter Sollett
Cast: Michael Cera, Kat Dennings, Ari Graynor, ...
Paper Heart is the latest in the so called "meta documentary" genre that mixes and tangles a fictional narrative with actual documentary footage. Like last year's American Teen, the ability to see the seams and sniff out the fictitious elements de...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-08-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Mature Themes)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Nicholas Jasenovec
Cast: Charlyne Yi, Michael Cera, Jake M. Johnson
It does not follow that a parody has to be funny but, in the case of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, the humor is there. A clever send-up of comic book and video games (circa 1990), this movie illustrates that writer/director Edgar Wright can rise to...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-08-13
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: ACTION/COMEDY
Director: Edgar Wright
Cast: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, ...
What if Quentin Tarantino collaborated with John Hughes on a teen comedy? Superbad is a decent approximation of what the result might be. As with Borat, there are no sacred cows here. The movie, produced by Judd Apatow, written by Seth Rogan & E...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-08-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Greg Mottola
Cast: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, ...
Two weeks ago, I wrote that, while watching Land of the Lost, I felt a sense of depression. That feeling revisited me during Year One, an inexplicably unfunny comedy made by two people who have proven they can do much better: director/co-writer Ha...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-06-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Harold Ramis
Cast: Jack Black, Olivia Wilde, Juno Temple, ...