Movies starring Rose Byrne
At first glance, it might appear that Irresistible is going to be just another political comedy generated by progressive-leaning filmmakers to salve the still-stinging wounds left by the 2016 election. However, for those expecting a hatchet-jo...
U.S. Release Date: 2020-06-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jon Stewart
Cast: Steve Carell, Chris Cooper, Mackenzie Davis, ...
What’s in a name? It would be disingenuous to assume that Nick Hornby was ignorant of the titillation value of calling something “Juliet, Naked.” However, to be clear, there’s nothing prurient about the movie. The title refers to a son...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-08-31
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Director: Jesse Peretz
Cast: Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Chris O’Dowd, ...
If there’s an obstacle to the potential box office success of X-Men: Apocalypse, it’s the growing sense of superhero movie fatigue. Counting Deadpool, this is the fourth superhero movie to reach screens in the last three-plus months. With...
U.S. Release Date: 2016-05-27
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, ...
It’s the same sad story: a small movie becomes an unexpected success and, for purely financial reasons, a sequel is commissioned. The follow-up proves not only to be creatively bankrupt but a disappointment on all levels and thereby tarnishes t...
U.S. Release Date: 2016-05-20
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nicholas Stoller
Cast: Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron, ...
Summer is the season of bloat and the trait is evident in Spy's excessive running length. At about 90 minutes, this would have been a fresh, breezy action-comedy. However, with an additional half-hour of padding, viewers are forced to endure stre...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-06-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Action
Director: Paul Feig
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Jason Statham, ...
Most remakes are unnecessary but Annie is a bigger offender than many. Reeking of redundancy, the film not only proves incapable of overcoming the inevitable sense of déjà vu but, despite a host of cosmetic changes, it fails to answer the questio...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: MUSICAL
Director: Will Gluck
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhane Wallis, Rose Byrne, ...
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, ...
Neighbors contains many of the qualities that make raunchy, profane comedies a popular commodity: sex, T&A, drugs, a barrage of four-letter words, and slapstick of the broadest kind. At first glance, one might be tempted to lump Neighbors into the ...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-05-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Nicholas Stoller
Cast: Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron, ...
Insidious: Chapter 2 illustrates that, regardless of his past success in the horror movie field, James Wan is not infallible when it comes to the genre. The second installment of what is likely to become a franchise is disappointing precisely becau...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-09-13
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: HORROR
Director: James Wan
Cast: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins, ...
Perhaps The Internship might have worked eight years ago, had it been released in the wake of the unexpected success of Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson's Wedding Crashers. (Emphasis on the word perhaps - this movie wouldn't have been any better in 200...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-06-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Shawn Levy
Cast: Vince Vaughn, John Goodman, Max Minghella, ...