Movies directed by Jay Roach

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Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me

The title character's "mojo" isn't the only thing missing from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Also absent are the freshness and spontaneity that characterized the original. Those characteristics have been replaced by lame and obvious atte...

Run Time: 1:35
U.S. Release Date: 1999-06-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Jay Roach
Cast: Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Michael York, ...
Austin Powers in Goldmember

When Mike Myers and Jay Roach introduced the world to Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery in 1997, their intention was to make a one-off spoof of James Bond movies and '60s culture. The movie did okay at the box office, then exploded in po...

Run Time: 1:30
U.S. Release Date: 2002-07-26
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Jay Roach
Cast: Mike Myers, Michael Caine, Beyoncé Knowles, ...
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Through the years, there have been many big-screen attempts to satirize James Bond, from the terrible misfire Casino Royale to the recent, even-worse Spy Hard. In between, even the "official" Bond series got in on the act -- during the Roger Moore...

Run Time: 1:29
U.S. Release Date: 1997-05-02
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Jay Roach
Cast: Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Robert Wagner, ...
Bombshell

As a dramatic re-creation of the events leading up to the July 2016 ouster of Fox News honcho Roger Ailes, Bombshell is effective cinema. However, for those familiar with the situation (either from reading about it or following it contemporane...

Run Time: 1:48
U.S. Release Date: 2019-12-20
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Jay Roach
Cast: Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, ...
Dinner for Schmucks

There's something a little "off" with Dinner for Schmucks. The premise, borrowed from Francis Veber's 1999 French farce, The Dinner Game, hasn't improved significantly as a result of its translation into English. The film is sporadically amusing ...

Run Time: 1:55
U.S. Release Date: 2010-07-30
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Jay Roach
Cast: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Stephanie Szostak, ...
Meet the Fockers

I am not a fan of Meet the Parents, the 2000 film that introduced Ben Stiller to the joys of having an ex-CIA agent as a potential father-in-law. The movie is too much like a sit-com, although, as a counterbalance, it offers several big laughs. Me...

Run Time: 1:55
U.S. Release Date: 2004-12-24
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Jay Roach
Cast: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, ...
Meet the Parents

What has happened to Robert De Niro's career? Once referred to as one of the top working American actors, De Niro has seen his talents wasted countless times in recent years as he has chosen one bad project after another. The list of titles reads...

Run Time: 1:47
U.S. Release Date: 2000-10-06
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Jay Roach
Cast: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Blythe Danner, ...