Movies directed by Tom Shadyac
Certain ideas are excellent material for short features on programs like Saturday Night Live or In Living Color. Properly padded, it's possible that a few of those premises could even make passable 1/2 hour television programs. However, stretchin...
U.S. Release Date: 1993-02-04
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Mature Themes)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Jim Carrey, Courtney Cox, Noble Willingham, ...
Are a few good laughs worth wasting 100 minutes of time? For me, the answer is a resounding "No!" There are far more promising avenues to explore in the quest for laughter than the dead-end represented by Jim Carrey's latest endeavor, Bruce Almig...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-05-23
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman
Finally, a 2007 sequel that's demonstrably better than its predecessor! Alas, considering how bad Bruce Almighty was, that's damning with faint praise. The central problem with Evan Almighty is that the filmmakers pack too much plot into what sho...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-06-22
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, ...
While watching Liar Liar, it occurred to me that the chief problem with this film is that it has a script. If Jim Carrey had been unleashed without such silly, incidental constraints as plot and dialogue, who knows where things might have gone? A...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-03-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper, ...
Eddie Murphy does not make "comebacks", because, according to him, he hasn't been out of the spotlight. But, following three critical and box-office flops (The Distinguished Gentleman, Beverly Hills Cop III, and Vampire in Brooklyn), Murphy is hop...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-06-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett, Larry Miller, ...
What is the difference between a bad melodrama and a good one? The key lies in the emotional response. If the viewer feels that he or she is being forced into reacting in a particular way because of "button pushing," the film makers have erred. ...
U.S. Release Date: 1998-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Mature Themes)
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Daniel London, ...