Movies in the Comedy genre

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Arthur

It's amazing how a lifeless, pointless remake can provoke pangs of nostalgia about a mediocre movie. Such is the case with Arthur. The kindest thoughts I have ever experienced about the 1981 original occurred while I was watching Russell Brand and...

Run Time: 1:50
U.S. Release Date: 2011-04-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Jason Winer
Cast: Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Greta Gerwig, ...
Asteroid City

It takes about ten seconds to identify Asteroid City as a “Wes Anderson movie” and that’s arguably the movie’s Achilles Heel. Anderson’s style and approach have become so baked-into his projects that they threaten to overwhelm the materi...

Run Time: 1:44
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-08-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Nudity)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, ...
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 Those characteristics have been replaced by lame and obvious atte...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, ...
Avenue Montaigne

Sometimes movies don't have to be complicated. They don't have to "say" anything or espouse a particular philosophy. There doesn't have to be a deeper meaning beyond exploring slices in the lives of several unpretentious characters. Such is the c...

Run Time: 1:46
U.S. Release Date: 2007-02-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Daniéle Thompson
Cast: Cécil De France, Valérie Lemercier, Albert Dupontel, ...
Away We Go

It may be fair to consider Away We Go as Sam Mendes' penance for Revolutionary Road. The director's late-2008 Winslet/DiCaprio reunion was an immersion in bile - an acidic trip underneath the placid exterior of mid-20th century suburbia to a rot t...

Run Time: 1:35
U.S. Release Date: 2009-06-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: John Krasinski, Melanie Lynskey, Chris Messina, ...
Baby Mama

It has become a time-honored tradition that stars of Saturday Night Live, upon graduating from the no-longer-funny late night show, elect to spread their wings and strive for cinematic greatness. With a few notable exceptions, most have crashed an...

Run Time: 1:36
U.S. Release Date: 2008-04-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Michael McCullers
Cast: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, ...
Babymakers, The

Two elements comprise a comedy: content and composition. The first relates to what the joke is about; the second refers to how the joke is told. Good humor can be ruined by bad composition - think of someone who tells a "funny story" but messes up ...

Run Time: 1:38
U.S. Release Date: 2012-08-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Cast: Paul Schneider, Olivia Munn, Kevin Heffernan, ...
Bachelorette

Sometimes a movie is so good it makes me glad I'm in the business of writing reviews. Bachelorette is not one of those. Sometimes a movie is so bad it makes me want to go into seclusion and never see another film. Bachelorette is one of those. ...

Run Time: 1:32
U.S. Release Date: 2012-09-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Lesley Headland
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan, Isla Fisher, ...