Movies in the Comedy genre

Despite having a skinny running time of about 90 minutes, Strays may win the championship for most instances of profanity in a major motion picture. (I’m sure someone will run the statistics at some point.) It’s also a very funny movie. Profan...

Scott Hastings (Paul Mercurio), one of Australia's best ballroom dancers, is targetted for a number of championships until he abandons the Dance Federation's rigid steps in favor of his own moves. Horrified by his unorthodox behavior, his partner,...

Stuber is as bland and generic a mismatched buddy action-comedy as you’re likely to find. The screenplay, credited to Tripper Clancy (no relation to Tom), is less a fully formed story than a series of checked boxes. Movies of this sort norma...

Stuck, like many in the thriller/comedy genre, has difficulty handling the tonal shifts between humor and suspense that exist within its framework. That's not to say the movie fails - there are times when it is bitingly funny and times when its bl...

Submarine arrives in the United States due in large part to the championing of Ben Stiller who, despite having only the briefest of cameos on-screen, leant his considerable star power to the film's marketing. It's one of those funny, charming comin...

The Substance is a batshit-crazy horror/comedy film that offers a modern take on The Picture of Dorian Gray while eviscerating Hollywood’s obsession with youth and beauty. Although the film goes off the rails during its third act (not necessaril...

Wow. Just wow. Every year, movie theaters bring us their share of surprises – both good and bad. Suburbicon goes immediately to the front of the line of contenders for the most disappointing film of 2017. George Clooney, the Coen Brothers, M...

Summer ’03 is a coming-of-age story characterized by comedy-infused drama and a decidedly female point-of-view. The time period can be deduced from the title but, excepting the way cars and cellphones look, things weren’t that different 15...

There has been much discussion and debate recently about the simplistic and juvenile handling of characters in female-oriented motion pictures, with perhaps Confessions of a Shopaholic being the poster child for what's wrong with many of these movi...

17 years in the making…was it worth the wait? I suppose that depends what the wait was for. Super Troopers 2, the crowdfunded sequel to 2001’s Super Troopers, appears to have been designed predominantly for those who contributed to its bud...