Articles Posted in the " Comedy " Category

  • Lucky Luke

    James Huth’s French language Western is big, colourful and deeply silly. Sitting somewhere between Blazing Saddles and the Milky Bar adverts, Lucky Luke has all the right ingredients but none of the structure or depth to support itself as anything other than a cartoonish comedy. But with a cast boasting the likes of Jean Dujardin (in the days before he was George Valentin), and a whole lot of silly gags, you might find Lucky Luke a fun way to spend a couple of hours.


  • Casa de mi Padre

    Will Ferrell flexes his language skills and breaks out the bootlace ties for this Spanish-language action/comedy mezcla. Ever wanted to see some of Mexico’s most critically acclaimed actors charge around like they’re in a dire 70s soap opera whilst Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite says “I like bitches” over and over again? YOU’RE IN LUCK! Dodge the bullets and the dud gags and you’ll find plenty to enjoy here.


  • American Reunion

    JESUS don’t you miss the 90s? Back when simple things like sexism, homophobia, genuinely discomforting criminal activity weren’t yet tropes to be satirised, but instead Hilarious Jokes For Films With Jokes In? When boys were boys, girls were semen-buckets, people were desperately young and nothing mattered except the people being desperately young and buckety forever? Thank God then that American Reunion is here to remind us all that the golden era is alive and well. And when we say GOLDEN era, we probably mean WEEING ON YOU or something LOL cos of YELLOW and that’s how, you know, DUDE YOU KNOW IT


  • Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

    Looking for a challenging piece of angsty art house grime that will change the way you think about the universe and your place within it? Stop being so serious, can’t you? Down a mogadon smoothie and go and see Salmon Fishing In The Yemen instead. It’s got fish in it.


  • Damsels in Distress

    Whit Stillman’s campus comedy centres on a group of quirky female friends and the collection of loser boys who are making their lives hell. Veering from moments of well-crafted realism to irritating quirkiness, Damsels in Distress is a frustratingly directionless film which is lifted almost solely by the winning performance of its lead, Greta Gerwig.


  • Murder By Decree

    The unsolved mystery regarding the identity of Jack the Ripper has plagued mankind for decades. You know who might have stood a shot at solving it? Sherlock Holmes. Cue ‘Murder By Decree’, which tosses the famous detective into the fray and gives us an elementary solution to the unsolvable murders…


  • ID: A

    All the hallmarks of a good thriller are here, but ID: A lacks the originality (and a good title) to stick in the memory. The leading lady’s a joy to watch though, and not just because she’s cute… which she most definitely is.


  • Shadow of the Sword

    Cliched performances, shallow characters and a patchy narrative. Still, it involves medieval torture and the Spanish Inquisition, so there’s at least something to see here.


  • Booked Out

    Overbearingly quirky Brit indie which aims for life affirming zaniness but lands several miles on the wrong side of cutesy irritation.


  • 21 Jump Street

    What do you get when you mix a re-hashed 80s teen drama, a deeply unoriginal “fish outta water” scenario, yet more bloody buddy-cops and Channing “meat face” Tatum trying to be funny? A sparky, self-aware, genre-flipping and consistently entertaining comedy-action fest, where LOL veteran Jonah Hill takes a back seat to that bloke out of Dear John. Honestly, we’re as surprised as you are.