InAPPropriate Comedy

Sketchlike comedy from the likes of Rob Schneider, Adrien Brody, and Lindsay Lohan.

"...Ari Shaffir. Not reviewed at press time. This sketch comedy promises to be inappropriate. Matching up The Pianist Oscar-winner..."

March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Moontower Comedy 2019: Emma Willmann

Opening up the comic behind Secret Keepers Club

"...her their salacious life stories. Ahead of her Moontower Comedy Festival performances, she shared some (slightly less) salacious stories..."

April 24, 2019 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

Review: Oddball Comedy Festival

The very blue tour finale was beautifully, shamefully funny

"...lucky or zealous enough to have attended both Oddball Comedy and Curiosity Festival shows at the Austin360 Amphitheatre over..."

Sept. 24, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

The New Girls of Comedy

'Mom' and 'Trophy Wife' signal the next era of television

"...It’s interesting how characterizing a TV comedy as “broad” has evolved into a culturati slight...."

Oct. 22, 2013 Screens Post by Aleksander Chan

Getting Gleefully Inappropriate in Call Me Brother

Christina Parrish stars in the locally produced, subversive rom-com

"...said, 'Do you know that you're writing an incest comedy?' I was like, 'Oh, that's why it's so weird,..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Raunchy Comedy With Sacred Cows in Its Sights

Drafthouse Films imports the Danish-made 'Klown'

"...The intricacies of cross-cultural home invasion comedy aside, Klown, which for the record was produced by..."

July 27, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Son of the Pink Panther

"...Sixties-style kidnap caper. It's a tad complicated for the comedy's sake, but with its yacht assault, helicopter getaway, little..."

Sept. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Stepford Wives

Remake will quickly go from an idea that's misbegotten to a movie that's completely forgotten.

"...the film’s mediocrity on these problems. It’s an ill-conceived comedy whose battle-of-the-sexes plot appears dated and out of touch...."

June 11, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

This Means War

Reese Witherspoon, Tom Hardy, and Chris Pine star in this romcom about two CIA agents who fall for the same gal.

"...William Shatner-esque onscreen persona in this spy vs. spy comedy thriller. As one half – the horndog, seductively badass..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Re-Education of Molly Singer

Back-to-school comedy updates the curriculum for modern laughs

"...suggestion of sexual tension: Luckily, since the specter of age-inappropriate relationships were dealt with using this particular gender dynamic..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Bob Byington's filmed-in-Austin, indie comedy takes place over decades as a guy wanders through life with (scene-stealing) coaching from his best friend, played by Nick Offerman.

"...In Bob Byington's anti-romantic comedy Somebody Up There Likes Me, characters get married, divorced,..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

"...Whoopi Goldberg and Michael Pagan. Blessed is the romantic comedy that doesn't take the all-too-predictable cravings of the human..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Edina and Patsy hit the big screen with mixed results

"...such a good idea to inflate the brilliant British comedy of bad manners Absolutely Fabulous into a feature-length film?..."

July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Welcome to Me

Kristen Wiig stars in this odd comedy about a mentally unbalanced woman

"...not sure if it wants to be an uncomfortable comedy or wry drama. The film stars Kristen Wiig, who..."

May 8, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Troublemaker Wants No Trouble in Texas vs. 'Machete Kills'

Director Robert Rodriguez distances himself from incentives suit

"...That’s what one of the production companies behind 2013 action-comedy Machete Kills argue in their lawsuit against five current..."

March 19, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Endless Love

New era, same old story: young passions, forbidden love, and parents who just don't understand.

"...is 17. Shields truly was the poster child for inappropriate adolescent (and preadolescent) lust, having played a 12-year-old prostitute..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Who's Laughing Now? Drafthouse Films 'Klown' Set for July Release

Drafthouse Films third release forthcoming

"...that they have acquired Klown, Danish director Mikkel Nørgaard's bizarro-comedy that had them puking in the aisles -- in..."

May 2, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Going the Distance

Drew Barrymore and Justin Long explore the difficulties of long-distance relationships in this rom-com.

"...distance, that is. The film is a wan romantic comedy about the difficulties inherent in long-distance relationships and touches..."

Sept. 3, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hausu (House)

This 1977 Japanese film is a surreal, indefinable piece of horror/comedy, a must-see film for lovers of the inscrutable, the grotesque, the funky, and the eccentric.

"...beyond the pale: a surreal, indefinable piece of proto-Japanese horror/comedy that was made in 1977 (it was director Obayashi's..."

May 21, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Management

This romantic comedy about a saleswoman and her stalker strains credibility.

"...Sue – “courtesy of management.” It’s totally awkward and inappropriate, but before you know it, a permitted touch leads..."

July 3, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shaadi No. 1

In a country famous for its exhaustively over-the-top filmmaking, India’s Shaadi No. 1 is an extreme case: a maddeningly manic comedy-romance painted in vibrant shades of neon pink and Day-Glo violet.

"...No. 1 is an extreme case, a maddeningly manic comedy-romance painted in such vibrant shades of neon pink and..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Obsession: Fleabag

Snarky British comedy mines the prick in all of us

"...her childhood home, the titular character of British dark comedy Fleabag whips back around to her father, who's standing..."

May 10, 2019 Screens Column by Beth Sullivan

SXSW Film Review: Before the Sun Explodes

A weird and crazy night in West Hollywood

"...such uncertain territory: between “manic pixie dream girl” romantic comedy and stalker thriller...."

March 15, 2016 Screens Post by Michael Agresta

Argylle

Bryce Dallas Howard and Sam Rockwell get into double-identity spy trouble

"...be trying for a second with Argylle, a wild action-comedy that dabbles in meta comedy without ever going full..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Call Me Brother

Austin-made incest comedy is more Dogtooth than American Pie

"...Brother, she knew it was dirty. Her incestuous coming-of-age comedy is meant to be awkward, push buttons, and feel..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Freaky

Vince Vaughn is screamingly funny in this Freaky Friday horror remix

"...takes a certain amount of chutzpah to make a comedy-horror version of body-swap family classic Freaky Friday and then..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Holliston' / 'Knights of Badassdom'

A double bill of Joe Lynch genre comedies

"...(Game of Thrones) and Summer Glau (Firefly) in a comedy about live action role play (LARPing.) Plus it's directed..."

April 12, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sweet Home Alabama

"...mostly shot in stand-in (Sweet Home) Georgia. But not inappropriate, because that confusion -- over where exactly home is..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

"...soundtracks, he's retooled the original into a woefully inept comedy that features himself as the Chosen One, a young..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Emma

"...of Austen's fourth novel effectively conveys the moments of comedy that seem an unavoidable part of Emma Woodhouse's carefully..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

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