Casa de mi Padre
Will Ferrell commits 100% to this goofy, all-Spanish-language soap opera-cum-horse opera.
"...undistinguished center. The film is amusing but not wildly funny. Neither is it facetious toward its roots, instead deriving..."
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March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
SXSW Comedy
Really taking funny seriously
"...showcases (eight nights now), including some from high-octane presenters Funny or Die and Upright Citizens Brigade; afternoon performances during..."
March 9, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Code Name: The Cleaner
For anyone venturing to see this so-called comedy, it will be hard to remember that Cedric the Entertainer is actually funny. Or rather, he can be.
"...(The Original Kinds of Comedy, The Honeymooners) is actually funny. Or rather, he can be. In this entirely forgettable..."
Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton
Office Space
White-collar prisoners of the corporate office will recognize themselves in this very funny, Austin-lensed movie.
"...new wave of sophisticated, adult animation -- is wickedly funny and to the point. The storyline is something of..."
Feb. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Dead Man On Campus
"...as it might, Cohn's film just isn't all that funny. Dozens of throwaway gags elicit laughter that collapses in..."
Aug. 21, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Mr. Wrong
"...break his own finger. This could, I suppose, be funny if the writing were good, but it's not and..."
Feb. 23, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Will Ferrell's Anchorman needs more work behind the scenes.
"...get is more of the same from Ferrell – funny faces, goofy accents, pratfalls aplenty – and that ain’t..."
July 9, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Dogma
Kevin Smith manages to makes a film that both pokes fun at the Catholic Church and upholds the faith.
"...landscape that is quintessentially Smithean -- in other words: funny, profane, potty-mouthed, and celebratory of the “false idols” of..."
Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
"...Tippit. There are so many captivating characters, so many funny moments, and so much sweet affection in this movie,..."
May 1, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona
How to Be a Latin Lover
A middle-age lothario learns some life lessons
"...is a study in contrasts: It’s both sentimental and funny. The opening sequence offers a good sense of what..."
May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Mat Johnson on Writing
With his new novel, Loving Day, Mat Johnson finally owned up to the fact that he writes funny books
"...But we did mention that we enjoyed how damned funny his novels are – and what's up with that?..."
June 19, 2015 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
Seven Psychopaths
A knockout cast of oddball actors seize the reins in Martin McDonagh's smart comedy about dumb people doing really awful things.
"...of cancer. It's an amazing, nuanced, emotional, and drop-dead funny performance from an actor who too often gets written..."
Oct. 12, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Bachelorette
This comedy about four female friends on the eve of one’s nuptials is at times dangerously funny.
"...least in its first half – is a dangerously funny movie about four old college friends on the eve..."
Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Reno 911!: Miami
The gang from the Comedy Central show attend a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring break.
"...can state confidently that there is nothing here as funny as that time Deputy Garcia (Alazraqui) clubbed a mime..."
March 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Good Humor Man
Former 'Seinfeld' writer Pat Hazell is funny, upbeat, generous, and, oh, yeah, he lives here now
"...Where's the Funny?..."
May 26, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo
I Hope You're Happy Now
Andrew Bujalski, who wrote 'Funny Ha Ha' in Austin and wrapped it in Boston, on the film's unlikely fate
"...thinks this is the beginning of the end for Funny Ha Ha. And you might be excused for thinking..."
July 8, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons
Head of State
"...only the faintest glimmer of Rock’s talent for piercingly funny humor here, a shortcoming for which the comic can..."
April 4, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis
DysFunKtional Family
"...mom, but also because Griffin’s material just isn’t that funny. Like Richard Pryor (the film is an obvious homage..."
April 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2002
"...Directed by: Various. Come on, fellatio jokes are funny. Admit it. I did. I'd managed to avoid the..."
Jan. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Keeping the Faith
"...precise, and, more important than that, it's a genuinely funny film, a little Woody Allen, a little Going My..."
April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Love Stinks
"...another frivolous product of whiny male anxiety that's as funny as a sitcom but longer and more expensive. The..."
Sept. 10, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola
This Is Where I Leave You
Awfully likeable ensemble comedy.
"...a therapist’s couch. But when you put this many funny, empathetic actors in one room, a middlebrow entertainment is..."
Sept. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Arthur Christmas
The folks at Aardman Animation, who gave us Wallace & Gromit, seve up an instant – and funny – holiday classic.
"...titles come up, you're in good, competent, and refreshingly funny hands. Arthur Christmas is an inspired take on the..."
Nov. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Brüno
Sacha Baron Cohen's Brüno is less specific and less interesting than Borat – and therefore less funny.
"...and ends up being shallow, superficial, and only sporadically funny. It's certainly a far cry from the cultural beat-down..."
July 10, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
He's Just Not That Into You
A Baltimore-set romantic comedy roundelay based on a bestselling self-help book.
"...plucky tweener Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. There's some funny stuff here that doesn't involve degrading its female protagonists,..."
Feb. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Academy Award-Nominated Animated Shorts 2009
The Academy gets animated.
"...nominees, “Presto” (by Doug Sweetland of the U.S.), a funny and lovingly constructed cartoon about a magician and his..."
Feb. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Grand
There's some truly hilarious material (though not nearly enough) in this partially improvised movie about characters competing in a Las Vegas championship poker tournament.
"...Vegas championship poker tournament. A 20-minute package of those funny bits would be priceless, but at an hour and..."
April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Run Fatboy Run
Funnyman Simon Pegg stars in this soft and plodgy rom-com: Sadly, this by-the-numbers redemption tale careens uncomfortably from sentimentality to stomach-turning sight gags.
"...the lean meat of the fast, furious, and riotously funny Shaun of the Dead or even the popcorn fancy..."
March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Mutual Appreciation
Writer/director/actor Bujalski has been branded the “emo Cassavetes”: His movies have an astoundingly lifelike rhythm full of small moments that only add up to something bigger later on.
"...job and sleeping on somebody’s floor, and he’s understatedly funny about it. (“So, I don’t have any chairs or..."
Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
The Ladykillers
The Coen brothers remake a British comedy classic starring Tom Hanks in a flamboyantly love-him-or-hate-him performance.
"...rendered as a Vermeer painting. The Ladykillers is frequently funny, but the comedy doesn’t arrive from the situations in..."
