Articles tagged "paul rudd"

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Over Her Dead Body

by Barbara Herman

[22.May.08] :. Its humor is, to put it kindly, unsophisticated, and forms the backdrop to a love story that feels like being stuck on an awkward first date.

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Apr.08] :. In Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Rachel is initially uninterested in Peter's story. It is, after all, the same story, again.

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Over Her Dead Body

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Feb.08] :. The premise of Over Her Dead Body is Eva Longoria Parker, dead.

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Knocked Up

by Andrew Gilstrap

[26.Sep.07] :. Taken as a straightforward comedy, Knocked Up is extremely satisfying. Taken as a more serious meditation on adulthood and priorities, though . . .

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The Ten

by Jesse Hassenger

[7.Aug.07] :. Despite the sight gags, recurring characters, amusing references, and genuine chuckles it elicits, The Ten is more exercise than tour de force.

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Diggers (2007)

by Shaun Huston

[30.Jul.07] :. Diggers is a small, flawed gem of a film.

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Reno 911!  - Miami (2007)

by Michael Buening

[9.Jul.07] :. Rather than continue to play off their stock traits, the writers and cast of Reno 911!: Miami should have used the new locale to reveal deeper abysses of their ineptitude and richer shadings of their hypocrisies.

Knocked Up (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Jun.07] :. While the Pete and Ben romance is based in their similarities, their most moving discovery is their unconditional devotion to the differences embodied by girls.

Night at the Museum (2006)

by Bill Gibron

[16.May.07] :. A digital love letter to the fine art of F/X, a celebration of promotion and publicity, and a lot of misguided arrogance.

Clueless: Whatever! Edition (1995)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[30.Aug.05] :. When I first read I just thought, this is funny. This was by the lady who directed Fast Times and apparently they had the girl from the Aerosmith videos in it.

The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)

by Samantha Bornemann

[26.Aug.05] :. Here, a one-note title evolves into a 3-D landscape of guffaws and awws.

Runaway Daughters (1994)

by Steve Horowitz

[14.Apr.05] :. It is your basic road movie, tracking three teenage girls who fake being kidnapped, steal a car, and skip town.

Anchorman—The Legend of Ron Burgundy Giftset (2004)

by Dan Devine

[10.Jan.05] :. Will Ferrell's comedy is escapism as abstract art, a breathless retreat into the frenetic headspace of a 12-year-old boy.

p.s. (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[5.Nov.04] :. Simultaneously affectionate, startled, yearning, and anxious, Laura Linney and Topher Grace make awkwardness into art.

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Jul.04] :. Sputtering, Ron cites scientific fact to support his outrage: 'You're just a woman, with a small brain.'"

The Shape of Things (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.May.03] :. This version of Neil LaBute's ongoing project is crisp and aggressive, occasionally alienating or annoying, that is, effectively unlike other movies.

Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

by Stephen Tropiano

As both a parody and a 'straight' summer camp comedy, 'Wet Hot American Summer' has little to offer even the most die-hard crude comedy fans.