Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta comedy. Mostrar todas las entradas
Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta comedy. Mostrar todas las entradas

I Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (45)

I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)

Country: USA

Director: Dennis Dugan

Probably the best intentioned film of the year, but it just falls into cliche and even offensive subjects. Adam Sandler, what a character, why does it feel like he has a movie out every month? But he's got charisma and that is shown at the box office. Credibility issues? Believe me, is the number one problem with the film. But let's ignore that, the execution of the film is so poor, the same old jokes, reminded me of the Mexican comedies during de 70s that would just make everyone fall or smash a cake and people would actually embrace that. The most touching aspect of the film is the way they are trying to help one of the kids, who seems to be gay, though it is never confirmed. I really loved how they managed to make those scenes so charming. Production wise, the film is boring, a step back for Sandler, visually... Jessica Beil is hot.

Mr. Bean's Holiday (45)


Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)
Country: England
Director: Steve Bendelack

First, I must confess I've never liked this character, I find him so irritant and so over the top. I decided to give this film a chance since some of my friends for some reason actually thought the film was smart? And, it really isn't Mr. Bean isn't smart, but that has never really been a problem with my dislike of the series. This movie is nothing but the same typical comedy intended to get descent amount of box office. I should say though, it really has a colorful and striking cinematography. And the music is also very well put together. At the end the film is flawed in every single way, the performances become as dull as it can get. The final scene is a disaster.
Was the director trying to to make a homage to "The 8th Hour" ?

Knocked Up (65)


Knocked Up (2007)
Country: USA
Director: Judd Apatow

I had been waiting for a this kind of comedy all year long, and even though I find it very irregular, it is the first comedy that I have liked this year. I was begining to think I was in somekind of depression, and turns out that I just had to wait for a film that was smart and touching, oh and yeah, funny. The editing of the film was horrible, but the performances and the screenplay do more than justice. This is the kind of comedy Hollywood should continue doing. The film tries too hard to embrace so many things abroad, and at the end it begins to weight a lot, that's probably the biggest problem of the film. But hey, it still is the best comedy of the year so far, I just have to say that it is very hard for a film to make me laugh, well, I laughed a lot this year watching the mexican film Cuando Las Cosas Suceden (When Things Happen), truly the worst film of the year, in a surprisingly descent year for Mexican cinema. 

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