Posts filed under 'Comedy'
FONZY- 2014. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “José Garcia plays Diego Costa, who, 20 years ago, using the nickname Fonzy, regularly donated his sperm for research purposes. Now aged 42, Diego delivers fish for his family’s firm, and lives like a fun-loving teenager. But when his girlfriend Elsa announces she’s pregnant, his past starts to catch up with him.”
6/20/14- Critical review was only slightly better than audience reviews and that’s not saying much. The movie sounds like 2 others this year. TRDB.
Tags: Comedy, drama
June 20th, 2014
THE AMAZING CATFISH- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “While recovering from appendicitis, an isolated young woman forms a bond with her hospital roommate, a mother of four with a poor prognosis.”
6/13/14- The few reviews I saw were all good but none were very good. TRDB.
Tags: Comedy, drama
June 16th, 2014
OBVIOUS CHILD- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “After being fired from her job and dumped by her cheating boyfriend, a comedian bottoms out and has a drunken one-night stand with a nice guy who’s not her type. Weeks later, she finds out she’s pregnant.”
6/6/14- Very good reviews, including the review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
6/23/14- I liked this movie very much– I’d call it a “slice of life” romantic comedy. TRDB.
Tags: Comedy, Romance
June 8th, 2014
LUCKY THEM- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “Seattle music journalist Ellie Klug is ordered to write a feature on her ex-boyfriend, celebrated musician Matthew Smith, who disappeared 10 years earlier, but her reluctant mission is complicated by the presence of Charlie, an amateur documentarian.”
5/30/14- Good reviews. TRDB.
10/9/14- A bit flimsy but fun never-the-less. TRDB.
Tags: Comedy, drama
May 30th, 2014
FILTH- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “An arrogant, corrupt cop who believes he’s the only competent person in his department sees a recent murder case as a path to promotion. But the investigation brings the deluded officer into a rendezvous with reality that he’s wholly unprepared for.”
5/30/14- Mixed reviews– more positive than negative. The NY Times did not like it. TRDB.
Tags: Comedy, drama
May 30th, 2014
THE GRAND SEDUCTION- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “The cash-strapped burg of Tickle Cove must persuade a doctor to move to town if they want a plastics manufacturer to build a new factory there. But selling the advantages of the tiny Newfoundland village to a young professional won’t be easy.”
5/30/14- Good reviews from audiences and mixed reviews from the critics. TRDB.
10/20/14- Suspend reality and you may be able to enjoy this comedy. If it’s “take it or leave it”– leave it. TRDB.
Tags: Comedy
May 30th, 2014
WORDS AND PICTURES- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “A picture is worth a thousand words — or is it? That’s the question prep school students must answer as their teachers egg them on in this diverting romantic comedy starring Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche as the instructors who spark the debate.”
5/23/14- Weak reviews. TRDB.
Tags: Comedy, drama
May 24th, 2014
THE LOVE PUNCH- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “Richard and Kate might be divorced, but they still share a retirement nest egg. So when it goes missing, they go after the financier they hold responsible by staging a heist on the Côte d’Azur.”
5/23/14- Weak reviews. TRDB.
Tags: Comedy, drama
May 23rd, 2014
LILA, LILA- 2014. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Popular German actor Daniel Brühl plays David Kern, a socially awkward waiter who works a dead end job in a chic cafe. One day he stumbles upon the biggest break of his life, an unpublished manuscript which he finds in a jammed nightstand drawer.”
5/23/14- Weak reviews. TRDB.
12/21/14- I enjoyed the movie. It certainly was not a great tale but very good acting made the movie. I especially liked the final book reading at the end. TRDB. Netflix.
Tags: Comedy, drama
May 23rd, 2014
GRAND DEPART- 2014. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A tender coming of age story of two brothers thrown into turmoil by their father’s declining health, GRAND DÉPART reveals a young man looking to his future, while struggling with his past. Between his domineering brother Luc (Jérémie Elkaïm) and his incorrigible father (César winner Eddy Mitchell), Romain (Pio Marmaï) finds that he can’t go on being the boy who does what is expected of him.”
5/23/14- Weak reviews in general. The NY Times sort of liked it. TRDB.
Tags: Comedy, drama
May 23rd, 2014
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