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The Paper Tigers. #3. The Paper Tigers blends action, comedy, and heart to produce a fresh martial arts movie with plenty of throwback charm. Three martial artists--notorious in their prime as "the three tigers"--have grown into middle-aged men one kick from a pulled muscle.... Starring: Alain Uy, Ron Yuan, Mykel Shannon Jenkins, Jae Suh Park.
- The Suicide Squad
- Luca
- Days of The Bagnold Summer
- Licorice Pizza
- Baby Done
- Plan B
- Riders of Justice
- Shiva Baby
- The Mitchells vs. The Machines
- The Worst Person in The World
By now, fans know to expect a good amount of irreverent humor whenever they go to see a James Gunn movie. As fun as Gunn has been in the MCU, it was a thrill to see him get to play with a big-budget R-rated movie like The Suicide Squad. The R-rating not only allowed for some wild violence but also some boundary-pushing humor. From darkly comedic mo...
Not only does Pixar's Luca feature one of the best movie friendships of 2021, but it also provides a lot of big laughs. The family-friendly animated adventure follows a pair of young sea monsters who explore the human world on the surface. The literal fish-out-of-water story is a perfect setup for the kind of energetic and clever comedy set-pieces ...
It is always fun to find an underseen comedy that received a positive reception from critics. Days of the Bagnold Summercould be one such movie from 2021. The English comedy follows a reserved librarian who attempts to connect with her metalhead son when he's stuck at home for vacation. RELATED: 10 Best Movies Of 2021, According To Rotten Tomatoes ...
Paul Thomas Anderson is one of the most acclaimed filmmakers, known for intense movies like There Will Be Blood. However, he also has a lighter side which he embraced wonderfully in the coming-of-age comedy Licorice Pizza. Set in California in 1973, the movie is an engrossing and hugely entertaining story of young love. It is the kind of movie that...
There were a number of solid baby-centric comedy movies in 2021 and Baby Doneis one of the best. The English comedy follows a young couple who find out they are going to have a baby and set about preparing for the life-changing event in very different ways. Critics hailed the movie as a light and funny look at a subject that can be filled with tens...
The buddy teen comedy has been a staple of the comedy genre for years, though these movies have largely been male-centric. Plan Bhas a lot of fun going from a female perspective in the story of two high school girls who hunt down a Plan B pill after a regrettable night. Though there is a larger message at the center of the story, critics found that...
Actor Mads Mikkelsen is best known for his English movies, but some of his most acclaimed work comes from his native Denmark. One such movie is the wild action-comedy Riders of Justice. Mikkelsen plays a military man who begins to suspect his wife's death was not an accident. While the setup doesn't sound overly humorous, the execution is darkly fu...
For those who enjoy a lot of cringe with their comedy, Shiva Babyis the movie they should check out. It centers on a directionless young Jewish woman who attends a funeral with her parents where she also runs into her ex-girlfriend and the married man she's having an affair with. RELATED: The 7 Best Black & White Movies Of 2021, According To Rotten...
While it is usually Pixar holding the crown as the best-reviewed animated movie of the year, The Mitchells vs. the Machineswas a surprise hit from the first half of the year that also happens to be one of the funniest movies of the year. The story follows a family who takes a tense cross-country road trip together only for an A.I. system to go rogu...
The Norwegian movie The Worst Person in the Worldis the concluding chapter in Joachim Trier's Oslo Trilogy. It is a dark romantic comedy about a woman navigating the struggles of her complicated love life. The movie follows the same acclaimed nature of the proceeding projects in the trilogy as one of the best-reviewed movies of the year. Critics ca...
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- Free Guy. One of the most popular films of the year, Ryan Reynold's vehicle Free Guy set the bar high for comedy movies in 2021. The smash-hit follows Millie (Jodie Comer) and Walter (Joe Keery), who develop a unique independent game with an advanced state-of-the-art AI, which gets stolen by Soonami CEO Antwan (Taika Waititi) in order to develop the NPCs of Free City, an open-world first-person RPG.
- Bad Trip. This film is the unofficial culmination of comedian Eric Andre’s hidden camera comedy style, a content creation method that he has developed over the years as the host of Adult Swim’s surreal sketch comedy series The Eric Andre Show.
- Moxie. In the Amy Poehler-directed Moxie, Vivian (Hadley Robinson) is a 16-year-old who gets fed up with how the girls at her high school are being blatantly bullied and harassed by a group of sexist jocks.
- Don’t Look Up. Almost no other entry on this list is as star-studded as acclaimed comedy director Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up. A highly-satirical take on politicians' responses to real-world crises, Don’t Look Up stars Leonardo di Caprio and Jennifer Lawrence as two astronomers who struggle to find a way to warn the world about an approaching world-shattering comet.
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- Red Notice (6.3) Available on Netflix. Red Notice sees Dwayne Johnson portray a defamed FBI agent who teams up with Ryan Renolds, who plays a world-class art thief, in order to clear his name.
- Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar (6.3) Available on Hulu. Starring Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar concerns a pair of middle-aged friends who leave their native Nebraska to take a rare trip to Florida.
- Bad Trip (6.5) Available on Netflix. Though the film bears no direct association to the auteur comic's Adult Swim series, 2021's Bad Trip is essentially The Eric Andre Show the movie.
- 8-Bit Christmas (6.7) Availalbe on HBO Max. Neil Patrick Harris stars as a father unraveling a yuletide tale of his childhood adventures in late '80s Chicago.
Aug 6, 2021 · However, the main influence on this clever action comedy isn’t Starlord but The Toxic Avenger. Gunn has brought the B-movie sense of humor and brazenly adult level of violence that he honed working with Troma Entertainment in the 1990s to his first DC adaptation, even giving his mentor Lloyd Kaufman a cameo. Only the man who wrote “Tromeo ...
Dec 6, 2021 · Here are the best comedy films of 2021, ranked. 13. Jungle Cruise. Walt Disney Pictures. Ever since the game-changing success of "Pirates of the Caribbean," Disney has been desperate to create ...
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Dec 3, 2021 · Release Date: March 2, 2021. Starring: Eric André, Lil Rel Howery, and Tiffany Haddish. One word: pranks. Sold to Netflix in March, Bad Trip is about two best friends who go on a road trip from ...
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