- April 11, 2005
- Kicking and Screaming
Kung Fu Hustle—a thrilling, dreamy action comedy—gives chaos a good name.
- March 15, 1999
- "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"
- March 28, 2005
- Knock Woody
Melinda and Melinda tells the same story twice, as comedy and then tragedy—and misfires at both.
- May 10, 1999
- "The Winslow Boy"
- April 5, 2004
- Low Country
With Tom Hanks as a charming southern con man, the Coen brothers slip a whoopee cushion under a comedy of manners in The Ladykillers.
- August 2, 1999
- Scream Cheese
In his remake of "The Haunting," action-flick director Jan De Bont throws so much tacky hardware at the viewer, it's hard not to giggle.
- February 23, 2004
- Pet Project
Adopting a circus camel is one thing, but persuading a Polish town to love it is a comic challenge eagerly taken up by the heroes of The Big Animal.
- July 12, 1999
- "My Son the Fanatic"
- August 30, 1999
- Taken for Granted
Hugh Grant falls for a Mafia princess, and once again he's in trouble -- not because he's Mickey Blue Eyes but because he's just Hugh Grant.
- July 12, 1999
- Buddy Flicks
Will Smith and Kevin Kline misfire, the Italian stallions in "Summer of Sam" are mock Scorsese, and Adam Sandler's gone all sappy on us.
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