It's not hard to pinpoint where the difference in quality between the two Vacation films comes from; although they have a solid
comedy hit under their collective belt (Horrible Bosses), writer / directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein just don't compare to the team of Harold Ramis (Ghostbusters, Caddy Shack) and John Hughes (Ferris Buller, Breakfast Club) working in their heyday.
Not exact matches
He first played Jimmy Kelly in the ABC
comedy hit GRACE
UNDER FIRE, and then starred for five seasons as Jack Molloy in the WB's riotous
comedy UNHAPPILY EVER AFTER.
The film definitely
hits some familiar notes with this type of indie -
comedy, but I think it's a really damn good movie that sort of flew
under everybody's radar.
In its day,
Under the Rainbow was supposed to be a
comedy hit; when people saw that it didn't quite work, they wrote it off as a complete failure.
Just about every major
comedy released
under an R - rating in the past few years (including «The 40 - Year - Old Virgin,» «Wedding Crashers,» «Knocked Up» and «Superbad») have gone on to become instant
hits, and though «The Brothers Solomon» doesn't even come close to the quality of any of those films, it'll have no problem convincing the general public otherwise.
Her second book, a romantic
comedy called The Temp, also began its life online, as a serialised novel on Wattpad and racked up two million
hits under its original title Spray Painted Bananas.