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And Step Brothers is indeed funny in the «Saturday Night Live» mode, milking its premise — petulant 40ish layabouts Brennan Huff and Dale Doback (Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly) are forced to become roommates when their single parents (reliable workhorses Mary Steenburgen and Richard Jenkins) fall in love and move in under one roof — for all the sketch - comedy antics it's worth.

Gillan is particularly funny in how she turns the generically bad - ass video - game heroine on its head, providing the movie's most pointed criticism toward some of the medium's sexist trends within her performance.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: Marriage - Minded Siblings Forget to Be Funny in Funereal Sitcom After their mother passed away while they were still very young, John (Will Arnett) and Dean (Will Forte) Solomon were so inconsolable that their father, Ed (Lee Majors) was willing to do anything to see his sons happy again.

At least The Last Airbender is funny in its overblown, underperformed, substandard, and superficial way.

Definitely not a mainstream movie, but I loved it, and its quite funny in a messed up way.

The gag follows the tried - and - true comedic Rule of Threes, albeit with one significant miscalculation: If a thrice - repeated joke isn't funny in its first incarnation, its iterations are just annoying.

I'm Sorry is a break akin to Judy Greer's star turn Married, a «finally» moment for an actor who's been solidly funny in other roles that are further down the callsheet.

Funny in parts, uncomfortable in others, this tale of man - dumped - by - TV - star girlfriend - goes - to - Hawaii could've been so much better.

Christina Ricci is a riot as a Lolita wannabe who seduces her gay brother's boyfriend, and Lisa Kudrow is just as funny in the less showy role of an uptight schoolteacher.

The movie is funny in a warm, fuzzy way, and it has a splendidly satisfactory ending, which is unusual for an Albert Brooks film (his inspiration in his earlier films is bright but seems to wear thin toward the third act).

A critic should never quote another critic, but I can't replace Roger Ebert's comment: «Cartoon violence is only funny in the cartoons.»

Yanking on a catheter - funny in theory, maybe.

It's funny throughout for the fan familiar with this sort of thing, but it's really funny in its final shot, when it reveals an understanding that people love movies like this because of their absurdity and not in spite of it.

Magda is funny in a bizarre over the top way, but Dom is more creepy than funny, or is it just that we're afraid we'll catch his skin rash?

Lisa Kudrow is just as funny in the less showy role of an uptight schoolteacher.

It's funny in spite of a dangerously logy middle section and a lazy vocal performance by Rock (he's flaccid in every format save talk show host), and it will certainly improve upon repeated viewings — the writing on the intestinal walls is funnier than the action on the screen.

Firth's emerging worry lines and crow's feet are as much to account for his easy win as his affected stammer as the emotionally crippled King Bertie, and the presence of a couple of actors whose youth and charisma make Oscar feel all funny in his special area only underline Firth's win.

What are the challenges of playing somebody who is on the surface pretty despicable, and then finding something both human and also funny in there?

Even the scenes at the hotel, while certainly funny in their own twisted way, are an exaggerated response to the dangers of conformity.

Though Sudeikis is very funny in person, he's also contemplative and effusive, especially when he talks about his 22 - month - old son Otis» love for playing drums.

Yanking on a catheter — funny in theory, maybe.

Spiced up by just a few creative variations and Andy Samberg's resistance to partake, the joke loses its meaning after a couple of minutes, but at least it's funny in the film.

«She is so lovely and stunning and really funny in the movie... she had us cracking up the whole time,» Bailee said.

McCarthy is very funny in a variety of modes.

Glacial, but unexpectedly funny in spots, the latest from the reigning king of «style for style's sake» is a cautionary tale about beauty and the fashion industry in which everyone looks like a vampire and every scene sounds like it was recorded in a mausoleum.

Chilling, with obvious influences from everything from Stephen King to Kubrick, The Killing Of A Sacred Deer is absorbing, beautifully shot with a wonderful rousing score, bloody nasty, and strangely funny in a way that only Lanthimos can deliver — and is actually a definite step - up from The Lobster which already sat high in our estimations.

Despite the ambition associated with his recent work — their formal grandeur, volcanic performances and evocation of American history — it's easy to overlook that films like There Will Be Blood and The Master were more often than not hysterically funny in their parodies of the human animal.

Russell's penchant for barely controlled chaos just isn't funny in the context of diagnosed mental illness, and while Playbook's late shift into a conventional, crowd - pleasing rom - com works exceedingly well, it does so at the expense of all the previous manic episodes, making it seem as if men who suffer from bipolar disorder just need to find a screwball dame to nurse them to health via wacky dance routines.

It was easily the biggest comedic let down of 2011 for me, wildly misjudging the humor by thinking that profanity for profanity's sake is funny in and of itself.

The story is quite funny in principle.

It goes without saying that something that is funny in 3 - minute installments probably can not survive the transition to a 90 minute feature, but when it comes to MacGruber, the sketch is barely funny on its own... there is NO WAY this will work as a movie.

Chris Hemsworth and Charlie Day are both funny in their respective roles, while a scene involving a standoff between the different state police officers in charge of patrolling the Four Corners Monument is the funniest bit in the entire movie.

The fourth season of the show is definitely funny in parts but it doesn't feel as unique that it has in past season.

It's very funny in the way that insane people who think they can ever be protected from the dark, or death, or even mosquitoes, is very funny.

Alan Arkin and Kevin Hart are funny in supporting roles but pitch the story too broadly, particularly in contrast to Jon Bernthal's storyline as De Niro's long - lost son.

So dreadfully boring and not funny in the least.

Byrne is very funny in her understated delivery of insults that become more and more opaque as the film progresses (from criticizing a dress to just outright calling Cooper names with the same intonation).

One scene is built entirely around the fact that the league's commissioner is named Gordon, which could be sort of mildly funny in real life but becomes embarrassing in the context of fictional comedy.

Very funny in parts and certainly unusual, but the film quickly starts to drag as the characters simply aren't interesting enough.

The over-the-top behaviour grated horribly, and I didn't find it funny in the least.

It's really, really funny in parts and not afraid to let each of its principal cast have actual personalities and character development.

For my money it's a comedy, but of the blacker - than - black variety, which is exactly what you expect from writer - director McDonagh, who has already brought us the wickedly funny In Bruges, about two hitmen languishing in Belgium after killing an innocent bystander, and the astonishing play The Lieutenant Of Inishmore, a blood - soaked tale of mad Irish terrorists that I'm ashamed to say made me laugh until I cried.

Robin Williams continues to be in films that not only aren't funny, but he also isn't very funny in them.

It is funny in spots, but it tries so very hilarious to be all of the time, which often comes off as feel artificial and forced.

Jason Schwartzman is ridiculously funny in Bob Byington «s 7 Chinese Brothers, a film created in the Wild West indie landscape that panders to no one (mainstream audiences will likely balk at the quaint, offbeat humor), but will please crackpot - comedy weirdos (like yours truly) to no end.

The bit about the production failing to inform the actors before the gimbal did a 90 ° tilt is funnier than any of the actual attempts to be funny in these extras.

Where The Hangover is funny in a mean - spirited, rude - boy way, Bridesmaids taps into Apatow's gift for producing comedies with human characters Read the rest of this entry»

The zombie genre will (un) live on beyond Life After Beth, a film that feels like a Halloween entry of a Saturday Night Live routine that may have been funny in a short sketch, but can't survive being stretched out over 90 minutes.

That it's also wildly funny in its absurd excess will seem odd at first as the story begins to run its breakneck pace on the highway to Hell,

Actually, «Let the Sunshine In» is quite funny in a Lord - what - fools - these - mortals - be way, as Isabelle continually talks herself toward love while continually backing away.