The pleasant period dramedy from the Downton Abbey team has a sensibility closer to a classy TV movie than to a more nuanced indie drama.
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The pleasant period dramedy from the Downton Abbey team has a sensibility closer to a classy TV movie than to a more nuanced indie drama.
The comedic talents of Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson are largely wasted in this gender-swap remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
Contrary to popular opinion, the R-rated reboot is a humorous, action-packed blast of entertainment.
The comedic duo of Issa Rae and Marsai Martin help one forget about the film’s rote plot and lazy moralizing.
In near perfect tandem with a comedically committed Matthew McConaughey, Harmony Korine rebounds spectacularly from the ineptitude of Spring Breakers.
Inheriting the teen sleuth reins from Emma Roberts, Sophia Lillis (It; “Sharp Objects”) continues to be a beacon in mediocre projects.
The scattered successes by Tyler Perry & Co. feel haphazard and the barrage of attempts at humor and the high percentage of failure is borderline exhausting.
Stephen Merchant’s fact-based wrestling comedy is thoroughly entertaining and disarmingly mature.
Rebel Wilson proves generally ready for leading lady status in this skewering of rom-com conventions.
The sequel ably changes its genre gears with only slightly diminished returns.
The animated sequel is as fun and funny as its predecessor, though the increased reliance on live-action exposition is troubling.
Taraji P. Henson stars in this likable but mild comedy with a sentimental streak.
Joe Cornish’s family-friendly King Arthur movie makes a star out of Angus Imrie as “Young” Merlin.
A committed Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly practically disappear in this thoroughly pleasant biopic of Laurel and Hardy.
The charming English-language remake of The Intouchables merits more respect than it’s bound to receive.
Not nearly as bad as advertised, the reunion of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly nonetheless can’t quite be called “good.”
Bruce and Edwin loop in honorary Asheville Movie Guy, Christopher Oakley, for a roundtable discussion of Adam McKay’s Dick Cheney biopic.