favorite comedies

His Girl Friday is my favorite film of all time. It has been since the first time I saw it, when I was 12. Cary Grant is never better as newspaper editor Walter Burns, who is about to lose his ace reporter and ex-wife Hildy Johnson (a superb performance by Rosalind Russell) to marriage to an insurance man (Ralph Bellamy). Just so happens a major news story breaks as convicted murderer Earl Williams, who is about to be put to death, escapes from custody. Walter convinces Hildy to take this last job assignment and he will sign a nice big check for an insurance policy for the soon to be wed couple. During her investigation, Hildy manages to track down Williams and tries to keep him safe from the police and the mayor. A wonderful mix of comedy and some drama make this my all time favorite film. Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell make a terrific dream team. The one liners fly fast and furious, expertly handled by the entire cast. Great direction by the legendary Howard Hawks. Highly recommended.
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Wilson, reporter: Any dope on how he escaped?
McCue, reporter: Maybe the sheriff let him out so Williams could vote for him.
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Walter Burns: Sorta wish you hadn't done that, Hildy.
Hildy Johnson: Done what?
Walter Burns: Divorced me. Makes a fella lose all faith in himself. Gives him a... almost gives him a feeling he wasn't wanted.
Hildy Johnson: Oh, now look, junior... that's what divorces are FOR!

A gem of a movie. Kate and Cary team up for this classic screwball comedy that couldn't be any better. The story involves a zany heiress (Kate), a paleontologist (Cary), a leopard named Baby, a dog named George, a million dollar research grant, and a missing bone to a brontosaurus skeleton. And it all climaxes with the cast being arrested. Hilarious and very entertaining. One of the best comedies ever made. And one of my personal favorites.

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Susan: "Now, don't lose your temper".
David: "My dear young lady, I'm not losing my temper. I'm merely trying to play some golf!"
Susan:" You choose the funniest places; this is a parking lot".

Marilyn's best role and best film has the gorgeous one playing a young woman living in the upstairs apartment of a married man. The man is prone to daydreaming about being a real ladies man but when he finally meets Marilyn, comedic results happen quickly and often. A hilarious film that shot Monroe to stardom. You can't go wrong with this one.

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The Girl: When it gets hot like this, you know what I do. I keep my undies in the icebox!

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The Girl: I think it's just elegant to have an imagination. I just have no imagination at all. I have lots of other things, but I have no imagination.

The definition of a dark comedy. When you mix humor with murderers and corpses, then throw in Cary Grant with two old bitties (his aunts) who happen to like killing single old men- then count me in. A truly different type comedy that has to be seen. Cary is of course in perfect form. Josephine Hull and Jean Adair as his aunts are quite funny. And lets not forget the long lost brother Raymond Massey who just escaped from prison and decides to come home. Plus Prisciilla Lane is fetching as Cary's girlfriend-soon to be wife.

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Aunt Martha: "For a gallon of elderberry wine, I take one teaspoon full of arsenic, then add half a teaspoon of strychnine, and then just a pinch of cyanide."
Mortimer: "Hmm. Should have quite a kick".

Funny as hell.

Pure comedy gold. Grant and Dunne team up again for this hilarious comedy about a man who remarries after his wife is reported missing at sea. Everything is fine until the first wife is found by the coast guard and turns her husband's life into a wreck. Cary is in usual good form, but it's Irene Dunne who makes the picture. She is delightful as the former wife who comes back. Great comedy.

Nick: "The moment I saw you I knew.."
Eve: "I bet you say that to all your wives".

This is my favorite of all the John Hughes films, just ahead of Ferris Bueller. I've seen it like 30 times and it's funny every time I see it. Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall are great.

Excellent horror comedy that hits the mark. Shaun and his best pal Ed are room-mates in England and are just coasting through life. Shaun has a girlfriend named Liz who wants more from him. Then one day people start turning into zombies and Shaun becomes the reluctant leader. The laughs are plenty as are the thrills. It can get very gory but still fun. I laughed my ass off and it's one of my favorites now. Highly recommened.



Shaun: I don't think I've got it in me to shoot my mum, roommate, and girlfriend all in one day...

Liz: Who said I was taking you back?

Excellent action comedy from the creators of Shaun of the Dead. Simon Pegg is a riot as Nicholas Angel, the most decorated cop in London who is transferred to a sleepy little village called Sandford. All seems quiet until a rash of murders happens and Angel goes all out to find out what's going on. A well paced film that mixes action with humor very well. Nick Frost who also played in Shaun with Pegg is on hand for this one too. Timonthy Dalton plays a slimy bad guy. This movie is great and the last 30 minutes are about the best 30 minutes you will ever see on film. And features some of the most memorable quotes in film you will ever hear. Don't miss this one. Highly recommended. Oh, one side-note, it does have several gory scenes that will catch you off guard. Good stuff. Highly recommended.


Nicholas: "You're a doctor, deal with it!"
Danny: "Yeah, motherfucker!"

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Andy: "Nice one, Doris."
Doris: "Nothing like a bit of girl on girl!"

Nicholas: "Shit just got real!"

Kevin Smith's follow up to Clerks is a little more serious but still very good. Plus you can't go wrong with Joey Lauren Adams.

FUNNY! Will Ferrell can do no wrong. And what's great, everybody else gets to join in and have their own funny moments.

Ricky: "Well, I'm the best there is. Plain and simple, when I wake up in the morning I piss excellence".

"No sugar? Damn. Y'all ain't never got two things that match. Either ya got Kool-aid, no sugar. Peanut butter, no jelly. Ham, no burger. Daaamn.

Hilarious comedy with Murray and Ramis as slackers who join the army and create chaos. A definitive star role for Murray who just lets loose and takes control of the entire film. But he does get solid support from Ramis, John Candy (as the lovable Ox), and Warren Oates as Drill Sgt. Hulka. And a music score that you will be humming to all day long.

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John Winger: [to the soldiers in his platoon] We're soldiers; but we're American soldiers. We've been kickin' ass for 200 years. We're 10 and 1.

Very funny comedy with everyone involved at the top of their game. Ace director Billy Wilder leads Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon through this delightful funny romp set during the Prohibition era. Curtis and Lemmon posing as women to get away from the mob, end up joining Monroe's all girl band. Complications ensue. Doesn't get much better than this. Easily one of the best comedies ever made. Curtis and Lemmon make a great team and Monroe is super as Sugar Kane the singer who stays in trouble. Also notable is George Raft as head of the mob trying to catch the two guys who are witnesses to a murder.
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Jerry: "Have I got things to tell you!"
Joe: "What happened?"
Jerry: "I'm engaged."
Joe: "Congratulations. Who's the lucky girl?"
Jerry: "I am!"

Watched this last night. Still very very funny. Holds up better than Home Alone. " And when Santa squeezes his fat ass down the chimney tonight, he's gonna find the jolliest assholes this side of the nuthouse!"

Funny movie about the rules of cheating while married. Ed:" Basic principle number one: Never, NEVER say you'll be where you can be found not to be".

Ferrari: I know I lost my virginity at prom. How about you? When did you lose your virginity?"
April: "When I was ten"
Ferrari: "Okay, moving on..."

A pretty good romantic comedy set in Seattle with lots of good actors. You've got Bridget Fonda (who pretty much owns the movie every time she appears), Matt Dillion, Kyra Sedwick, Campbell Scott, Bill Pullman, Eric Stoltz and Jeremy Piven. A great rocking soundtrack plus hilarious situations involving the dating scene in the 90's equals an enjoyable movie. Directed by Cameron Crowe so you know it's going to be good.



Cliff: "Look, Janet you know I see other people still. You do know that don't you?"

Janet: "You don't fool me."

Cliff: "Janet, I could not be fooling you less".

I love this movie. A funny film about recent high school grad Scottie being dumped by his girl friend Fiona right after graduation. Of course Scottie takes the break up hard, especially when the whole school finds out about at the after graduation party when the lead singer of a rock band (played by a punk looking Matt Damon) who Fiona hooked up with, sings the catchy song Scottie Doesn't Know. Priceless. Anyway, Scottie has a German pen pal who he thinks is a guy but is actually a girl named Mika, who he tells off in a drunken rage in an email. So once Scottie finds out the deal he and his best bud Cooper head over to Europe to find his true love.Along the way the duo run into their high school buddies, the twins (Jenny and Jamie), get shanghaied by some Manchester United supporters, stumble into Vandersexx, a sex club all about domination and kinky stuff, make shambles of the Pope's clothes, hit an all male nude beach (don't ask) and more funny situations. This movie had me laughing from the word go. One of my favorites. Cameos include besides Matt Damon...there is Lucy Lawless as the owner of the sex club; Vinnie Jones as the leader of Manchester United; Jeffrey Tambor as Scottie's clueless dad; and the whole cast is just great.
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Cooper: You know America was founded by prudes. Prudes who left Europe because they hated all the kinky, steamy European sex that was going on. And now I, Cooper Harris, will return to the land of my perverted forefathers and claim my birthright.

Scott: I saw a gay porno once. I didn't know until halfway in. The girls never came. The girls never came!

I laughed my ass off at this movie. Mainly Robert Downey Jr steals the show. He is hilarious from the word go. Ben Stiller is not that good acting wise. But he does a great job directing, mixing comedy and action quite well. Jack Black is ok, he gets in a few good lines. The supporting cast though is solid from Brandon T. Jackson's Alpa Chino to Nick Nolte's gruff ex-vet to the hilarious Danny McBride's explosion expert Cody. If you get easily offended, this might not be your type of movie. But the laughs come very fast and frequently. And the action is top notch. And the buzzed about cameo by Mr. Tom Cruise is hilarious. You will see Tom like never before. But back to Robert Downey. He kills in this movie. I can't praise him enough. Coupled with Iron Man, this was truly RDJ's year.

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Kirk Lazarus: I'm a lead farmer, motherfucker!
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Cody: I don't know what it's called; I only know the sound it makes when it *lies*!
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Kirk Lazarus: Spit that shit out man!
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Cody: They're setting off fireworks like a mother-fucker down there!

Hilarious movie from the maker of Old School and Road Trip. The story is simple enough: two days before his wedding Doug and his three friends head for Las Vegas for a blow-out bachelor party. It's so awesome, they don't remember a thing next morning. Like Doug is missing; there is a tiger in the bathroom; a baby in the closet, a missing tooth, and more. The antics of the three guys as they try to re trace their steps and find out what happened the night before and oh find Doug so he can get married. It's been awhile since I laughed this hard during a movie. The situations these guys get into are non stop. They all are equally funny starting with Bradley Cooper, who I have never really liked in anything before this. He was obnoxious as hell as the fiance in Wedding Crashers. But here he is equally cool and funny as Phil, the married one. It's a perfect role for him and he nails it. Ed Helms is also very good as Stu, the one who loses his tooth and ends up marrying a stripper played by Heather Graham. And then there is Zach Galifianakis as Alan, the bearded one who is so weird it's funny when he just stares and doesn't say anything. About the only one who doesn't get to cut loose is Doug, the groom played by Justin Bartha. Maybe for the sequel he will get to do more. The Hangover is a surprise comedy that never gets too raunchy except for the end credits which kinda get a little graphic. But all in all, this movie is hilarious from start to finish. Plus it has a cameo by Mike Tyson who is actually tolerable for once. One of the surprises of the year.
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Phil Wenneck: Tracy, it's Phil.
Tracy Garner: Phil, where the hell are you guys?
Phil Wenneck: Listen, we fucked up. We lost Doug.
Tracy Garner: What? We're getting married in *five hours*.
Phil Wenneck: Yeah... that's not gonna happen.

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Alan Garner: Gambling? Who said anything about gambling? It's not gambling when you know you're gonna win. Counting cards is a foolproof system.
Stu Price: It's also illegal.
Alan Garner: It's not illegal, it's frowned upon, like... masturbating on an airplane.
Phil Wenneck: I'm pretty sure that's illegal too.
Alan Garner: Yeah, maybe after 9/11, where everybody got so sensitive. Thanks a lot, Bin Laden!

Still Guy Ritchie's best film. Set in London, 4 guys pool their money together to gain entrance to a high stakes game to with 100,000 grand. Well when the one who plays in the game gets hustled by Harry the Hatchet and now owes half a million pounds in 7 days or all the guys will start losing appendages. So now the boys are desperate to score some cash and end up learning of a robbery of some local drug dealers and decide to rob the robbers. Throw in a cast of wild characters including Harry's own personal collector Big Chris (played by Vinnie Jones), bar owner Sting (who plays one of the guys father), a young Jason Statham, and assorted thieves, gangsters, and dope heads, and you have one of the wildest movies ever made. My favorite characters are drug dealer Rory Breaker, Big Chris, Soap, and Tom. It's one of my favorites. Loaded with tons of cool quotes and followed up by the equally great Snatch.
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Rory Breaker: If the milk turns out to be sour, I ain't the kinda pussy to drink it.
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Soap: A minute ago this was the safest job in the world. Now it's turning into a bad day in Bosnia.
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Bacon: What's that?
Samoan Joe's Barman: It's a cocktail. You asked for a cocktail.
Bacon: No. I asked you to give me a refreshing drink. I wasn't expecting a fucking rainforest! You could fall in love with an orangutan in that!
Samoan Joe's Barman: You want a pint, you go to the pub.
Bacon: I thought this was a pub!
Samoan Joes Barman: It's a Samoan pub.

Guy Ritchie's follow-up to the awesome Lock, Stock and two smoking barrels is another winner. Despite a double meaning title...the name sounds like a porno film, this film is anything but. Continues in the same vein as Lock and Stock but expands to include some heavyweight actors in Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro, and Dennis Farina. The plot is once again multi facet with a bunch of weird and humorous characters. It seems everyone is after this 86 carat diamond that thief Frankie Five Fingers (Del Toro) stole and everybody from boxing promoter Turkish (Jason Statham), crime boss Brick Top, hit man Bullet Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones), Ex KGB agent Boris the Blade, a New York wiseguy (Dennis Farina) and gypsy boxer Mickey (a wild Brad Pitt) and other assorted criminals and low lifes. Everything and everyone comes together for one explosive climax. Snatch is loaded with the same type of action and humor Lock and Stock had and it all works again. Brad Pitt is sensational as Mickey, who you can barely understand when he speaks. Statham gets a much bigger role than he had in Lock and he is quite good as Turkish. Vinnie Jones is once again on hand and he brings it home as Tony, the hitman. Farina is hilarious as Avi, the New York wise guy who comes all the way to London to find the diamond. If you enjoyed Lock and Stock, then you should be equally entertained by Snatch.
Oh and the three pawn shop guys who get involved are funny as hell.

[Tyrone just backed into Franky Four Fingers' van]
Tyrone: I didn't see it there.
Vinny: It's a four ton truck, Tyrone. Its not as if it's a bag of fucking peanuts, is it?
Tyrone: It was a funny angle.
[All three turn and look back at the truck]
Vinny: It's behind you Tyrone. Whenever you reverse, things come from behind you.
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Turkish: You take sugar?
Brick Top: No thank you, Turkish; I'm sweet enough.

Refreshing comedy with perfect chemistry between Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Fey is a businesswoman who hires Poehler to be her surrogate. Of course, things don't go as planned. I didn't expect this movie to be this good and was pleasantly surprised. Fey plays it straight for the most part but does get in a few zingers here and there. Amy Poehler is a riot. Everytime she opens her mouth, something crazy and funny comes out. Also solid backup from Romany Malco as Fey's doorman and Sigouorney Weaver as the owner of the surrogate organization. A good comedy with loads of laughs and a little romance thrown in coming from Greg Kinnear as Fey's boyfriend. Me and Stephanie loved it.

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Oscar: If you listen to DMX, the baby comes out goin 'Ennngghhh!

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Chaffee Bicknell: Our surrogacy fee is $100,000.
Angie Ostrowiski: It costs more to have someone born than to have someone killed!
Chaffee Bicknell: It takes longer.

Hysterical comedy with Ferrell and Reilly at each other throats when their respective parents get married. One of the most profane movies you will ever see with curse words being thrown about like confetti. But extremely funny. Definetly not for the little ones.

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Male Therapist: Tell me a little about yourself.
Dale Doback: Well, I am a janitor at a college. Most people think I am dumb but I can look at a math equation and solve it immediately.
Male Therapist: Is this Good Will Hunting?
Dale Doback: No
Male Therapist: It sounds awfully familiar to Good Will Hunting.
Dale Doback: Yeah... well anyways, my best friend is Ben Affleck.

Bette Midler's funniest movie. She and Shelley Long are two actresses who somehow get involved in spies and goverment conspiracies. It's an unbelivable situation but funny as hell. Bette and Shelley make a great team and I was suprised they didn't make anymore films together. A really good comedy that lets the Divine Miss M do her thing.

Lauren: "Because everything that comes out of your mouth is pornographic."
Sandy: "That is a fucking lie."

Very funny. Ryan Reynolds and Anna Farris are hilarious. Amy Smart is pretty good too. Chris:"Y'see when a girl decides that you're her friend, you're no longer a dating option. You become a complete non-sexual entity in her eyes, like a brother...or a lamp".

Hilarious comedy about real estate agent Peter(Paul Rudd) proposing to his girlfriend Zooey (Rashida Jones) and then realizing he has no male friends to be his best man. So Peter goes through a series of man dates set up by his mom and brother but to no avail. Along comes Sydney Fife (Jason Segel) who doesn't actually appear until about 30 minutes into the movie, but once he does Segel gives the movie a nice kick and the laughs become more frequent and hilarious. I really loved this movie. A kind of laid back story with several engaging characters and wonderful performances. The three leads are all great and work well together Paul Rudd is likable and goofy; Jason Segel comes across as aloof but actually makes a lot of sense and Rashida Jones is a revelation as she makes Zooey smart and sexy. The supporting cast is also super including Jamie Pressly and Jon Favreau as a bickering married couple; JK Simmons as Peter's dad; Andy Samberg as Peter's brother; Sarah Burns as Zooey's best friend Hailey and a dry but funny cameo by The Incredible Hulk himself, Lou Ferringo. I love You, Man is a sweet sometimes raunchy, but enjoyable comedy. For couples, singles, men or women. Everyone will enjoy this one. Also RUSH appears for a brief scene and they rock! AWESOME! I'm slapping da bass man. You have to see the movie to get that quote. I'll just say Paul Rudd had me laughing when he says it like 20 times.
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Denise: Oh my God, Hailey, why must everything always be about you?
Hailey: Because I'm single.