Paul Rudd – Page 2 – Ebert Did It Better: Gasbag Reviews

Cool Papa E’s Favorite Comedy Films of All Time

Jan 2, 2014

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in 5 Stars, Classic, Comedy, Elmore Leonard, Horror, Lists, Movie Reviews

Live action comedy films are inexpensive to make but they are incredibly hard to master. It’s a generally accepted axiom that there is no generally accepted axiom as to what is universally funny. That said, most makers of comedy barely even try. Whether it’s the rancid Scary Movie franchise, Tim Matheson’s Animal House / Meatballs…

This Is the End of all the snacks

Oct 3, 2013

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in 3 Stars, Comedy, Movie Reviews

This is the End – 2013 Written and Directed by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg Starring Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen, James Franco, Craig Robinson, Danny McBride, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Emma Watson, Mindy Kaling, Paul Rudd, Aziz Ansari This is exactly the movie that you thought it would be. It’s a movie where everyone gets to play a…

Admission is smartly compassionate

Aug 7, 2013

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in 4 Stars, Comedy, Drama, Movie Reviews

Admission – 2013 Directed by Paul Weitz Starring Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Michael Sheen, Lily Tomlin, Wallace Shawn, Nat Wolff, Gloria Reuben, Tavaris Spears Screenplay Karen Croner based on Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz The gift that Tina Fey brings to her movies is not limited to laughs. It’s straight up compassion. Her characters are often self-depreciating, but intelligent. Maybe what she…

This is 40: The sort of Sequel to Knocked Up

Mar 24, 2013

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in Comedy, Drama, Movie Reviews

This is 40 – 2012 Written and Directed by Judd Apatow Starring Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow, Jason Segel, Albert Brooks, Charlene Yi, Megan Fox, Ryan Lee, Lena Dunham, Melissa McCarthy, Graham Parker, Chris O’Dowd, Robert Smigel, Tim Bagley, John Lithgow, Anne Mumalo “This is coming out wrong.” A lesser storyteller would have saved…

The perks of being a wallflower can take you by surprise

Feb 16, 2013

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in 4 Stars, Drama, Movie Reviews, Ratings, Romance

The perks of being a wallflower – 2012 Writer and Director Stephen Chbosky Starring Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Mae Whitman, Nona Dobrev, Johnny Simmons, Kate Walsh, Dylan McDermott, Melanie Lynskey, Zane Holtz, Paul Rudd, Joan Cusack, Tom Savini Everyone’s journey begin’s with a single step, even if that step is taken within a daze. For…

Forgotten Gems: Knocked Up – The sort of prequel to This Is 40

Dec 10, 2012

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in 5 Stars, Classic, Comedy, Forgotten Gems, Movie Reviews

Knocked Up – 2007 Written and Directed by Judd Apatow Starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Charlene Yi, Jason Segel, Martin Starr, Iris and Maude Apatow, Kristin Wiig, Bill Hader, Alan Tudyk, Harold Ramis, Joanna Kerns, Craig Robinson, B.J. Novak The first thing that one notices when re-watching Knocked…

Wanderlust is just a typical commune movie

Jul 13, 2012

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in 2 Stars, Comedy, Movie Reviews

Wanderlust – 2012 Director David Wain Starring Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux, Alan Alda, Malin Åkerman, Ray Liotta, Lauren Ambrose, Kathryn Hahn, Ken Marino, Michaela Watkins, Joe Lo Truglio Screeenplay by Wain and Marino It’s awkward in its attempt at random. It’s occasionally funny, even more occasionally intentionally funny.The payoffs are labored. Ideas are not original, unless you take into account the…

Our Idiot Brother is a younger, dippier Dude.

Dec 25, 2011

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in 3 Stars, Comedy, Movie Reviews

Our Idiot Brother – 2011 Directed by Jesse Peretz Starring Paul Rudd, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, Elizabeth Banks, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn, Rashida Jones, Hugh Dancy, Steve Coogan, T.J. Miller, Shirley Knight Written by Evgenia Peretz, David Schisgall An interesting thing for me about Our Idiot Brother is that I spent the entire movie thinking that…

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