Tag: Satire

Director:
Etan Cohen
Cast:
Will Ferrell
Kevin Hart
T.I.
Craig T. Nelson
Rated: R

In “Get Hard” Will Ferrell plays James, a rich business man who seems to have a perfect life for himself. This changes suddenly when he is charged with a white collar crime and has to go to prison.

In the process, James mistakes Kevin Hart’s character Darnell as a man who went to prison and hires him to teach him how to survive in the slammer. Despite never having been to prison, Darnell agrees and decides to teach James how to stand up for himself.

If you’re looking for an unpredictable comedy where you have no idea where the next joke is going to come from, “Get Hard” probably isn’t for you. The film, from beginning to end, is entirely predictable, both in terms of story and its jokes. It’s easy to figure out who the villain is, it’s easy to tell what’s going to happen and the humor is never a surprise.

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Director:
Ben Falcone
Cast:
Melissa McCarthy
Susan Surandon
Kathy Bates
Mark Duplass
Rated: R

I would say that Melissa McCarthy was typecast in this movie, but I won’t since she co-wrote the thing.

“Tammy” follows the life of the title character, played by McCarthy, who is experiencing one of the worst days one could have. First, she loses her job for being late to work, and that is followed by a discovery that her husband is cheating on her. After those disasters, she decides to leave town to clear her head. She doesn’t make the trip alone, though, as her grandma Pearl (Surandon) decides to tag along.

From there the two go off on a few wild adventures where they meet up with old and new friends and Tammy makes a pit stop to rob a fast food restaurant.

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Director:
Rawson Marshall Thurber
Cast:
Jason Sudeikis
Jennifer Aniston
Will Poulter
Emma Roberts
Ed Helms
Nick Offerman
Kathryn Hahn
Rated: R

The Millers have a long way to go before being on the level of the Griswolds.

David Clark (Sudeikis) is a pot dealer who is living in an average apartment and going day to day without any real plan. One evening when returning home, David gets into a series of events that ends up with him getting robbed. Because of this, he has to meet with drug kingpin Brad (Helms) who he owes money to.

Brad offers David a way out and to make some money on the side, by smuggling some marijuana across the Mexican border. David agrees and to do so comes up with the plan to hire three others to act as a happy family on vacation. He ends up recruiting a stripper named Rose (Aniston), an awkward teen named Kenny (Poulter) and a runaway named Casey (Roberts).

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Director:
Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen
Cast:
James Franco
Jonah Hill
Seth Rogen
Jay Baruchel
Danny McBride
Craig Robinson
Rated: R

“This is the End” is a simple enough story. It’s a movie following the biblical rapture, what’s different is it just so happens to be through the perspective of comedic actors.

The film begins with Jay Baruchel visiting Seth Rogen. The two are spending some time together in Los Angeles and Seth decides they should go to a house warming party at James Franco’s new place. Although Jay is hesitant, they go anyways.

During the party, chaos begins to ensue as earthquakes begin and sinkholes start appearing. Many celebrities who were at Franco’s party end up dying in the calamity and the survivors take refuge in Franco’s house. They include Franco himself, Seth, Jay, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson and Jonah Hill. What follows is a lot of insanity in the house as the six try to survive the seeming apocalypse.

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In case you didn’t know that Google was a sponsor for this movie, it will remind you about a thousand times.

“The Internship” follows two salesmen, Billy and Nick, played by Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, who sell watches at their company, owned by their boss played by John Goodman. Things take a turn for the worse though as the company gets shut down and Billy and Nick are left without a job and have to find employment elsewhere.

Billy eventually gets the bright idea to join an internship at Google for an opportunity at getting a job. The duo become interns and find they have to work with a team of young misfits through the summer to win the job against other intern teams. The only problem is the protagonists don’t have any computer experience. However, they do have people skills.

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“The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,” is a film that has a lot of comedic heavy hitters and yet it all goes wrong so fast.

The film follows the story of the title character played by Steve Carell. Burt Wonderstone is a Las Vegas magician who puts on a show with his friend Anton Marvelton, played by Steve Buscemi, and finds a great deal of success. For a good number of years, things go well for Burt, however as time goes on people grow tired of the show and the theater becomes more and more empty.

Meanwhile, a new magician named Steve Gray, played by Jim Carrey, comes onto the scene and does more extreme tricks and daring stunts. The film sets its plot around Wonderstone having to get his career back on track and outdo Steve Gray.

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