Insights from the Cinematic World: _Comedy

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

In Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, the hero is finally getting a vacation: he’s being recognized for everything he’s done to keep the shoppers safe with an all-expenses-paid trip to a security convention in Las Vegas.

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Get Hard

When millionaire hedge fund manager James (Will Ferrell) is nailed for fraud and bound for a stretch in San Quentin, the judge gives him 30 days to get his affairs in order. Desperate, he turns to Darnell (Kevin Hart) to prep him for a life behind bars.

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The Duff

The DUFF explores the perils of the high school landscape in a world where social media is an unavoidable part of daily life. Bianca must navigate the pain of being categorized, not just in private, but also in public. The cast was keenly aware of the importance of shining a light on this current issue in a humorous package.

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Mortdecai

Juggling some angry Russians, the British Mi5, his impossibly leggy wife and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part time rogue Charlie Mortdecai (Johnny Depp) traverses the globe armed only with his good looks and special charm in a race to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain the code to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold.

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Paddington

Paddington follows the comic misadventures of a young Peruvian bear who travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he begins to fear that city life is not all he had imagined – until he meets the Brown family

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Dumb and Dumber To

Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reprise their signature roles as Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne in the sequel to the smash hit that took the physical comedy and kicked it in the nuts: Dumb and Dumber To.

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Hector and the Search for Happiness

Hector’s (Simon Pegg) life seems perfect, but it’s not; he’s stuck. He’s a busy psychiatrist with a thriving practice, living with his ‘perfect’ girlfriend, Clara (Rosamund Pike,) in a ‘perfect’ London flat. One day, it hits him that he’s losing patience with his patients, who aren’t getting any happier. He wonders… what is happiness?

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Swearnet

The Trailer Park Boys might be the most successful, iconic Canadian comedy export since Bob & Doug McKenzie, but when they lose the rights to the Trailer Park Boys franchise, they find themselves being just out-of-work actors, struggling to pay the bills.

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What if

Wallace (Daniel Radcliffe) is a medical school dropout who‘s been repeatedly burned by bad relationships. While everyone around him seems to be finding the perfect partner, including his friend Allan (Adam Driver) in girlfriend Nicole (Mackenzie Davis), Wallace decides to put his love life on hold. It is then that he meets Chantry (Zoe Kazan), an animator who lives with her longtime boyfriend Ben (Rafe Spall).

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Sex Tape

Jay (Jason Segel) and Annie (Cameron Diaz) are a married couple still very much in love, but ten years and two kids have cooled the passion. To get it back, they decide – why not? – to make a video of themselves trying out every position in one marathon three-hour session. It seems like a great idea, until they discover that their most private video has gone public.

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And so it goes

AND SO IT GOES is really about second chances. People get a second chance or a third chance or a fourth chance or a fifth chance, if you’re just willing to open up and take it and plunge in says Diane Keaton

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22 Jump Street

Now, in 22 Jump Street, the filmmakers take the relationship to the next level. If the first film was about forming a relationship, the new film is about what it takes to make a relationship last.

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