Sylvie of the Sunshine State (movie 2022) review: Sasha Levinson’s mother and daughter documentary depicts the difficulties of parenting during the COVID-19 pandemic era.
Family Comedies
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Madea’s Big Happy Family movie box office: Tyler Perry’s latest is performing far more weakly than its two Madea predecessors, while international prospects are nil. Loretta Devine costars.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules movie box office: Sequel to 2010’s domestic sleeper hit opened with better numbers but turned out to have far weaker legs than its …
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Little Fockers box office: Paul Weitz’s critically massacred comedy is a hit with domestic audiences. Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro and Owen Wilson star.
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The Day the Earth Stood Still remake box office: Keanu Reeves sci-fier flops while Four Christmases places Reese Witherspoon back on top.
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The Kid (movie 1921) review: Charles Chaplin’s homage to unconventional families mixed with social commentary, this feature remains just as touching 9 decades after its release.
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The Game Plan box office: Panned Dwayne Johnson star vehicle has topped the domestic chart twice; Ben Stiller’s latest hasn’t been nearly as lucky.
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Little Miss Sunshine with Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, Toni Collette. ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ review: Script suffers from severe case of mad crowd-pleasing disease Much …
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The Family Stone: Diane Keaton and her liberal New England clan including Claire Danes and Rachel McAdams give progressives everywhere a bad name.
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Queens (2005) movie review: Moderately amusing and generally well-acted gay marriage comedy features a stellar cast (Carmen Maura, Marisa Parades et al).
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Are Parents People? (movie 1925) review: Dysfunctional family movie comedy features cinema’s first teen star: Betty Bronson. Florence Vidor and Adolphe Menjou costar.
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Me and My Sister (movie 2004) review: Isabelle Huppert and Catherine Frot are in top form as psychotic siblings in Alexandra Leclère’s humorous and unsettling family tale.
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What’s the highest grossing comedy ever? That depends on how you come up with the box office figures, how you interpret them + how you define ‘comedy.’
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About a Boy (movie 2002) review: Starring Hugh Grant as a self-centered guy who tragically discovers his inner Family Man, Chris and Paul Weitz’s comedy is appallingly reactionary.
The Kids Are All Right box office: Lesbian family comedy-drama has no chance of reaching as high as Brokeback Mountain. Annette Bening and Julianne Moore star.
Are We Done Yet? (movie 2007) review: Ice Cube stars in Steve Carr’s godawful remake of the 1948 Cary Grant-Myrna Loy hit Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.
Joy (movie 2005) review: Julie Shles’ quietly amusing and generally well-acted Tel Aviv-set fairy tale discovers magic in unexpected places. Sigalit Fuchs stars.
Meet the Fockers (movie 2004) review: A quartet of award-winning cast members waste their talent and prestige in this idiotized Ben Stiller comedy. Jay Roach directed.