Listen, this isn’t a comedy classic, but one has to admire Schneider’s willingness to do anything to get a laugh. Remember when Rob Scheider could carry a theatrical release? Relive those crazy days with this 1999 sex comedy that made an absolute fortune at the box office (enough to produce a much-worse sequel). Sure, it’s just another teen party comedy, but there’s a sweetness to it that’s infectious and, as ancient as this may make you feel, nostalgic now that it’s older than the characters in it. This 1998 teen comedy became something of a cult hit in the early days of DVD thanks in large part to its talented young cast, including Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Lauren Ambrose, Seth Green, and more. Cohen brilliantly plays with how much harder it was to make a Borat film now than everyone recognizes the character, while also digging deep into the issues of 2020 like response to the pandemic, the increasingly vocal racism of the country, and the grossness of Rudy Giuliani.
Sacha Baron Cohen returned to his most iconic character in 2020 with this sequel to his smash hit Borat, and it instantly became one of the most talked-about films of the year. You kind of have to be an asshole not to like it. It’s really as crowd-pleasing as comedies get. Gordon loosely adapt their own story, with Nanjiani starring alongside Zoe Kazan. It’s not common for a breakthrough comedy to be so acclaimed and popular that it actually becomes an Oscar nominee for Best Screenplay, but The Big Sick is not a typical comedy (and Holly Hunter was robbed of a nomination too, by the way). The template for so many movies to come, The Apartment is a daring dissection of toxicity in the story of an insurance clerk (Jack Lemmon) who lets his coworkers use his apartment to support their infidelity. It’s hard to believe that Billy Wilder’s masterpiece is over six decades old given that it’s a film that feels as timeless as ever. It’s a template movie for hundreds of relationship comedies to come. You know how the Academy ignores comedy when they hand out Oscars? Not this time: Annie Hall won awards for Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actress, and even Best Picture. A massive fan favorite, it also received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Screenplay.
JGL narrates the story of a love found and a love lost in a film that made over $60 million worldwide on a budget that was only a fraction of that. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel star in this debut feature from Marc Webb that became an indie hit.
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