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Kermode and Mayo's Film Review
Comedy
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(500) Days Of Summer
Mark Kermode has a couple of issues with 'kooky' romantic comedy (500) Days Of Summer starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel.
Date reviewed: 4th September
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2 Days in New York
Mark Kermode reviews 2 Days in New York. Starring Julie Delphy and Chris Rock as a New York couple visited by French family members.
Date reviewed: 18th May 2012
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4 Christmases
Mark Kermode reviews Seth Gordon's Christmas offering featuring Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon and Robert Duvall.
Date reviewed: 28th November
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21 Jump Street
Mark Kermode reviews 21 Jump Street. High school movie meets action in this new comedy.
Date reviewed: 16th March 2012
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A Serious Man
Mark reviews the Coen Brothers' A Serious Man, a black comedy loosely retelling the biblical tale of Job.
Date reviewed: 20th November
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Adventureland
Mark's joined by Charlie Fink, lead singer of Noah and the Whale, to discuss the latest film by the director of Superbad.
Date reviewed: 11th September
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All In Good Time
Mark Kermode reviews All in Good Time. Writer of East is East Ayub Khan-Din returns with a new family drama.
Date reviewed: 11th May 2012
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American Pie: Reunion
Mark Kermode reviews American Pie: Reunion. Over a decade since the original American Pie, the characters return to their home town for a high school reunion.
Date reviewed: 4th May 2012
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Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging
5 live's resident movie critic Mark Kermode reviews the latest film from Gurinder Chadha, the director of Bend It Like Beckham and Bride And Prejudice.
Date reviewed: 25th July
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Arthur Christmas
Mark Kermode reviews the animated festive comedy, Arthur Christmas.
Date reviewed: 11 November 2011
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Away We Go
Sam Mendes, the Oscar-winning director, releases his latest film about a couple very much in love. Despite many reviews, Mark Kermode finds it an uplifting movie-going experience.
Date reviewed: 18th September
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Mark Kermode delivers his verdict on Beverly Hills Chihuahua, featuring the voices of Drew Barrymore and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Date reviewed: 16th January
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The Boat That Rocked
Mark Kermode's review of The Boat That Rocked, Richard Curtis' nostalgic take on pirate radio in the 1960s.
Date reviewed: 3rd April
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Bolt
Mark Kermode reviews Bolt, Disney's first purpose-built 3D animation, by Toy Story director John Lasseter.
Date reviewed: 6th February
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Bride Wars
Mark Kermode gives Simon Mayo his review of the Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway film, Bride Wars.
Date reviewed: 9th January
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Brüno
Mark Kermode gets to grips with Sacha Baron Cohen's latest comedy, Brüno - and finds that it's not bad actually.
Date reviewed: 10th July
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Burn After Reading
Mark Kermode reviews the return of the Coen brothers following their Oscar glory with No Country For Old Men. They direct an all star cast including George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Tilda Swinton.
Date reviewed: 17th October
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Couples Retreat
Mark reviews Couples Retreat, the latest comedy from Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn. He really, really hates it.
Date reviewed: 16th October
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Dance Flick
5 live's resident film critic reviews the dance parody film produced by the Wayans' brothers, who previously brought you the Scary Movie franchise.
Date reviewed: 21st August
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Dark Shadows
Mark Kermode reviews Dark Shadows, the latest offering from Tim Burton. Johnny Depp stars as a vampire who is freed from his tomb in 1972.
Date reviewed: 11th May 2012
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Dean Spanley
5 live's movie critic Mark Kermode reviews Dean Spanley, directed by Toa Fraser with Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown and Peter O'Toole.
Date reviewed: 12th December
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Delicacy
Al Murray and Boyd & Floyd review romantic comedy Delicacy, starring Audrey Tautou as a widow who falls for an older man.
Date reviewed: 13th April 2012
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The Decoy Bride
Mark Kermode reviews The Decoy Bride, a wedding comedy set in Scotland, starring David Tenant and Kelly Macdonald.
Date reviewed: 9th March 2012
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The Dictator
Mark Kermode reviews Sacha Baron Cohen's latest comedy The Dictator.
Date reviewed: 18th May 2012
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Drag Me To Hell
Sam Raimi, director of Evil Dead, returns to horror with plenty of comedy thrown in.
Date reviewed: 29th May
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Driving Aphrodite
Originally titled My Life in Ruins, Driving Aphrodite tells the tale of a frustrated Greek-American tour guide in Athens. Starring Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss and Alistair McGowan, Mark Kermode finds it to be a comedy desperately short of laughs.
Date reviewed: 2nd October
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Fantastic Mr Fox
Mark Kermode reviews Fantastic Mr Fox in front of a live audience in the Vue cinema in Hull, and thinks Wes Anderson's stop-motion movie has none of the character of Roald Dahl's dark original.
Date reviewed: 23rd October
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Ghost Town
Mark Kermode reviews Ghost Town, starring Greg Kinnear, Jordan Carlos and The Office's Ricky Gervais.
Date reviewed: 24th October
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The Hangover
Mark Kermode reviews Todd Phillips' comedy about a stag party gone awry in Las Vegas.
Date reviewed: 12th June
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Hannah Montana: The Movie
Is pink a colour or a state of mind? Mark Kermode ponders the simple philosophy of Hannah Montana.
Date reviewed: 1st May
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High School Musical 3
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo discuss the third installment from Disney's popular High School Musical creation. Featuring Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and Zac Efron.
Date reviewed: 24th October
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The House Bunny
Mark Kermode tackles Fred Wolf's film about a Playboy bunny who is tossed out of Hugh Hefner's mansion. Starring Anna Faris and Colin Hanks.
Date reviewed: 10th October
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How To Lose Friends And Alienate People
Mark Kermode reviews Robert B. Weide's comedy featuring British actor Simon Pegg, Janette Scott and Kelan Pannell.
Date reviewed: 3rd October
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I Love You, Beth Cooper
Radio 5 live's Mark Kermode reviews Chris Columbus' highschool romance I Love You, Beth Cooper, starring Hayden Panettiere.
Date reviewed: 21st August
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Igor
Mark Kermode reviews the animated tale of an ambitious hunchback featuring the voices of Myleene Klass, John Cusack and Robin Walsh.
Date reviewed: 17th October
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Imagine That
Mark Kermode reviews Imagine That, a family comedy starring Eddie Murphy and Thomas Haden Church.
Date reviewed: 14th August
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The Invention of Lying
5 live's resident movie critic feels that although Ricky Gervais' latest Hollywood effort passes the laughter test, it falls short of what the British comedian is capable of. Written and co-directed by Gervais, the film also stars Jennifer Garner and Jonah Hill.
Date reviewed: 2nd October
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Iron Sky
Mark Kermode reviews Iron Sky, a sci-fi comedy in which Nazis return from their secret base on the moon to conquer the world.
Date reviewed: 18th May 2012
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It's Complicated
Mark takes a look at this glossy Streep-Baldwin romcom, and doesn't like what he sees.
Date reviewed: 8th January
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Julie & Julia
Mark has few good things to say about Meryl Streep's depiction of Julia Child in this cookery-themed offering.
Date reviewed: 11th September
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Lesbian Vampire Killers
Mark Kermode's review of Horne and Corden's horror comedy Lesbian Vampire Killers filmed by us, with help from members of the audience at Leeds' Hyde Park Picture House as part of 5 live's Film Weekend
Date reviewed: 20th March
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Looking For Eric
Mark Kermode reviews Ken Loach's tale of a football fanatic postman who gets some life coaching from the famously philosophical Eric Cantona.
Date reviewed: 12th June
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Mamma Mia!
Mark Kermode reviews Mamma Mia! the 2008 film adaptation of the West End musical featuring Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Meryl Streep.
Date reviewed: 11th July
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Marley and Me
Mark Kermode gets very hot under the collar about David Frankel's doggy comedy starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston.
Date reviewed: 13th March
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Meet Dave
Mark Kermode reviews Eddie Murphy's family comedy based on a human controlled by miniature aliens.
Date reviewed: 15th July
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Nativity!
Mark reviews Martin Freeman in Nativity! an improvised comedy based around a school nativity play.
Date reviewed: 27th November
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New In Town
Mark Kermode reviews New In Town, a romantic comedy about a woman moving to a small town in Minnesota, starring Renee Zellweger.
Date reviewed: 27th February
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Nick and Norah's Inifinite Playlist
Mark Kermode reviews Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, a coming-of-age teen comedy film based upon the novel of the same name and starring Michael Cera.
Date reviewed: 30th January
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Night At The Museum 2
Mark Kermode reviews the lucrative sequel featuring Steve Coogan, who is in the studio. Is it as good as the sum of its parts?
Date reviewed: 22nd May
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Observe and Report
Mark Kermode finds little to laugh at in Jody Hills lame comedy flick, Observe And Report.
Date reviewed: 24th April
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Pineapple Express
Mark Kermode gives his opinion on the latest film from the Judd Apatow stable, featuring James Franco and Seth Rogen.
Date reviewed: 12th September
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Pink Panther 2
Mark Kermode reviews Pink Panther 2, starring Steve Martin as the disaster-prone Inspector Clouseau, a role made famous by Peter Sellers.
Date reviewed: 13th February
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Piranha 3DD
Mark Kermode reviews Piranha 3DD. This gory sequel sees the monsters from the prievious Piranha movie making their way into a waterpark.
Date reviewed: 11th May 2012
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The Proposal
Mark Kermode reviews Sandra Bullock's latest rom-com, in which she plays a publisher who forces her assistant to marry her.
Date reviewed: 24th July
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RocknRolla
Mark Kermode reviews Guy Ritchie's 2008 film which features Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton and Idris Elba.
Date reviewed: 5th September
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The Rum Diary
Mark Kermode reviews the Johnny Depp movie, The Rum Diary.
Date reviewed: 11 November 2011
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Mark Kermode reviews Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, a rom com set in the Middle East. Starring Ewan McGregor & Emily Blunt.
Date reviewed: 20th April 2012
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The Source
Mark Kermode reviews The Source. Set in a North African village, this drama tells the story of local women who go on 'love strike' against their cruel husbands.
Date reviewed: 18th May 2012
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St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Mark reviews the second installment in the re-invention of the girl power comedies.
Date reviewed: 18th December
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Synecdoche, NY
Mark Kermode reviews Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut, Synecdoche, NY, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Date reviewed: 15th May
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Teeth
Mark Kermode gives his thoughts on black horror film Teeth, directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein.
Date reviewed: 20th June
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The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Mark Kermode reviews The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, the latest comedy from the Will Ferrell stable, which centres around a car dealership.
Date reviewed: 23rd October
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The Men Who Stare At Goats
Mark Kermode reviews the adaptation of the Jon Ronson book, starring George Clooney in the bizarre tale of a secret wing of the US Military.
Date reviewed: 6th November
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Then She Found Me
Mark Kermode tells Simon Mayo what he made of Helen Hunt's directorial debut, Then She Found Me. The film stars Hunt alongside Matthew Broderick, Colin Firth and Bette Midler.
Date reviewed: 17th September
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This Means War
Mark Kermode reviews This Means War. Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy star in this action comedy.
Date reviewed: 2nd March 2012
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Tiny Furniture
Mark Kermode reviews Tiny Furniture, a new comedy following the trials of a film school graduate after returning home.
Date reviewed: 29th March 2012
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Tormented
A knock-off of the standard US college slasher format, or a particularly British horror film?
Date reviewed: 22nd May
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Tower Heist
Mark reviews the comedy crime caper Tower Heist starring Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy.
Date reviewed: 4th November 2011
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Tropic Thunder
Ben Stiller's action comedy featuring Jack Black and Robert Downey Junior is assessed by 5 live's resident film critic, Mark Kermode.
Date reviewed: 17th September
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Wall-E
Mark Kermode reviews Andrew Stanton's tale of a waste collecting robot, which features the voices of Sigourney Weaver and Ben Burtt.
Date reviewed: 15th July
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Wanderlust
Mark Kermode reviews new comedy Wanderlust, starring Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd.
Date reviewed: 2 March 2012
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We Bought A Zoo
Mark Kermode reviews the sickly-sweet We Bought a Zoo, starring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson.
Date reviewed: 16th March 2012
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Zak And Miri Make A Porno
Mark Kermode reviews Kevin Smith's comedy starring Elizabeth Banks and Seth Rogen.
Date reviewed: 14th November
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