Archive for June 26th, 2009

Some blockbuster comedies deserve their success (The 40-Year-Old Virgin) while others (Wedding Crashers) fail to amuse me in the slightest.

I love Zach Galifianakis. I think he’s one of my generation’s best stand-ups, but his past cinematic endeavors have been underwhelming in comparison.

My wife and I went to see The Hangover hoping that we would get a few solid laughs and not be bored in between hijinx. We set our bar low and wound up howling for most of its running time.

Most of the people that read my blog have probably already seen this, but if you haven’t, let me assure you that (unless you disike goofy low-brow expletive-laden comedies on the whole) you will enjoy yourself. Here is a brief (and incomplete) list of things that made me smile:

* Fellow JTS Brownie Gillian Vigman had a nice cameo (and, surely, a part in the sequel?) as did Matt Walsh and Jeffrey Tambor.

* Zach helping a baby pretend to masturbate. Twice.

* “They gave out rings at the Holocaust?”

* “You are literally too stupid to insult.”

* “That Jewish actor.”

* Every scene with Leslie Chow.

And make sure that you take a deep breath before the closing credits start. You will be screamlaughing.

That’s all. It’s dirty, it’s funny and it proves once and for all that Mike Tyson can’t convincingly play HIMSELF in a movie (though Tyson was a great documentary).

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