Category: Directed by Greg Mottola
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There are two profoundly well-directed scenes in the third act of The Daytrippers, including the last one, so you really want to give what you can of it a pass. Daytrippers is very straightforward, even through the various complexities of the third act, but just because Mottola (who wrote as well as directed) knows what…
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Singularly hilarious teen comedy about best friend Jonah Hill and Michael Cera having their last chance to hook up with their dream girls before they graduate high school and go off to college. Juxtaposed with their adventures trying to get to the right party, their third wheel Christopher Mintz-Plasse goes off to have a wild…
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Maybe Simon Pegg needs Edgar Wright or maybe Nick Frost just shouldn’t be writing because Paul should be great and it’s not. Some of the problem comes from having Seth Rogen voice the titular, CG alien. Rogen does a fine job but he’s such a dynamic presence, Pegg and Frost sort of fade into the…
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I hate Adventureland. I mean, it’s a rather good film, but I’m going to have to say nice things about Ryan Reynolds now and so I hate it. Reynolds has a small but significant role in the film and he’s fantastic, bringing humanity to what should be a common character. I cringed at his name…
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Hilarious teen comedy with an amazing script by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who perfectly plot every single joke. They’re not as good with the actual plot, which turns out to be way too simple and way too sentimental, but the constant belly laughs carry it. Mostly. Great performance from Jonah Hill as the raunchy…
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