Category: Comedy

Amazon Prime Comedy Rom-Com

“Red Oaks”

By Brett_G on

7.9

Similar to “The Holdovers,” this series did such a great job of world building that I simply enjoyed hanging out at the country club for a couple of weeks while this all played out.

The summer love stories, awkward dates, lifelong friendship forging, and endless 80’s classics on the soundtrack took the caddyshack wannabe vibe and blew it out of the water.

The main problem I had was the fact that it had the most awkwardly abrupt ending this side of “Hung.” Really bummed that Prime Video pulled a Netflix here and rug pulled my could have been comfort show.

No comments
Comedy Horror/Thriller

“Ready or Not 2: Here I Come”

By Brett_G on

7.1

There was a “fun” involved in the first film that made it unique. A tongue in cheek sense of cleverness that subverted the genres and provided an originality that was all but gone here. Too many scenes came across as cruel in this one for me to enjoy the more fun centered moments. I was skeptical to begin with, as the first “Ready or Not” was lightning in a bottle, but this did nothing but help cement that sense of “why are we doing this” almost the entirety of the runtime.

No comments
Comedy Drama Indie

“Is This Thing On?”

By Brett_G on

8.2

It’s amazing what trying to dodge a cover charge can lead to…

This one surprised the hell out of me. If you’ve listened to podcasts at all in the last decade, there’s a good chance you’ve heard a stand-up comic gushing about the life of a comic, grinding it out for years to build a set, learn to work a room, and the cost-benefit analysis that goes along with every step of the journey. This movie somehow tells that tale in a way that doesn’t seem stale and keeps you engaged the entire runtime in the sea of quirks. There’s not really a single character wasted in this entire thing, and each interaction’s awkwardness is somehow a springboard to a therapeutic release of sorts put to film. Will Arnett and Laura Dern absolutely kill it here.

No comments
Comedy Drama Indie

“Ella McKay”

By Brett_G on

7.9

A feel-good political drama/comedy? As insane as that sounds – yes. A great one, at that!

Get ready to hate this husband with every fiber of your being. Punchable doesn’t even begin to describe him by the time the third act rolls around. The messiness of the family was relatable and I was able to find a great comfort in the imperfection of almost everyone on the screen. There was a realness here that really made me feel at home for an hour and a half, and left me a bit bummed out that the credits were already rolling. We all need a good scream from time to time… I’m with you, Jamie Lee Curtis!

No comments
Comedy Drama Indie

“Twinless”

By Brett_G on

7.1

I guess this is one way to deal with your grief…

I genuinely did not see the third act coming! The two lead actors killed it in this tale of friendship and family, whether chosen or born into. A deeply personal study of relationships and psychology, and the complexity of dark humor within grief processing. Much deeper than I expected at the onset.

No comments