Movie Reviews3.3/10
Sixteen Years On, Jack Black’s Gulliver’s Travels Still Struggles to Find Its Own Scale
A giant man among dwarfs finds no mirth in his own vast bulk, though his comrades strive to make him laugh.
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Movie Reviews5.6/10
Zack and Miri Make a Porno Review: Rogen and Banks Carry a Premise That Outruns Its Own Jokes
A ribald comedy wherein lifelong friends make an adult film to settle their debts, with laughter and tenderness in equal measure.
TV Reviews7.4/10
Workaholics Review: Three Men Refuse to Grow Up for Seven Seasons — and It Works
Three friends refuse to grow up, work at a telemarketing firm, and party hard in this Comedy Central sitcom.
Movie Reviews6.1/10
Thirty-Six Years On, Kindergarten Cop Remains a Solid Comedy Built on One Man’s Pretense
A gruff cop pretends to be a kindergarten teacher, and the joke is that he's actually better at it than he ever was at policing.
Movie Reviews3/10
Two Men Dress as Police Officers and the Joke Quickly Goes Wrong
Two friends pretend to be cops for a college reunion and get caught up in a dangerous crime thriller that never works.
Movie Reviews3.9/10
Reynolds and Bateman Swap Bodies in The Change-Up — and the Gag Runs Out Before the Jokes
Two men swap bodies and lives, but the comedy never escapes its own narrow habits.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
‘Sister Act’: Goldberg’s Commitment Carries a Convent Comedy That Earns Its Noise
A lounge singer hides in a convent, and Whoopi Goldberg's boundless energy carries this noisy, tender comedy.
TV Reviews8/10
Impractical Jokers Review: Thirteen Seasons of Dares, Humiliation and True Friendship
A review of Impractical Jokers, a thirteen-season hidden-camera comedy of lifelong friends enduring public humiliation for sport.
Movie Reviews5.6/10
Five Grown Men Play Tag Across Three Decades of Weddings, Babies, and Breakups
A chase across a town, a game of tag that never ends, and five grown men who refuse to grow old.
TV Reviews7.5/10
Murphy’s Family Comedy Still Earns Its Laughter a Decade On
A review of F is for Family, the animated sitcom about a dysfunctional 1970s American family, praised for its voice acting and writing.