My Best Friend’s WeddingĪ film which recently celebrated its 20 th birthday, My Best Friend’s Wedding turned Rupert Everett into a star, Cameron Diaz into an A-lister and Dionne Warwick’s soul standard I Say A Little Prayer into a karaoke classic. The story of six ex-steel workers who become Sheffield’s unlikely answer to The Chippendales, this crowd-pleasing comedy boasts a great cast, a toe-tapping soundtrack and plenty of dick jokes, but isn’t afraid to tackle harder-hitting issues either. The highest-grossing film in UK box office history until Titanic came along just a year later, The Full Monty remains the benchmark for British comedy. Netflix currently has two Coen brothers’ classics in its catalogue, but we’ve picked The Big Lebowski just ahead of Fargo as the number one pick.Ĭriminally ignored at the Oscars, this 1998 crime comedy boasts a career-defining turn from Jeff Bridges as The Dude, a Los Angeles slacker who, due to a case of mistaken identity, gets inadvertently caught up in a complex kidnapping plot. Wet Hot American Summerĭespite starring a who’s who of future A-listers, including Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper and Elizabeth Banks, Wet Hot American Summer bombed at the box office when it was released back in 2001.īut the spoof of 1980s summer camp movies deservedly went on to achieve cult status, and earn two Netflix spin-offs, thanks to its surreal mix of madcap characters, deliberately overblown melodrama and, erm, talking vegetable cans. Witherspoon has arguably never been more appealing as the ditzy sorority girl who, against all odds, bends and snaps her way to a Harvard law degree. Ignore the unnecessary 2003 sequel, and the even more unnecessary 2009 Reese Witherspoon-less cash-in, and stick with the Barbie-meets-LA Law original. Reynolds’ lip-syncing to All-4-One’s I Swear has to be seen to be believed, but it’s Chris Klein and Anna Faris who steal the show as his sensitive guitar-dude love-rival, and slightly deranged potential pop-star signing. One of the most under-rated romantic comedies of the 00s, Just Friends stars Ryan Reynolds as a former ugly duckling who returns to his hometown as a high-flying beautiful swan. The 40-Year-Old Virgin still has plenty of bawdy humor, but, in a move which would become first-time director Judd Apatow’s trademark, it also balanced it with plenty of heart. What sounded like a groan-worthy gross-out movie on paper turned out to be an inherently sweet rom-com which deservedly made a star out of its hair-waxing leading man, Steve Carell. The second, and arguably finest, chapter of the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy sees Simon Pegg and Nick Frost send up the buddy cop movie with a mix of high-speed action, inventive deaths and Middle England jibes. OK, so its appeal may have slightly waned due to the fact it appears to have taken residence on ITV2’s late-night schedules.īut if you haven’t yet stumbled across it for the 123 rd time while channel hopping, then Hot Fuzz remains a joy from start to finish. Be Kind RewindĮven back in 2008, the premise of Be Kind Rewind seemed completely dated – a pair of bumbling video store workers (and that’s video as in VHS) attempt to remake all the films they accidentally erased and save the business from going under.īut French maverick Michel Gondry’s love letter to the power of film is so heartfelt, if enjoyably silly, that it soon leaves you longing for the days of late fees and rewinding tapes. There’s also a surprise cameo (which despite being eight years old we still won’t spoil for you) which has gone down as one of the most memorable in recent Hollywood history. Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, Woody Harrelson and recent Oscar-winner Emma Stone play four random survivors who decide to become unlikely road trip buddies in the wake of a zombie apocalypse.Īt just 88 minutes, Zombieland certainly doesn’t outstay its welcome, while the talented cast appear to be having just as much fun as the viewers. Zombielandįollowing the brilliant Shaun of the Dead, you wonder why anyone else even bothered making a zombie horror comedy.īut Ruben Fleischer’s Zombieland is worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as Simon Pegg’s breakout hit. We don’t quite get the pair’s obsession with Rush, although their prog-rock jamming sessions does inspire Rudd’s great ‘slappin da bass’ scene.īut it’s great to see a Hollywood comedy tackle male friendship in such a believable and surprisingly heartwarming way.
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