Comedy
Minions: The Rise of Gru review – very funny goofball nonsense
Steve Carell’s wannabe supervillain takes on the hippest bad guys on the block in this irrepressible latest Despicable Me outing
Wendy Ide
02, Jul, 2022 @2:00 PM
The Big Hit review – impressive French prison comedy-drama
Based on the true story of a drama teacher who worked in a high-security jail, this film crackles with charm and nervous energy
Wendy Ide
26, Jun, 2022 @11:00 AM
The Big Hit review – feelgood prison comedy as convicts do Beckett
A curmudgeonly actor helps prisoners put on a production of Waiting for Godot in Emmanuel Courcol’s predictable drama
Leslie Felperin
24, Jun, 2022 @7:27 AM
The Man from Toronto review – dull Kevin Hart Netflix caper
The anodyne action comedy, which sees the star buddied up with Woody Harrelson as a hitman, is competently made but lacks humour
Adrian Horton
24, Jun, 2022 @1:00 AM
Minions: The Rise of Gru review – feeble origin story hopefully lays franchise to rest
This fifth instalment in the Despicable Me animation series spirals back to 1976 and a stolen mega-powerful amulet but the plot is perfunctory and it runs on the faintest of fumes
Peter Bradshaw
22, Jun, 2022 @6:00 PM
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe review – animated idiots return for sci-fi comedy
There are some funny moments in the feature-length return of Mike Judge’s long-running duo but there are also too many missed opportunities
AA Dowd
22, Jun, 2022 @1:00 PM
50 First Dates: this sweet-hearted gem is among Adam Sandler’s finest work
The 2004 goofball romcom starring the endlessly bankable pairing of Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore has its problems but is still full of charm and chemistry
Nathan Jolly
21, Jun, 2022 @5:30 PM
Gatlopp: Hell of a Game review – supernatural board-game yarn is a low-budget Jumanji
Peppy comedy sets four jaded Los Angelenos up with a perilous challenge that could go on for eternity – and certainly has franchise potential
Phil Hoad
21, Jun, 2022 @10:00 AM
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande review – Emma Thompson excels in stagey sex comedy
The endlessly versatile actor plays a reserved widow who hires a sex worker in this enjoyably subversive but not quite believable romp
Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
19, Jun, 2022 @7:00 AM
Cha Cha Real Smooth review – a wry romcom that’s shamelessly manipulative
In his second film, whiz-kid Cooper Raiff gives himself another starring role as an adorable bar mitzvah host who meets Dakota Johnson’s older woman
Wendy Ide
18, Jun, 2022 @2:00 PM
A funny thing happened on the way to Lavender Hill
Letters: The Lavender Hill Mob went from serious crime drama to comic caper, explains Quentin Falk
Letters
17, Jun, 2022 @4:37 PM
Jerry and Marge Go Large review – Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening go small
A broad, fact-based comedy about a couple who game the lottery has flashes of vicarious fun but relies too heavily on sitcom beats
Benjamin Lee
17, Jun, 2022 @3:27 PM
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