Tag Archives: Comedy

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): Another game begins…

Posted on January 6, 2018 by kaist455

There was a time when my taste in movies was rather immature. Around 1995, I became more serious about movies after getting exposed to the works of Alfred Hitchcock, but I also enjoyed some silly Hollywood blockbuster films such as … Continue reading →

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Good Time (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): Desperate hours

Posted on January 4, 2018 by kaist455

What a witless and hapless guy the hero of “Good Time” is. He thinks he can handle his messy situation, but things keep going wrong for him, and he only comes to find himself mired in more panic and desperation. … Continue reading →

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The Other Side of Hope (2017) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Another deadpan film from Kaurismäki

Posted on December 12, 2017 by kaist455

I remember well when I watched Aki Kaurismäki’s “Le Havre” (2011) during one cold evening of 2011 December. I watched it at a local arthouse theater which was as freezing as the outside, and I remember well when the theater … Continue reading →

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Room No.7 (2017) ☆1/2(1.5/4): Witless and toothless

Posted on November 18, 2017 by kaist455

Watching South Korean film “Room No.7” was one of the most tedious experiences I have ever had during recent years. As a comedy, the movie is not funny at all, and, as far as I can remember, the audiences around … Continue reading →

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A Perfect Day (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): The trouble with a well

Posted on October 30, 2017 by kaist455

Leisurely alternating between comedy and drama, “A Perfect Day” works as an absurd farce about war and its tragic mess. While its story and background are specific, those human absurdities of war depicted in the film feel universal in many … Continue reading →

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The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): Life with their father

Posted on October 17, 2017 by kaist455

“The Meyerowtiz Stories (New and Selected)” is as amusing as its whimsical title suggests. As dryly depicting the rocky relationship dynamics among the members of one dysfunctional family, the movie entertains us with small humorous moments generated among them, and … Continue reading →

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The Running Actress (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): It’s hard out here for an actress…

Posted on September 17, 2017 by kaist455

First, let me talk a bit about Moon So-ri, who has been one of the most prominent movie actresses in South Korea during last two decades. After drawing the attention of South Korean audiences in Lee Chang-dong’s “Peppermint Candy” (2000), … Continue reading →

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The Big Sick (2017) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): While she is in coma…

Posted on September 11, 2017 by kaist455

Not only smart and thoughtful but also funny and heartfelt, “The Big Sick” brings some fresh air to its genre. Yes, it is basically another story of two different people getting romantically involved with each other, but this small but … Continue reading →

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Much Ado About Nothing (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4): A little charming Shakespeare comedy

Posted on July 20, 2017 by kaist455

When I was young and wild, I vaguely knew about William Shakespeare. To me, he was just a famous British playwright who wrote several classic tragedies including “Hamlet”, and I only read the Korean translation version of “Hamlet” and his … Continue reading →

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Lost in Paris (2016) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A whimsical slapstick comedy set in Paris

Posted on May 22, 2017 by kaist455

French film “Lost in Paris” is a whimsical comedy mainly driven by various amusing moments of slapstick comedy. It surely has its own offbeat charm and the audiences around me frequently giggled during the screening I attended, but the movie … Continue reading →

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