{"id":1682,"date":"2017-08-23T15:22:01","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T20:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/chrisicisms\/?p=1682"},"modified":"2017-08-25T08:37:22","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T13:37:22","slug":"what-are-the-funniest-comedies-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/chrisicisms\/2017\/08\/23\/what-are-the-funniest-comedies-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are the Greatest Comedies of All Time?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Comedy films and comedians often don\u2019t get the respect they deserve from film buffs.<\/p>\n

Think of the last pure comedy or comedic performance to walk away with an Academy Award or to top an end-of-the-year list. People often mistake \u201cserious\u201d for \u201cgood,\u201d and neglect to acknowledge that making people laugh often takes more skill and calculation than making them cry. To this day, I\u2019ll insist that \u201cBorat\u201d should have been nominated for an Oscar, and that Sacha Baron Cohen should have walked away with at least a nomination for best actor. Even when comedies gain critical respect or awards, they\u2019re often darker, edgier or satirical films. Maybe that will change some day (I\u2019d love to see this year\u2019s \u201cThe Big Sick\u201d recognized at year\u2019s end), but I have a hunch it won\u2019t. Serious and resonant seems to speak more to the prestige critics look for.<\/p>\n

Which is why I was so happy to read the BBC\u2019s list of the top 100 comedies of all time<\/a> this week. \u00a0Prestige be damned, it\u2019s quite an eclectic and broad list, including everyone from Quentin Tarantino (even if I think you have to squint a bit to see \u201cPulp Fiction\u201d as comedy) to Edgar Wright to Adam McKay to Monty Python. I haven\u2019t seen every film on the list, but I\u2019ve seen the majority\u2026.and every one has made me laugh. Plus, you have to love any list that lumps together Ron Burgundy and \u201cThe Big Lebowski.\u201d You can read the whole list at the link above, but here\u2019s the top 10:<\/p>\n

1.) Some Like It Hot
\n2.) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
\n3.) Annie Hall
\n4.) Groundhog Day
\n5.) Duck Soup
\n6.) Life of Brian
\n7.) Airplane!
\n8.) Playtime
\n9.)This is Spinal Tap
\n10.) The General<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a great list. I\u2019m not going to argue with any of those. But just for fun, I thought I\u2019d list my own 10 favorite comedies.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the deal, comedy is subjective. What makes me laugh might not tickle your funny bone. And while the BBC list seemed to focus on the best movies that were also comedies (and, honestly, I\u2019m still scratching my head over \u201cPulp Fiction\u201d \u2014 but how do<\/em> you classify it?), my rule was simple: the harder and more often a movie makes me laugh, the higher it is on my list. I\u2019m also a child of the \u201980s and \u201990s, so I\u2019m sure there\u2019s a bit of a recency bias.\u00a0I\u2019m not saying these are necessarily the best comedies ever made, but they are the ones that I return to over and again that still make me laugh. What are yours?<\/p>\n

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  1. Step Brothers:\u00a0<\/strong>Where even some of the best comedies lose their punch over time when I\u2019ve memorized every\u00a0gag and run every quote into the ground, that\u2019s never happened with Adam McKay\u2019s 2008 film. When I first saw the movie, I was put off by its bizarre humor and comedic pieces that felt shaggy and improvised. But on repeat viewings, that unhinged, aggressive and seat-of-the-pants humor has kept the film fresh, even when I know it by heart. On the surface, this is a Will Ferrell\/John C. Reilly arrested development comedy. But dig deeper and it\u2019s a story about Apatowian slackers who never took Apatow\u2019s path to maturity, and parents too content to coddle their kids past the point of comfort. But potential depth aside, it\u2019s just hilarious, to the point of tears. Whether watching Ferrell sing \u201cPor Ti Volare,\u201d Reilly shout \u201cBoats and Hoes,\u201d or Adam Scott play a preening prick, the comedy still hurts my sides well into my dozenth viewing.<\/li>\n
  2. Ghostbusters:\u00a0<\/strong>Because it shouldn\u2019t work. Because you shouldn\u2019t be able to get three of the biggest names in comedy into one movie and fit it among their egos, let alone butting heads with the biggest comedic director of that time. Because the film was a totally different beast when written for John Belushi. Because high-concept and comedy never seem to work. Because audiences might like spectacle, but aren\u2019t always fans of deadpan humor and blue-collar satire. And yet, \u201cGhostbusters\u201d is hilarious, energetic, endlessly quotable and just flat-out one of the best comedies ever made. It shouldn\u2019t have worked, which is why its sequel and any other followups\/remakes were doomed to fail.<\/li>\n
  3. Groundhog Day<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong>My favorite Bill Murray performance. He\u2019s smarmy, funny and heartfelt as Phil Connors, a TV weatherman cursed to live the titular holiday over in a small town over and over. Harold Ramis (again) takes a smart script and injects it with humor, insight and spirituality. The sheer repetition of the days and the subtle changes to each cycle get big laughs, but dig deeper and this is a better \u201cChristmas Story\u201d adaptation than Murray\u2019s own \u201cScrooged.\u201d As I\u2019ve written before, it\u2019s Ecclesiastes as a romantic comedy. It\u2019s about existential angst and despair, but with our favorite sad clown at its center. It\u2019s a genuinely moving and joyful story that just happens to have Murray doing some of his funniest and most memorable work. Comedy that sticks to the soul, there\u2019s a reason why critics like Roger Ebert compared it to \u201cIt\u2019s a Wonderful Life.\u201d
    \n    \"groundhog-day-driving\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. This is Spinal Tap:\u00a0<\/strong>When done right, the mockumentary can be the funniest of all genres. There\u2019s something about the technique, the way it marries absurdity to mundane reality, that delivers really big laughs when in the hands of a capable director. \u201cBest in Show,\u201d \u201cWaiting for Guffman,\u201d \u201cWhat We Do in the Shadows\u201d\u2026all films I deeply love. But the king, of course, is Rob Reiner\u2019s 1984 look at a ban renowned for their exuberance, raw power and punctuality. The performances by Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer and Michael McKean are all-timers\u2026totally dedicated stupidity. And there are just too many great gags to decide on one. Stonehenge. \u201cYou can\u2019t dust for vomit.\u201d \u201cThese go to 11.\u201d \u201cNone more black.\u201d The movie is a masterpiece.<\/li>\n
  5. The Naked Gun: From the Files of \u2018Police Squad!\u2019:\u00a0<\/strong>I know that \u201cAirplane!\u201d is the go-to spoof for these lists. And surely, I love \u201cAirplane!\u201d (and don\u2019t call me Shirley). But stupid lines delivered in Leslie Neilsen\u2019s hard-boiled voiceover (\u201cLike a midget at a urinal, I was going to have to keep on my toes\u201d) are my weakness. The gags come every second, whether it\u2019s broad comedy (O.J. Simpson in pain is both silly and cathartic nowadays) or clever dialogue (\u201cMrs. Nordberg, I think we can save your husband\u2019s arm\u2026Where would you like it saved?\u201d), and I\u2019d say 99% of them hit. It\u2019s a film that wallows in silliness, whether it\u2019s Frank Drebin\u2019s X-rated escape from a burning room via statue, a press conference ruined by a toilet and a live microphone, or the world\u2019s worst rendition of \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner.\u201d The sequels lost a bit of oomph by letting Frank in on the joke; he\u2019s better when he\u2019s oblivious, as Neilsen plays it here. A film that gets better on rewatch because you\u2019ll probably catch a joke you missed when you were laughing the first time around.<\/li>\n
  6. Back to the Future:\u00a0<\/strong>In recent years, I\u2019ve seen Robert Zemeckis\u2019 1985 time-travel film become renowned as a great science-fiction franchise, which it is. But what too many people miss is that \u201cBack to the Future\u201d is science-fiction as storytelling, but at its heart it\u2019s a comedy. And a very funny one at that. It\u2019s a movie predicated on the idea of going back in time and having to set up your parents on their first date. Christopher Lloyd\u2019s Doc Brown is one of cinema\u2019s great comedic characters, the prototype for so many dysfunctional geniuses to come. Crispin Glover\u2019s George McFly is a weird, whiny take on the nerd and Thomas F. Wilson\u2019s Biff Tannen is possibly the best dunder-headed bully put to film. And Michael J. Fox is the perfect every-kid to bounce all the time travel and fish-out-of-water shenanigans off of. Bob Gale\u2019s script is a model of efficiency and meticulousness, and as the film\u2019s various plot threads, paradoxes and dilemmas converge, the movie turns almost into a screwball sci-fi adventure. Great Scott, is this movie good.<\/li>\n
  7. Shaun of the Dead:\u00a0<\/strong>This is actually a hard choice because here\u2019s the simple fact: Edgar Wright has never made a movie that is not great. This year\u2019s \u201cBaby Driver,\u201d while not an out-and-out comedy, is one of the most energetic and enjoyable films I\u2019ve seen in ages. \u201cScott Pilgrim Vs. The World\u201d is a mixture of videogame, music video and comic book tropes that tells a very funny story of navigating modern relationships. But obviously, it\u2019s the Cornetto Trilogy with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost that he\u2019ll (rightfully) be remembered for. And while I think \u201cThe World\u2019s End\u201d might be the most thematically successful and \u201cHot Fuzz\u201d tickles my love for action movies, it\u2019s the first film in the trilogy that makes me laugh the hardest. \u201cShaun of the Dead\u201d is a successful zombie film in its own right, but it\u2019s also hilarious. In an age of comedy directors who like to let their cast riff, Wright\u2019s meticulous, with every gag and quote adding something more to the plot or underlining the joke. Pegg and Frost had cemented their chemistry in the wonderful sitcom \u201cSpaced,\u201d but they\u2019ve never been a better buddy duo than here, where their co-dependent friendship both saves and threatens their lives. When I first saw \u201cShaun,\u201d I knew I wanted to immediately see whatever else Wright had in store. Five films later, he has yet to disappoint me.<\/li>\n
  8. Life of Brian:\u00a0<\/strong>I know everyone has a soft spot for \u201cMonty Python and the Holy Grail,\u201d and I won\u2019t begrudge you that love. It\u2019s a funny movie (though it didn\u2019t hold up quite so well on my most recent viewing). But this is the Pythons\u2019 masterwork. A bold, brass, raucous story of the baby born in the\u00a0other\u00a0<\/em>manger one night in Bethlehem. I know Christians who won\u2019t touch it because they consider it sacrilegious. But pay attention to the fact that the few scenes that actually feature Jesus (always in the background) treat him with respect, and you have a better idea as to what\u2019s up here. This is a movie that\u2019s blistering about the way humans get carried away with dogma and rules, and will blindly follow anyone so long as it helps their cause. And it\u2019s done with the Pythons\u2019 wonderfully silly sense of humor powering it through. So much here is just so funny, and it helps us religious folk see how petty our divisions often are.
    \n    \"40yearold\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. The 40-Year-Old Virgin:\u00a0<\/strong>The first time I saw Judd Apatow\u2019s directorial debut, on its first day of release, I knew I was watching something special. \u201cThe 40-Year-Old Virgin\u201d may be crass, but it\u2019s one of the most heartfelt, sweetest and old-fashioned romantic comedies we\u2019ve had. Steve Carrel wrote himself a big blank check for the rest of his career as the titular character, managing to navigate sweet and dorky without being off-putting. Apatow came out of the gate in command of his knack for finding a great cast and just letting them riff. Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Jane Lynch\u2026every single person here has at least one scene, maybe more, where they flat-out kill. The movie delivers giant laughs without every feeling too polished or overly thought-out; there\u2019s a scrappiness this big studio comedy that you don\u2019t always find. Apatow\u2019s moved on to more ambitious films, but I don\u2019t think he\u2019s ever directed a funnier one than this.<\/li>\n
  10. Young Frankenstein:\u00a0<\/strong>This is how you do parody. When the direction\u2019s not spot-on, Mel Brooks\u2019 Borscht-belt jokes can feel as dated and corny as they were even when he made the films. But when the director\u2019s on, he\u2019s on. And in \u201cYoung Frankenstein,\u201d he\u2019s on. The look and sound of this is straight out of a Universal Monsters movie (Brooks used props from the original production), which only accentuates the jokes that come fast and furious. Gene Wilder is a miracle here; no one does slow burns and frustration better than him. Peter Boyle\u2019s bellow of \u201cPuttin\u2019 on the Ritz\u201d still makes me howl with laughter. That final joke, so surprisingly dirty for a PG rating, caught me off guard when I watched it again last year (for the first time in two decades). How good was Brooks? He did this the same year as \u201cBlazing Saddles,\u201d which could arguably swap places with this on my list (I went with \u201cYoung Frankenstein\u201d just because its parody of monster movies is more in my wheelhouse).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I want to hear your thoughts about the comedies you love. And next week, on a special bonus episode of\u00a0CROSS.CULTURE.CRITIC.,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Joe and I will be talking about this list and our personal favorite comedies. Hope you can tune in!<\/p>\n

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