Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5547 Films to Buy & Rent
Together (2000)
- Dir. Lukas Moodysson
Feat. Lisa Lindgren, Michael Nyqvist
- An affectionate yet affecting satire set on a domestic commune in mid–1970s Stockholm that challenges the principled ideologies of its members…
Tonsil Hockey (2000)
- Dir. Ray Hagel
Feat. Tom Green
- The star of ROAD TRIP, Tom Green, strains his tonsils with some standup comedy, a combination of puerile antics, satire and brute enthusiasm.
Trixie (2000)
- Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Emily Watson, Nick Nolte, Dermot Mulroney…
- Uneven attempt at a film–noir spoof by cult dir. Rudolph (who did it better in LOVE AT LARGE) with Emily Watson as a low–wattage…
Viva Las Nowhere (Dead Simple) (2000)
- Dir. Jason Bloom
Feat. Daniel Stern, Patricia Richardson, Lacey Kohl…
- Checking into a deserted motel in the “geographical centre of the USA” run by luckless, aspiring country–songwriter Daniel Stern, this darn…
Walk the Talk (2000)
- Dir. Shirley Barrett
Feat. Salvatore Coco, Sacha Horler, Nikki Bennett
- In her followup to LOVE SERENADE, dir. Barrett depicts the quixotic career of Italian–Australian Salvatore Coco, as he struggles to run a…
WayDownTown (Way Down Town) (2000)
- Dir. Gary Burns
Feat. Don McKellar, Fabrizio Filippo
- An imaginative low–budget comedy, has office workers in Calgary, Canada running a wager to see who can avoid going into the outside world the…
Wedding Planner, The (2000)
- Dir. Adam Shankman
Feat. Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey
- Love and wedding plans come into conflict, with Jennifer Lopez having to plan the nuptials of Matthew McConaughey, with whom she’s just fallen…
What Planet Are You From? (2000)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Garry Shandling, Annette Bening, Greg Kinnear…
- Polarizing sci–fi sex comedy starring Garry Shandling as a human–looking alien from an emotionless all–male society is sent to…
What Women Want (2000)
- Dir. Nancy Meyers
Feat. Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt
- ‘Freak accident’–comedy in which ad–man Mel Gibson finds himself hearing the intimate thoughts of women everywhere (and their…
Where the Heart Is (2000)
- Dir. Matt Williams
Feat. Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing
- A likeable chick flick tracking Natalie Portman's path from pregnant, jilted trailer–trash, towards some kind of happiness. The movie's…