Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5549 Films to Buy & Rent
Mr Nice Guy (1998)
- Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Jackie Chan
- Another comic hodgepodge starring the overworked Jackie Chan, filmed and set in Melbourne, Australia (as a budget consideration?)
An incriminating…
Mr. Magoo (1998)
- Dir. Stanley Tong
Feat. Leslie Nielsen, Kelly Lynch
- Disney live–action remake, with Leslie Nielsen assuming the squint and bumbling crankiness of the small–screen 'toon. In this instance,…
My Giant (1998)
- Dir. Michael Lehmann
Feat. Billy Crystal, Gheorghe Muresan, Kathleen Quinlan…
- Novelty comedy in which Billy Crystal plays a desperate movie agent who uncovers the next "big" thing in Romania when he meets a giant basketballer…
Next Stop, Wonderland (1998)
- Dir. Brad Anderson
Feat. Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Hope Davis (DAYTRIPPERS) utterly captivates as a jilted blonde indisposed to the dating scene, who finds little sign of Mr. Right in the long queue…
Night at the Roxbury, A (1998)
- Dir. John Fortenberry, Peter Markle
Feat. Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Dan Hedaya…
- Saturday Night Livers Ferrell and Kattan extend their sketch about two hapless, Z–grade ladies men out to get laid – if the women of…
Nothing to Lose (1998)
- Dir. Steve Oedekerk
Feat. Tim Robbins, Martin Lawrence
- Ad–man Tim Robbins loses his will to live after he discovers his wife's affair, and winds up indulging in petty crime with his…
Object of My Affection, The (1998)
- Dir. Nicholas Hytner
Feat. Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd
- Another misfired kickstart to the Jennifer Aniston big screen career – the girl has comic talent, so why does she waste her time playing…
Occasional Coarse Language (1998)
- Dir. Brad Hayward
Feat. Sara Browne
- Taking cheeky inspiration from women's magazine culture, this hilarious Oz comedy flies on a ticket of enthused charm, homespun wit and Sara Browne…
Opposite of Sex, The (1998)
- Dir. Don Roos
Feat. Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow…
- Teenage tearaway Christina Ricci sets off a wild goose chain of frantically convoluted events when she steals her gay half–brother's boyfriend…
Orgazmo (1998)
- Dir. Trey Parker
Feat. Trey Parker, Dian Bachar, Robyn Lynne Raab
- Like some bastard spawn of WAYNE'S WORLD and FLESH GORDON, this riotous B–movie farce from Trey South Park Parker induces a Mormon missionary…