Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5549 Films to Buy & Rent
Liar Liar (1997)
- Dir. Tom Shadyac
Feat. Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney
- After the ill–fitting CABLE GUY, Jim Carrey is back in a snug role as an unscrupulous attorney put under a spell to compulsively tell the truth…
Life Less Ordinary, A (1997)
- Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter
- Round three for the creators of SHALLOW GRAVE and TRAINSPOTTING this time takes Ewan McGregor Stateside for a screwball comic–fantasy embroided…
Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997)
- Dir. Joe Mantello
Feat. Jason Alexander, Stephen Spinella
- The exclamations–marks certainly fly in this spirited comedy of summer–weekend craziness and bad manners. Based on Terrence McNally's…
Ma Vie En Rose (1997)
- Dir. Alain Berliner
Feat. George Du Fresne, Michele Laroque, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey…
- Confusion envelops an idyllic French suburban household when their youngest son starts believing he is a little girl. Solemn regard for themes of…
Man Who Knew Too Little, The (1997)
- Dir. Jon Amiel
Feat. Bill Murray, Peter Gallagher, Joanne Whalley…
- Contrived spy comedy, in which a bumbling Bill Murray accidently inducts himself into various high level intrigues. Though nothing special, this…
Matchmaker, The (1997)
- Dir. Mark Joffe
Feat. Janeane Garofalo, David O'Hara, Milo O'Shea…
- Political aide Janeane Garofalo is sent to an Irish coastal village to find or contrive some cosy, voter–friendly heritage for her senatorial…
Men in Black (1997)
- Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
Feat. Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Fiorentino…
- Far out effects, a slightly believable alien conspiracy plot and some savvy comic timing render this superior blockbuster fare. Will Smith and Tommy…
Metro (1997)
- Dir. Thomas Carter
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Michael Wincott
- Wisecracking hostage negotiator Eddie Murphy has the smile wiped off his face when his girlfriend is taken hostage by psychopath Michael Wincott.…
Mother (1997)
- Dir. Albert Brooks
Feat. Albert Brooks, Debbie Reynolds, John C. McGinley…
- Middle–aged teddybear Albert Brooks reties the apron strings with Mom Debbie Reynolds after two failed marriages.
Some very funny scenes of…
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
- Dir. P.J. Hogan
Feat. Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz
- Comeback hit for Julia Roberts, weds the usual romantic–comic routine with some nice dabs of self–mockery. Julia decides she wants to…