Now forced to retreat to working in a food truck, he rediscovers a zest for living through the camaraderie of his precocious son (Emjay Anthony) and an always ebullient John Leguizamo as his trusty sous chef.
In the film, Favreau writes, directs, and stars as a trendy Los Angeles chef whose world is upended by a particularly nasty restaurant review and his subsequent meltdown reaction to it on Twitter.
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Chef (2014)Ī hidden amuse-bouche of laughs that Jon Favreau sneaked in between big helpings of Marvel movies and Disney remakes, this feel-good portrait of a chef’s life in free fall is still our favorite thing he’s done since the first Iron Man.
A fish out of water comedy, which doesn’t stray too far from romance tropes, it’s elevated by great performances (Awkwafina, Michelle Yeoh, and others are great in this), bright, glamorous visuals, and just enough sweetness to make it a satisfying watch all round.
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The movie stars Constance Wu as a young woman meeting her partner’s (Henry Golding) family for the first time, only to discover they are one of the richest families in Singapore. It’s also notable for being extremely good natured and very funny. And it was nominated for multiple awards. It also made a boatload of money, becoming the highest grossing rom-com of the 2010s. Released by Warner Bros., it was unusual for a comedy from a major studio to feature a cast of actors predominantly of Asian descent. Crazy Rich Asians (2018)Ĭrazy Rich Asians, based on the Kevin Kwan novel of the same name, is notable for several reasons. Like a cake with a file in it, Paddington 2 will nourish your soul and set you free. We’re giving 2017’s Paddington 2 the edge on this list because of how it expertly weaves a warmhearted yet still hilarious message about prison reform in with its family-friendly hijinks. See if your favorite made the cut.Īh, the eternal debate about which perfect film is somehow more perfect: Paddingtonor Paddington 2. Yet given the wealth of material to work with, even from the last few years when comedies have sadly been mostly abandoned by Hollywood studios, we decided to let our staff and you, dear readers, choose what you think is funny.īelow is a list of 25 entertainments, satires, and gross-out gags that tickled thousands of readers’ funny bones, as well those of our discerning staff writers and editors. Now admittedly, what qualifies as a “comedy”-versus, say, a drama with humorous moments-can be as subjective as humor itself.
Which must mean we’re feeling pretty foolish here at Den of Geek, because in honor of our company’s 15th year, we decided to rank and list all the best laughers from the last decade and a half. To explain why something is funny will more often than not rob a joke of its power, and to attempt to classify one type of humor over another could be a fool’s errand. There is likely no genre of film or performance more subjective than comedy.
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