Knocked Up feels, in some ways, like the grown up version of Freaks and Geeks: Two mismatched worlds colliding and, after much hilarious dust-up, bringing out the best in each other.
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Knocked Up (2007)
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Lost in Translation (2003)
Everything about Lost in Translation is designed to make Tokyo feel like an alien world
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My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Surely you are familiar with the Howard Hawks’s authoritative definition: ““A good movie is three good scenes and no bad scenes.”
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A Few Good Men (1992)
There’s a lot that’s good in this film, but let’s start with the bad
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Turning Red (2022)
The premise of Turning Red — thirteen-year-old Mei Lee transforming into a red panda whenever she gets agitated — is very clearly metaphoric.
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The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
The Darjeeling Limited has a reputation as a minor Wes Anderson work
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Hotel Chevalier (2007)
Hotel Chevalier is best known for 1) being better than The Darjeeling Limited, the feature film it ties with, and 2) the one time Natalie Portman got naked in front of the camera.
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The Big Lebowski (1998)
A layer under the surface, stoner comedies and hard-boiled detective stories actually have a lot in common
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Garden State (2004)
Garden State’s reputation has fallen out of favor in the 18 years since its release, and understandably so.
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Casablanca (1942)
“Is it really that good?” I wondered as I hit play for the first time in a decade.