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Comedy films

September 2024

  • She is screaming

    Clawfoot review – Hollywood nepo babies do fine in horror-comedy bathed in gore

  • 200% Wolf.

    200% Wolf review – moon spirit baby turns kiddie werewolf sequel into frenetic howler

  • Nabhaan Rizwan as Aden, sitting on the floor in a still from In Camera.

    In Camera review – smart, surreal showbiz satire hits a nerve

  • Amrit Kaur as Azra in The Queen of My Dreams.

    The Queen of My Dreams review – mother and daughter bond over Bollywood in colourful comedy romance

  • On my radar
    On my radar: Mo Gilligan’s cultural highlights

  • ‘The main issue was always the hijab’: the Iranian directors arrested for their gentle septuagenarian comedy

  • Kenneth Cope, star of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Coronation Street, dies aged 93

  • First look review
    Saturday Night review – tedious SNL origins tale is an unfunny misfire

  • The 4:30 Movie review – Kevin Smith cues up a hot date with crush for his teen avatar

  • Fawzia Mirza and Amrit Kaur on The Queen of My Dreams: ‘People want to hear more queer Muslim stories’

  • First look review
    Nightbitch review – Amy Adams turns into a dog in rough dark comedy

  • Wendy Ide's film of the week
    Beetlejuice Beetlejuice review – Tim Burton has fun with pleasingly idiosyncratic sequel

  • First look review
    Nutcrackers review – Ben Stiller finds little joy in middling Christmas comedy

  • ‘We didn’t worry about a few dirty laughs!’ The Carry On women on playing nags, bra-burners and ‘crumpet’

  • Mandoob (Night Courier) review – Saudi crime thriller delves into the secrets of Riyadh

August 2024

  • Susan Wokoma, Aisling Bea, Omari Douglas and Billie Lourd in And Mrs

    ‘You laugh the hardest in grief’: And Mrs, the cathartic romcom about marrying your dead fiance

    Finding the funny side of bereavement may be taboo, but Colin Hanks and director Daniel Reisinger hope their new film starring Aisling Bea will help to change that
  • Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

    Beetlejuice Beetlejuice review – Tim Burton sequel takes retro joyride through old haunts

    Burton’s game attempt to bring the 1980s horror-comedy back from the spirit world is full of gaudy set-pieces but fails to add much to the original

    • And Mrs review – love never dies for Aisling Bea in barmy Brit romcom

    • Wendy Ide's film of the week
      Between the Temples review – bittersweet screwball comedy with shades of Harold and Maude

    • Kneecap review – fictionalised origin story is one of the funniest films of the year

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