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Need a good laugh, but only got an hour and a half? Might we recommend this little lot...
I’m of the firm belief that films work most effectively when their runtime is 90 minutes or less. It forces an economy of story and dialogue which propels the film into its best self. No bloated middle, extended ending, or wasted stories here. This goes double for comedies. They should never outstay their welcome. But they seem to be getting longer, as we recently pointed out here.
So to refresh your movie comedy palette, here are 25 films that are 90 minutes or under. I’ve tried to avoid the more obvious ones, and shine a light on those comedies which might have gone a bit unappreciated over the years, but are well worth a hour and a half of your time. This lean runtime isn’t a guarantee of greatness of course,...
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Need a good laugh, but only got an hour and a half? Might we recommend this little lot...
I’m of the firm belief that films work most effectively when their runtime is 90 minutes or less. It forces an economy of story and dialogue which propels the film into its best self. No bloated middle, extended ending, or wasted stories here. This goes double for comedies. They should never outstay their welcome. But they seem to be getting longer, as we recently pointed out here.
So to refresh your movie comedy palette, here are 25 films that are 90 minutes or under. I’ve tried to avoid the more obvious ones, and shine a light on those comedies which might have gone a bit unappreciated over the years, but are well worth a hour and a half of your time. This lean runtime isn’t a guarantee of greatness of course,...
- 3/2/2016
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Gareth Carrivick’s ‘Faq About Time Travel’ has a terrific opening scene: An armada of spaceships is closing in on a big blue planet. Inside one of the ships, a British star-trooper is informing his crew of time raiders that they will go back to a point prior to their enemies’ evolution and wipe them out.
He’s salty and irritated and when he begins swearing, there’s the sound of children crying on the soundtrack. This ‘commander’ is Ray (Chris O’Dowd), a blue-collar worker at a children’s amusement park who is having a meltdown in the time-travel ride.
After Ray traumatizes a boatload of adolescents and loses his job, he and his buddies, Toby & Pete (they work in the park too as big plush dinosaurs) head out to the local pub to drown out their troubles and swap geek anecdotes while trying to hit upon that one...
He’s salty and irritated and when he begins swearing, there’s the sound of children crying on the soundtrack. This ‘commander’ is Ray (Chris O’Dowd), a blue-collar worker at a children’s amusement park who is having a meltdown in the time-travel ride.
After Ray traumatizes a boatload of adolescents and loses his job, he and his buddies, Toby & Pete (they work in the park too as big plush dinosaurs) head out to the local pub to drown out their troubles and swap geek anecdotes while trying to hit upon that one...
- 3/11/2010
- by Nathan Bartlebaugh
- Atomic Popcorn
The very cute Anna Faris and a trio of clueless British drinking buddies try to save the future of mankind (ruled, apparently, by Americans) in “Frequently Asked Questions about Time Travel”, or “Faq About Time Travel” for you types concern with brevity. Images from the movie plus a UK quad poster (they are so much cooler than our American ones, aren’t they?) after the jump. The script, written by Jamie Mathieson, follows three social outcasts — two geeks and a cynic — as they attempt to navigate a time-travel conundrum in the middle of a British pub. Faris plays a girl from the future who sets the adventure in motion. Starring Anna Faris, Dean Lennox Kelly, Marc Wootton, Chris O’Dowd, and directed by Gareth Carrivick. The space-time rift opens in the UK on April 24. If you missed it, check out the trailer for the movie here.
- 3/30/2009
- by Nix
- SciFiCool.com
It's unfortunate that Garth Jennings' adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was such a commercial failure, because now instead of looking forward to more sequels based on the work of Douglas Adams, we have to settle for imitations like Gareth Carrivick's Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel. That must also be why they have chosen to market this as "Shaun of the Dead meets Dr. Who", but I suppose if you're in the market for a quirky British sci-fi comedy, it doesn't look all that bad. Starring Anna Faris and Chris O'Dowd of The I.T. Crowd, the story is about three slackers (two geeks and a cynic) who accidentally get caught up in the intricacies of time travel while ...
- 3/3/2009
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Entering a bar and meeting a woman who claims she comes from the future, three ordinary blokes are about to get into an adventure of a lifetime as seen in the brand new international trailer of "Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel". With the running time of less than two minutes, the promo video presents snippets of what the three experience while they are caught in accidental time travels.
"Faq About Time Travel" follows two geeks and a cynic as they fall into a series of accidental trips back and forth through time. Hoping to get a distraction from their ordinary life, Pete, Ray and Toby go to their local pub for an average night out. After Ray was approached by a woman from the future, Pete stumbles through a time leak and sees the future which shows that all of the people in the bar will be dead.
While...
"Faq About Time Travel" follows two geeks and a cynic as they fall into a series of accidental trips back and forth through time. Hoping to get a distraction from their ordinary life, Pete, Ray and Toby go to their local pub for an average night out. After Ray was approached by a woman from the future, Pete stumbles through a time leak and sees the future which shows that all of the people in the bar will be dead.
While...
- 3/3/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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