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Wedding Crashers (2005)
Not quite the funniest thing ever, but getting there...
I can't say how much I loved this movie! Vince Vaughn is just awesome and is definitely the bedrock of the film. Owen Wilson is as laid back and hilarious as ever, and the two female leads certainly hold their own. The direction is pretty nifty too, and I like the idea that these guys spend all their time going to weddings and yet they're the biggest commitment-phobics ever. Even their jobs entail mediating divorce settlements. The story moves along apace and none of the jokes fall flat at all. I was surprised to discover afterwards that the running time is approaching two hours, because (though this is a cliché) it really never felt like it! Not to have seen this movie is wrong. Do something about it!
Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004)
With all respect, you seem to have missed the point....
I have to admit that I didn't expect to like this movie but actually it was a pleasant surprise. I think the fact that some of the dialogue clunked terribly added to the humour. The premise is ridiculous, yes, but it is so for a reason. The people making this film don't expect you to take it seriously, it's not a history lesson. The film delights in sending up stock Hollywood clichés, the token black guy, the Americans saving the world etc, and I would suggest it as a tonic to anyone who had just endured "Hollywood history" dross like Pearl Harbour or U-571. The script contains some cracking one-liners and there is a pretty great British cast. Having Hitler to stay at the palace is an inspired piece of comic invention and the story with the princess parodies Mel Gibson's Braveheart sub-plot quite hilariously The absurdity of the movie is what saves it, if they had gone and made a half hearted effort it would never have gotten to film. Give it a go.