Comedy Movies 2003 List

With Josh Lucas • Michael Caine • Robert Duvall • Kyra Sedgwick • Haley Joel Osment • Nicky Katt • Tim McCanlies • Corey Sienega • David Kirschner • Scott Ross

"Secondhand Lions" follows the comedic adventures of an introverted 14 year-old boy (Haley Joel Osment) who reluctantly finds himself spending the summer with a pair of cranky, eccentric great-uncles (Michael Caine and Robert Duvall). At first appalled by their gruff uncaring manner, over time he becomes enthralled with his uncles as the exotic tales and remembrances of their own youthful exploits introduce the boy to a world of imagination and wonder and re-ignites the old men's spirits.

With Derek Luke • Oliver Platt • Katie Holmes • Alison Pill • Patricia Clarkson • Isiah Whitlock • John Lyons • Gary Winick • Alice Drummond • John Gallagher Jr. • Sisqo • Sean P. Hayes • Lillias White • Susan Bruce • Peter Hedges • Alexis Alexanian • Holly Becker

April Burns (Katie Holmes) is a 21-year-old wild child with a very big problem. Against her better judgment, she's invited her straightlaced family for Thanksgiving dinner. Her boyfriend, Bobby, wants to help, but she banishes him from the apartment while she attempts to cook the meal. To make matters worse, she then discovers that her oven doesn't work. So, while April is forced to ask her eccentric neighbors for help in cooking her fifteen pound turkey, the Burns Family begins a reluctant journey from suburban Pennsylvania toward New York City's Lower East Side. April's Dad, Jim Burns (Oliver Platt) tries to convince the family that the day will be beautiful. Her mom, Joy (Patricia Clarkson) has her doubts and freely voices them. April's teenage sister and brother are squeezed between Grandma Dottie and a bag of snacks in the back seat as the Burns' family car hurtles toward Manhattan and what will most likely be certain disaster.

With Christina Ricci • Woody Allen • Danny DeVito • Jimmy Fallon • Glenn Close • Jason Biggs

The story of a struggling artist (Woody Allen) who has an affair with a much, much younger woman (Christina Ricci), which breaks the heart of her boyfriend (Jason Biggs), and raises the ire of her shotgun-wielding father (Dammu DeVito).

With Beyonce Knowles • Steve Harvey • Wendell Pierce • Cuba Gooding Jr. • Mike Epps • Dave Sheridan • Jonathan Lynn • Faith Evans • Rue McClanahan • Melba Moore • LaTanya Richardson • Angie Stone

When slick-talking New York City advertising executive Darrin Fox travels back to his small hometown in Georgia to claim the inheritance his aunt Sally left him, he finds he must fulfill her last wish before he can collect -- create a gospel choir and lead it to success. But with a town full of tin ears and a shortage of singers, Darrin is about ready to give up and head back to the city where he belongs…until he runs into Lilly. A beautiful nightclub singer with a voice that could rock the competition at the annual Gospel Explosion, Lilly is just the miracle Darrin is looking for... if he can persuade her to sing.

With Ella Joyce • Harrison Young • Daniel Roebuck • Campbell • Larry Pennell • Ossie Davis • Reggie Bannister • Gigi Fast Elk Porter • Bob Ivy • Heidi Marnhout • Daniel Schweiger • Don Coscarelli

Based on the Bram Stoker Award nominee short story by acclaimed author Joe R. Lansdale, "Bubba Ho-tep" tells the "true" story of what really did become of Elvis. We find the King (Campbell) as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death", then missed his chance to switch back. Elvis teams up with Jack (Davis), a fellow nursing home resident who thinks that he is actually President John F. Kennedy, and the two valiant old codgers sally forth to battle an evil Egyptian entity who has chosen their long-term care facility as his happy hunting grounds...

With Ginette Reno • Claudia Ferri • Paul Sorvino • Luke Kirby • Tim Post • Peter Miller • Pierrette Robitaille • Mary Walsh • Shaun Balbar • James Berlingieri • Richard Jutras • Diane Lavallee • Sophie Lorain • Dino Tavarone • Emile Goudreault

They're all Italian living in Montreal, but they could be from any large city in the western world with an Italian community. Angelo is a travel agent trying to become a television writer in his late twenties. Nino is a well-respected law enforcement officer, also in his thirties. Maria and Gino, Angelo's parents, emigrated in the 1950's and married after their arrival in "the new world". Maria and Gino's world is shattered when their son decides to get a place of his own. They are relieved however when Angelo's childhood buddy Nino decides to move in with their son. Their relief is short lived as they find out that Nino and Angelo are more than just roomates-they're lovers!