Comedy Movies 2004 List

With Bow Wow • Steve Harvey • Shannon Elizabeth • Cedric the Entertainer • Gabby Soleil • Vanessa Williams • Solange Knowles • Christopher Erskin • Richey Jones • Jennifer Freeman • Paul Hall • Eric C. Rhone • Wendy Park • Todd Jones

Even the onboard navigation system has a meltdown on Nate Johnson (Cedric The Entertainer) and his family's cross-country trek to their annual family reunion/grudge match. Reluctantly along for the ride are Nate's wife (Vanessa Williams), who's only in it for the kids; their rapper-wannabe son (Bow Wow); their teenage daughter (Solange Knowles) who's fashioned herself as the next Lolita; and their youngest (Gabby Soleil), whose imaginary dog Nate just can't seem to keep track of. Can the Johnsons survive each other and all the obstacles the road throws at them to make it to Caruthersville, Missouri? Can they find Missouri?

With Emile Hirsch • Elisha Cuthbert • Luke Greenfield • Timothy Olyphant • Marc Sternberg • Autumn Reeser • Paul Franklin Dano • Laird Stuart • Christopher Marquette • James Remar • Harry Gittes • Charles Gordon • Brent Goldberg • David Wagner • Stuart Blumberg

Eighteen-year-old Matthew Kidman (Emile Hirsch) is a straight-arrow over-achiever who has never really lived life, until he falls for his new neighbor, the beautiful and seemingly innocent Danielle (Elisha Cuthbert). When Matthew discovers this perfect "girl next door" is a one-time porn star, his sheltered existence begins to spin out of control. Ultimately, Danielle helps Matthew emerge from his shell and discover that sometimes you have to risk everything for the person you love - as he helps her rediscover her innocence.

With Anne Hathaway • Cary Elwes • Lucy Punch • Steve Coogan • Tommy O'Haver • Hugh Dancy • Patrick Bergin • Jennifer Higham • Jane Startz • Joanna Lumley • Eric Idle • Aidan McArdle • Parminder Nagra • Karen McCullah Lutz • Laurie Craig • Gail Carson Levine • Kirsten Kiwi Smith

Ella (Anne Hathaway of "The Princess Diariess" fame) lives in a fanciful and magical world where all children are given a "gift" from a fairy Godmother at the moment of their birth. Little Ella's birthright is the gift - and curse - of obedience. As a result of this unfortunate circumstance, Ella cannot refuse any command, and is often left at the mercy of unscrupulous personalities. In a bid to regain control of her life, Ella goes on a quest to free herself from this mysterious curse. Ella must outwit a kingdom filled with ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, talking books and evil plots. And, if she's lucky, she may find love along the way.

With Bruce Willis • Natasha Henstridge • Frank Collison • Clara Bellar • Kevin Pollak • Matthew Perry • Johnny Messner • Tellulah Willis • Howard Deutch • George Gallo • David Willis • Elie Samaha • Allan Kaufman • Mitchell Kapner

Retired hitman Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski (Bruce Willis) is living the quiet life in a beachfront bungalow in Mexico, miles away from his former life. Thanks to falsified dental records supplied by onetime neighbor and friend Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky, D.D.S. (Matthew Perry), Jimmy faked his own death and has taken up a new line of work befitting his newfound domestic tranquility: cleaning the house and perfecting his culinary skills with his wife Jill (Amanda Peet), a purported novice assassin who has yet to pull off a clean hit. Suddenly, an uninvited and most unwelcome connection to their past shows up on the Tudeskis' doorstep. It's Oz, breathless and desperate, begging them to help rescue his wife, Cynthia (Natasha Henstridge), from the Hungarian mob. Jimmy couldn't be less interested. It's not his problem anymore. But before he can toss Oz out on his ear, more unexpected visitors show up. Newly paroled mob boss Lazlo Gogolak (Kevin Pollak) and his dim-bulb goons have followed the naïve dentist down from L.A. and right into Jimmy's Baja hideaway. All that Lazlo has been thinking about in jail is how he's going to get even with Jimmy for knocking off his favorite son, and how's he's going to fix Oz for helping him get away with it. Now Jimmy, Oz and Jill will have to go the whole nine yards — and then some — to manage the mounting Mafioso mayhem, in this sequel to the 2000 hit comedy "The Whole Nine Yards".

With David Duchovny • Toni Collette • Nia Vardalos • Rita Wilson • Roger Birnbaum • Peter Safran • Dash Mihok • Stephen Spinella • Christopher Logan • Alec Mapa • Michael Lembeck • Gary Barber • Jonthan Glickman

Nia Vardalos and Toni Collette play Connie and Carla, two struggling Chicago dinner theater performers who accidentally witness a mafia hit... and who subsequently hit the road, running for their lives. Assuming the killers will never look for them in a place devoid of culture, the pair head to Los Angeles, where they assume new identities and find their middling talent at song and dance perfectly suited to new careers-as drag queens. Much to their surprise, they inadvertently become the toast of the cabaret circuit. As their ruse becomes increasingly difficult to maintain, they discover that it is indeed lonely at the top, especially after Connie meets Jeff (David Duchovny), a guy she'd really like to be a real girl with. With the mafia zeroing in and the line separating their onstage/offstage personas blurring beyond the point of recognition, Connie and Carla soon discover the power of not compromising to pursue your dreams, fighting the good fight, and never, never underestimating the transformative power of cosmetics.

With Rachel McAdams • Tina Fey • Lindsay Lohan • Jonathan Bennett • Tim Meadows • Lacey Chabert • Daniel Franzese • Mark S. Waters • Lorne Michaels

In "Mean Girls", Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) is raised in the African wilderness by her zoologist parents but finds life gets a lot rougher when she moves to the city and begins high school. After dating the ex-boyfriend of the school's most popular girl, forces align against her.

With Julianne Moore • Pierce Brosnan • Frances Fisher • Michael Sheen • Parker Posey • Karey Kirkpatrick • David Wilmot • Beau St. Clair • David Bergstein • Julie Durk • Robert Harling • Nora Dunn • Marc Turtletaub • Brendan Morrissey • Johnny Myers • Gordon Sterne • Heather Nurnberg Brette Taylor Gordon Sterne • Peter Howitt • David T. Friendly • Aline Brosh McKenna

High-powered New York divorce attorneys Daniel Rafferty (Pierce Brosnan) and Audrey Woods (Julianne Moore) have seen love gone wrong in all its worst case scenarios – so how bad could their own chances be? At the top of their respective games, Audrey and Daniel are a classic study in opposites. She practices law strictly by the book; he always manages to win by the seat of his pants. But soon they're pitted against each other on opposite sides of a nasty public divorce between famous clients (Parker Posey and Michael Sheen), with the case centering on an Irish castle which each future divorcee has their sights set on. Audrey and Daniel travel to Ireland to chase down separate depositions, yet the two lawyers, who have slowly been developing a mutual attraction that neither wants to acknowledge, find themselves thrown together at a romantic Irish country festival. Naturally, after a night of wild celebrating, they wake up the next morning as man and wife. Now they have to return to New York to carry on with their surprising new situation and the ongoing court case. Maybe getting married first is the best way to fall in love?

With Jack Black • Ben Stiller • Christopher Walken • Amy Poehler • Barry Levinson • Rachel Weisz • Sam Lerner • Lily Jackson • Steve Adams • Connor Matheus • Ariel Gade • Paula Weinstein

Ben Stiller and Jack Black star as Tim and Nick, best friends, neighbors and co-workers, whose equal footing is suddenly tripped up when one of Nick's harebrained get-rich-quick schemes actually succeeds: Vapoorizer, a spray that literally makes dog poop, or any other kind for that matter, evaporate into thin air -- to where exactly is anyone's guess. Tim, who had scoffed at Nick's idea and passed on an opportunity to get in on the deal, can only watch as Nick's fortune -- and Tim's own envy -- grow to equally outrageous proportions. When the flames of jealousy are fanned by an oddball drifter (Christopher Walken) who imposes himself into the situation, Tim's life careens wildly out of control ... taking Nick's with it.