Comedy Movies 2007 List

With Tim Blake Nelson • Robert Duvall • Uma Thurman • Patrick Warburton • William H. Macy • Kathy Bates • Renée Zellweger • Matthew Broderick • Oprah Winfrey • Spike Feresten • Alan Arkin • Jerry Seinfeld • Barry Marder • Steve Hickner • Simon J. Smith • Christina Steinberg • Andy Robin

"Bee Movie" is the comedic tale of Barry B. Benson, a graduate bee fresh out of college, who is disillusioned with the prospect of having only one career choice—honey. On a chance opportunity to go outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by a woman, Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, Barry's eyes are opened to the world of humans and he soon discovers that people partake in the mass consumption of honey. Armed with this information, Barry realizes his true calling in life and decides to sue the human race for stealing the bees' honey. As a result, the bee and human communities get involved in ways they never had before, each one of them pointing a finger at the other. Barry gets caught up in the middle and finds himself with some very unusual problems to solve.

With Elizabeth Banks • Kevin Spacey • Vince Vaughn • Paul Giamatti • Ludacris • David Dobkin • John Michael Higgins • Dame Judi Dench • Jessie Nelson • Paul Hitchcock

Fred Claus has lived his entire life in his brother's very large shadow. Fred tried, but could hardly live up to the example set by the younger Nicholas, who was just a perfect, well, saint. True to form, Nicholas grew up to be the model of giving, while Fred became the polar opposite: a fast-talking repo man who's run out of luck and money. Over Mrs. Claus' objections, Nicholas agrees to help his brother on one condition: that he come to the North Pole and earn the money he needs by working in Santa's Toy Shop. The trouble is that Fred isn't exactly elf material and, with Christmas fast approaching, Fred could jeopardize the jolliest holiday of the year.

With Paul Rudd • Michelle Pfeiffer • Tracey Ullman • Fred Willard • Henry Winkler • Amy Heckerling

"I Could Never Be Your Woman" is a romantic comedy about a mother (Michelle Pfeiffer) who falls for a younger man (Paul Rudd) and her daughter (Saoirse Ronan) who falls in love for the first time. Tracey Ullman plays the acerbic Mother Nature who meddles in their fates.

With Dwayne Johnson • Amy Poehler • Seann William Scott • Wood Harris • Sarah Michelle Gellar • Wallace Shawn • Mandy Moore • Richard Kelly • Jill Ritchie • Matthew Rhodes • Jim Seibel • Bai Ling • Bill Johnson • Kendall Morgan • Cheri Oteri • Will Sasso • Jon Lovitz • John Larroquette • Joe Campana • Sean McKittrick • Bo Hyde • Jud Payne

The thriller is set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Johnson will star as Boxer Santaros, an action star stricken with amnesia whose life intertwines with Krysta Now (Gellar), an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and David Clark (Scott), a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.

With Justin Long • Jason Lee • Cameron Richardson • David Cross • Karen Rosenfelt • Janice Karman • Jane Lynch • Tim Hill • Steve Waterman • Jon Vitti • Michele Imperato-Stabile • Ross Bagdasarian

Jason Lee ("My Name Is Earl") will star as David Seville in the CG/live-action hybrid film, based on the 1950s cartoon series about chipmunks Alvin, Simon and Theodore, who lay waste to Seville's surroundings and sing in three-part harmony.

With Jason Bateman • Natalie Portman • Dustin Hoffman • Zach Helm • Nathan Kahane • RIchard Gladstein • Jim Garavante

Set in a magical toy shop which affords adults the opportunity to retain a child's sense of magic and wonder in their lives, a clerk must decide whether she wants to run the store after its current owner Mr. Magorium passes away.

With Nicole Kidman • Jack Black • Noah Baumbach • Jennifer Jason Leigh • Scott Rudin • Halley Feiffe • Zane Pais • Flora Cross

Margot Zeller, a savagely bright, razor-tongued short-story writer who creates chaos wherever she goes, sets off on a surprise journey to the wedding of her estranged and free-spirited, unassuming sister Pauline. Margot, with her all-too-rapidly maturing son Claude in tow, arrives with the gale force of a hurricane. From the minute she meets Pauline's fiance--the unemployed artist Malcolm--Margot starts to plant seeds of doubt about the union. As the wedding approaches, one complication crashes into the next: vengeful neighbors, a beloved tree in the backyard and Margot's own marital turmoil. The two sisters find themselves at the precipice of an unexpected transformation ultimately revealing that even when your family is about to implode the one thing you can cling to for solace and comfort is your imploding family.

With Idris Elba • Regina King • Loretta Devine • Damon Lee • Mekhi Phifer • Chris Brown • Paddy Cullen • Laz Alonso • Preston Whitmore

This year, Christmas with the Whitfield's promises to be one they will never forget. All the siblings have come home for the first time in years and they've brought plenty of baggage with them. As the Christmas tree is trimmed and the lights are hung, secrets are revealed and family bonds are tested. As their lives converge, they join together and help each other discover the true meaning of family.

With Kristen Wiig • Judd Apatow • John C. Reilly • Jenna Fischer • Jake Kasdan • Raymond J. Barry • Lewis Morton • Tim Meadows

America loves larger-than-life musician and songwriter Dewey Cox! But behind the music is the up-and-down-and-up-again story of a musician whose songs would change a nation. On his rock 'n roll spiral, Cox sleeps with 411 women, marries three times, has 22 kids and 14 stepkids, stars in his own 70s TV show, collects friends ranging from Elvis to the Beatles to a chimp, and gets addicted to - and then kicks - every drug known to man... but despite it all, Cox grows into a national icon and eventually earns the love of a good woman - longtime backup singer Darlene.

With Tom Hanks • Julia Roberts • Amy Adams • John Orloff • Philip Seymour Hoffman • Shiri Appleby • Mayte Garcia • Aaron Sorkin • George Crile • Celia Costas • Mike Nichols • Gary Goetzman

Based on the true story of how Charlie Wilson, an alcoholic womanizer and Texas congressman, persuaded the CIA to train and arm resistance fighters in Afghanistan to fend off the Soviet Union. With the help of rogue CIA agent, Gust Avrakotos, the two men supplied money, training and a team of military experts that turned the ill-equipped Afghan freedom-fighters into a force that brought the Red Army to a stalemate. However, the result also empowered the Taliban and terrorists including Osama bin Laden.

With Luke Wilson • Rachael Leigh Cook • Jamie Kennedy • Penelope Ann Miller • Jessica Simpson • Andy Dick • Scott Marshall • Willie Nelson • Larry Miller • Justin Berfield

Blonde Ambition is about to meet the girl that doesn't quit. Jessica Simpson stars as Katie Gregerstitch, a small-town Oklahoma beauty who's come to New York to visit her long-time boyfriend. But after finding him in the arms of another woman, Katie decides to lose her cheating man and to find herself. With the help of two scheming co-workers (Andy Dick and Penelope Ann Miller), she lands a job at a top construction firm where she meets and falls for a great guy (Luke Wilson) with an even greater secret. Now, nothing is going to stop this go-getter from getting exactly what her heart desires in the romantic comedy that proves you can't keep a bright, beautiful down-home girl down. Also starring Willie Nelson.

With Philip Seymour Hoffman • Laura Linney • Tamara Jenkins • Philip Bosco • Peter Friedman • Gbenga Akinnagbe • Cara Seymour

The last thing the two Savage siblings ever wanted to do was look back at their difficult family history. Having wriggled their way out from beneath their father's domineering thumb, they are now firmly cocooned in their own complicated lives. Wendy is a struggling East Village playwright, AKA a temp who spends her days applying for grants, stealing office supplies and dating her very married neighbor. Jon is a neurotic college professor writing books on obscure subjects in Buffalo. Then comes the call that informs them that the father they have long feared and avoided, Lenny Savage, is slowly being consumed by dementia and they are the only ones that can help. Now, as they put their already arrested lives on hold, Wendy and Jon are forced to live together under one roof for the first time since childhood, rediscovering the eccentricities that drove each other crazy. Faced with complete upheaval and battling over how to handle their father's final days, they are confronted with what adulthood, family and, most surprisingly, each other are really about.

With Diane Keaton • Jon Heder • Anna Faris • Jeff Daniels • Tim Hamilton • Chris Kerner • Hank Nelken

Eccentric Jeffrey Mannus is 29-years-old and still lives at home with his angelic mom, Jan. He sees no reason to alter this arrangement, but his perfect world is upended when Jan meets Mert, a motivational speaker. Mert successfully woos Jan and moves in on Jeffrey''s territory, something Jeffrey will not tolerate. Jeffrey enlists the aid of an unlikely ally, an aspiring singer-songwriter, Nora, with an anti-establishment penchant and a soft spot for him. As the war between Mert and Jeffrey escalates, something unprecedented happens--slowly, to both his own surprise and horror, Jeffrey discovers his inner adult.

With Jon Bernthal • Mila Kunis • Adrian Grenier • Tony Travis • Krista Allen • Joseph McIntyre • Daisy Eagan • Dean Edwards • John Fiore • Donnie Keshawarz • Priscilla Lopez • Richard Portnow • Mary Testa • Roger Paradiso

"Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding" is based on the long-running interactive stage show that follows the nuptials of two working-class Italian New Yorkers and their wacky, diverse families. "Wedding", originally created by Chris Fracchiolla and Nancy Cassaro, began its run in 1988 and has played around the world as a cult classic for 15 years.

With Jason Bateman • Jennifer Garner • Michael Cera • Jason Reitman • Ellen Page • Allison Janney • Rainn Wilson • J.K. Simmons • Olivia Thirlby • Diablo Cody • Lucas MacFadden

Juno is a whip-smart teen confronting an unplanned pregnancy by her classmate Bleeker. With the help of her hot best friend Leah, Juno finds her unborn child a "perfect" set of parents: an affluent suburban couple, Mark and Vanessa, longing to adopt. Luckily, Juno has the total support of her parents as she faces some tough decisions, flirts with adulthood and ultimately figures out where she belongs.

With Tim Blake Nelson • Lauren Graham • Jeff Bridges • Joe Pantoliano • William Fichtner • Brad William Henke • John Hawkes • Ted Danson • Patrick Fugit • Glenne Headly • Tom Bower • Dawn Didawick • Jayne Taini • Jeanne Tripplehorn • Alex D. Linz • Michael Traeger

An independent comedy about a small town that bands together to make a porno film. Jeff Bridges plays a guy dealing with a midlife crisis who hatches the scheme.

With Morgan Freeman • Rob Reiner • Jack Nicholson • Sean Hayes • Rob Morrow • Beverly Todd • Craig Zadan • Neil Meron • Justin Zackham • Alan Greisman

Two terminally ill men make up a wish list and try to fulfill before each kicks the bucket. After they break out of a cancer ward, they head off on a road trip with an itinerary that includes racing cars, eating giant plates of caviar and slinging poker chips in Monte Carlo.