2004 Movies : Comedy

With Jason Bateman • Will Ferrell • Ben Stiller • Vince Vaughn • Owen Wilson • Matt Walsh • Juliette Lewis • Terry Crewes • Todd Phillips • David Siegel • Snoop Dogg • Carmen Electra • Molly Sims • Amy Smart • Richard Edson • Steve Long • Fred Williamson • Chris Penn • David Pressman • Akiva Goldsman • Stuart Cornfeld • Alan Riche • Tony Ludwig • Scot Armstrong • William Blinn • John O’Brien

In "Starsky & Hutch", the origins of the charismatic crime-fighting duo David Starsky and Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson are explored when these undercover Bay City detectives are partnered for their very first assignment. Ben Stiller plays the tightly wound Detective David Starsky who is thrown together with Owen Wilson's easygoing Detective Ken Hutchinson on a high-stakes case. Platinum-selling rapper and actor Snoop Dogg plays their savvy street informant Huggy Bear. Vince Vaughn also joins the cast as Reese Feldman, a smooth-talking entrepreneur with an eye towards the future.

With Julia Stiles • James Fox • Alberta Watson • Luke Mably • Martha Coolidge • Katherine Fugate

Paige (Julie Stiles), a free-spirited American college student starting her education at an Indiana university, meets and falls in love with one of her classmates, but what she doesn't know is that he's actually a Danish prince, Frederick (Luke Mably), spending his "gap year" by hiding in America disguised as a regular guy.

With Mads Mikkelsen • Jamie Sives • Adrian Rawlins • Shirley Henderson • Julia Davis • Robert McIntosh • Lisa McKinlay • Susan Vidler • Lone Scherfig • Anders Thomas Jensen • Sisse Graum Olsen

This is the story of two brothers in Glasgow, Harbour (Adrian Rawlins) and Wilbur (Jamie Sives), who inherit a used bookstore. The brothers discover that a chance encounter with a cleaning lady at the local hospital, Alice (Shirley Henderson), who's the single mother of a little girl, Mary (Lisa McKinlay), prompts them to reconsider the choices they've made in life, which might change all four of their lives.

With Kate Bosworth • Topher Grace • Josh Duhamel • Ginnifer Goodwin • Lucy Fisher • Douglas Wick • Sean Hayes • Nathan Lane • Gary Cole • Kathryn Joosten • Robert Luketic • Gail Lyon • William S. Beasley • Victor Levin

In "Win a Date With Tad Hamilton", Kate Bosworth stars as Rosalee Futch, a grocery clerk living in rural West Virginia. But even a small-town girl can have big dreams, and Rosalee's is to someday ... somehow ... meet her big-screen idol Tad Hamilton (Josh Duhamel). The "somehow" arrives in the form of a contest -- the grand prize: a date with Tad Hamilton -- and the "someday" is now. Rosalee wins, much to the chagrin of her best friend and co-worker Pete (Topher Grace), who is deeply, hopelessly -- and secretly -- in love with Rosalee. The "Win a Date" contest was cooked up by Tad's agent, Richard Levy (Nathan Lane), and his manager, also named Richard Levy (Sean Hayes), to clean up Tad's bad-boy image. Someone should have told them to be careful what you wish for. When Tad meets Rosalee and gets a taste of what he's been missing in the "real world," he decides he wants seconds and moves to West Virginia, turning Rosalee's dream come true into a nightmare for Richard Levy, Richard Levy and, most of all, Pete.

With Jim Carrey • Kate Winslet • Kirsten Dunst • Mark Ruffalo • Elijah Wood • Ryan Whitney • Tom Wilkinson • David Cross • Josh Flitter • Victor Rasuk • Deirdre O'Connell • Charlie Kaufman • Steve Golin • Anthony Bregman • Debbon Ayer • Lola Daehler • Michel Gondry

Joel (Jim Carrey) is stunned to discover that his girlfriend Clementine (Kate Winslet) has had her memories of their tumultuous relationship erased. Out of desperation, he contracts the inventor of the process, Dr. Howard Mierzwaik (Tom Wilkinson), to have Clementine removed from his own memory. But as Joel's memories progressively disappear, he begins to rediscover their earlier passion. From deep within the recesses of his brain, Joel attempts to escape the procedure. As Dr. Mierzwiak and his crew (Kristen Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood) chase him through the maze of his memories, it's clear that Joel just can't get her out of his head.

With Cillian Murphy • Colin Farrell • Neil Jordan • Michael McElhatton • Kelly MacDonald • Shirley Henderson • Rory Keenan • Colm Meaney • Laurence Kinlan • Deirdre O'Kane • John Crowley • Stephen Woolley • Alan Moloney • Mark O'Rowe

This ensemble comedy of 11 interwoven stories set in Dublin shows how the breakup of one relationship has repurcussions on the lives of the people around them. One of those people is Lehiff (Colin Farrell), a thief trying to set his life straight by pulling off one last big heist before retiring, while Detective John Lynch (Colm Meaney) is trying to bring Lehiff down. There's also John (Cillian Murphy), who quits his job at a supermarket to join Lehiff in his plot as an effort to win back the love of Deirdre (Kelly MacDonald), who has recently moved in with a married bank manager, Sam (Michael McElhatton), whose bank Lehiff is targeting, and whose wife, Noeleen (Deirdre O'Kane) ends up being a crucial element in the heist.

With Ben Affleck • Matt Damon • Jennifer Lopez • Stephen Root • Jason Lee • Kevin Smith • George Carlin • Jason Biggs • Liv Tyler • Jeff Anderson • Betty Aberlin • Raquel Castro • Scott Mosier

Ollie Trinke (Ben Affleck) is at the top of his game. A smooth, Manhattan music publicist, Ollie has just married the love of his life (Jennifer Lopez) and has a child on the way. It's a perfect life that is tragically upended when he suddenly finds himself a single father unqualified for his new role. Before long Ollie's big city lifestyle clashes head on with fatherhood. After losing his job, he's forced to move back in with his father (George Carlin) in the New Jersey Suburb where he was raised. With the help of a beautiful young friend (Liv Tyler) who opens him up to love again, and the daughter (Raquel Castro) who gives him the courage to keep going, he begins to realize that sometimes, you have to forget about what you thought you were and just accept who you are.

With Tim Blake Nelson • Alicia Silverstone • Seth Green • Matthew Lillard • Sarah Michelle Gellar • Charles Roven • Linda Cardellini • Freddie Prinze Jr. • Raja Gosnell • Richard Suckle • Brent O’Connor • Peter Boyle • Ruben Studdard

In "Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed", Scooby and the gang confront an anonymous masked villain who is plotting to take over the city of Coolsville by wreaking mayhem with a monster machine that creates Mystery Inc.'s classic foes like The Pterodactyl Ghost, The Black Knight Ghost and The 10,000 Volt Ghost. Meanwhile, the gang's detecting abilities are scrutinized by relentless reporter Heather Jasper-Howe (Alicia Silverstone), aided by museum curator Patrick Wisely (Seth Green) and thwarted by nasty Jeremiah Wickles (Peter Boyle).

With Tom Hanks • Barry Sonnenfeld • Marlon Wayans • Joel Coen • Ethan Coen • George Wallace • Ryan Hurst • Jason Weaver • Tom Jacobson • Steven Root • Barry Josephson • Max D. Adams

Academy Award winner Tom Hanks teams up for the first time with Academy Award–winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen ("O Brother, Where Art Thou?") for this retelling of the critically acclaimed 1955 comedy, "The Ladykillers". Hanks stars as Goldthwait Higginson Dorr III, Ph.D., a charlatan professor who's assembled a gang of "experts" for the heist of the century. The thieves: experts in explosions, tunneling, and muscle, and the critical "inside man." The base of operations: the root cellar of an unsuspecting, church-going little old lady named Mrs. Munson (Irma P. Hall). The ruse: the five need a place to practice their church music. The problem: it quickly becomes evident that Dorr's thieves lack the mental capacity to do the job. The bigger problem: they all have seriously underestimated their upstairs host.