2005 Movies : Comedy

With Ryan Reynolds • Justin Long • Anna Faris • Luis Guzman • Jonathan Shestack • Rob McKittrick • Malcolm Petal • Busta Rhymes • Robert O. Green • Sam Nazarian • Jay Rifkin • Adam Rosenfelt • Stavros Merjos • Jeff Balis • Marc Schaberg

A waiter for four years since high school, Dean (Justin Long) has never questioned his job at Shenanigan's. But when he learns that Chett, a high school classmate, now has a lucrative career in electrical engineering, he's thrown into turmoil about his dead-end life. Dean's friend Monty (Ryan Reynolds) is in exactly the same boat, but he couldn't care less. More concerned with partying and getting laid by underage girls, Monty is put in charge of training Mitch (John Francis Daley), a shy new employee. Over the course of one chaotic shift, Mitch gets to know the rest of Shenanigan's quirky staff: Monty's tough-talking ex-girlfriend, Serena (Anna Faris), Shenanigan's over-zealous manager, Dan (David Koechner), and head cook Raddimus (Luis Guzman), who's obsessed with a senseless staff-wide competition known only as "The Game"...

With Cameron Diaz • Ridley Scott • Tony Scott • Toni Collette • Eric Balfour • Marcia Jean Kurtz • Shirley MacLaine • Curtis Hanson • Carol Fenelon • Anson Mount • Richard Burgi • Brooke Smith • Mark Feuerstein • Francine Beers • Norman Lloyd • Andy Powers • Kateri DeMartino • Susannah Grant • Lisa Ellzey

Two sisters give up on their relationship after one sleeps with the other's boyfriend. When all seems to be lost, a grandmother they never new existed enters their lives to bring them back together and reconcile their differences.

With Joel Edgerton • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Suzanne Mackie • Tim Firth • Josh Cole • Linda Bassett • Gwenllian Davies • Julian Jarrold • Nick Barton • Geoff Deane

Charlie Price sets out to rescue his dad's ailing Northampton Shoe Factory with the help of a sassy Soho cabaret star named Lola by manufacturing erotic women's boots.

With Helena Bonham Carter • Ralph Fiennes • Peter Sallis • Peter Lord • Bob Baker • Peter Kay • John Thomson • Steve Box • Nick Park • David Sproxton • Claire Jennings • Carla Shelley

It's 'vege-mania' in Wallace and Gromit's neighborhood, and our two enterprising chums are cashing in with their humane pest-control outfit, "Anti-Pesto." With only days to go before the annual Giant Vegetable Competition, business is booming, but Wallace & Gromit are finding out that running a "humane" pest control outfit has its drawbacks as their West Wallaby Street home fills to the brim with captive rabbits. Suddenly, a huge, mysterious, veg-ravaging "beast" begins attacking the town's sacred vegetable plots at night, and the competition hostess, Lady Tottington, commissions Anti-Pesto to catch it and save the day. Lying in wait, however, is Lady Tottington's snobby suitor, Victor Quartermaine, who'd rather shoot the beast and secure the position of local hero—not to mention Lady Tottingon's hand in marriage. With the fate of the competition in the balance, Lady Tottington is eventually forced to allow Victor to hunt down the vegetable chomping marauder. Little does she know that Victor's real intent could have dire consequences for her and our two heroes.

With Tom Cruise • Kirsten Dunst • Alec Baldwin • Jessica Biel • Judy Greer • Paul Schneider • Bruce McGill • Gaillard Sartain • Loudon Wainwright III • Cameron Crowe • Paula Wagner • Andy Fischer

After his invention causes the Oregon shoe corporation he works for to lose millions of dollars, Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom) is fired for his mistake, and then dumped by his girlfriend, Ellen. Hopelessly depressed, Drew decides to end his life when he gets a phone call. His father has died, and Drew has to go back to his family's small Kentucky hometown of Elizabethtown to make sure his father's dying wishes are fulfilled. On his trip home, Drew meets a flight attendant, Claire Colburn (Kirsten Dunst), with whom he falls in love, and it seems as if Drew's life may be back on track.

With Jason Schwartzman • Frances Conroy • Claire Danes • Joshua Snyder • Steve Martin • Rebecca Pidgeon • Bridgette Wilson-Sampras • Sam Bottoms • Tucker • Ashok Amritraj • Jon J. Jashni

Mirabelle is the "shopgirl" of the title, a young woman, beautiful in a wallflowerish kind of way, who works behind the glove counter at Neiman Marcus "selling things that nobody buys anymore..." Slightly lost, slightly off-kilter, very shy, Mirabelle charms because of all that she is not: not glamorous, not aggressive, not self-aggrandizing. Still, there is something about her that is irresistible. Mirabelle captures the attention of Ray Porter, a wealthy businessman almost twice her age. As they tentatively embark on a relationship, they both struggle to decipher the language of love - with consequences that are both comic and heartbreaking.

With Robert Downey Jr. • Michelle Monaghan • Shane Black • Val Kilmer • Joel Michaely • Corbin Bernsen

In "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang", a breezy take on Black's trademark buddy action/comedy oeuvre, a petty thief (Robert Downey Jr.) is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl (Michelle Monaghan) and a detective (Val Kilmer) who has been training him for his upcoming role.

With Josh Stolberg • Julie Bowen • Jennifer Klein • Alex Anfanger • Nicole Richie • George Wendt • Malik Yoba • Gregory Smith • Jeff Chase • Stephanie Sherrin • Chris Morris • Caitlin Wachs • Emy Coligado • Crystal Celeste Grant • Andrew Shaifer • Genevieve Cortese • Adam Arkin

"Kids in America" is a reality-based dramedy about the experiences of young people in modern-day America. Set in the fictional Booker High School a diverse group of students are tired of seeing their freedoms taken away. They band together and change their world by empowering themselves and their community to protect freedoms of expression and speech.

Holden Donovan (Gregory Smith) is fed up with Principal Weller (Julie Bowen) who goes to great lengths to stop the students from exercising their right to free expression. She expels a young woman for passing out condoms and advocating safe sex on national "safe sex" day and suspends two boys who were kissing in the hallway. Meanwhile, she is running for the Superintendent of their school district, which will give her a chance to practice her brand of administration beyond Booker High School.

The students have an ally in Mr. Drucker (Malik Yoba) one of their teachers who encourages them to fight for their rights. He pays a price for his leadership and is fired by Principal Weller. He decides to use his dismissal to make a change of his own, by producing a documentary chronicling the experiences of students who are faced with similar issues.

With David H. Steinberg • Erik von Detten • Amy Smart • Tony Denman • Daniel Farber • Sarah-Jane Potts • David M. Evans

Deacon, Matt and Fred will do anything for even a glimpse of sex and spend their mornings pirating porno movies from Fred's after school job at the video store. But when Fred is fired, the well runs dry, and our heroes come up with a new plan: make their own "adult" film.

With Nicolas Cage • Nicholas Hoult • Gore Verbinski • Hope Davis • Michael Caine • Steve Conrad • Steve Tisch • Michael Rispoli • Todd Black • Gemmenne de la Peña • Judith McConnell • David Darlow • Jason Blumenthal • David Alper

Described as being in the vein of "About Schmidt" and "American Beauty". The story follows a divorced Chicago weatherman who is up for a new job on a network morning show in New York. As he is preparing to leave for the Big Apple, he must make peace with his ex-wife and kids.

With Uma Thurman • Meryl Streep • Jennifer Todd • Bryan Greenberg • Bob Yari • Ben Younger • Gordon • Annie Parisse • Suzanne Todd

"Prime" is a sophisticated, character comedy set in New York City about Rafi (Uma Thurman), a recently divorced 37-year-old career woman from Manhattan, and what happens when Dave (Bryan Greenberg), a talented 23-year-old painter from Brooklyn, falls in love with her.

"Prime" looks at love from everyone's point of view—friends, relatives and in this case, Rafi's therapist (Meryl Streep)—and follows all who come apart, and some who pull it together, when two people fall in love.