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Jason Bateman
Juno (2007)
Hancock (2008)
The second half gets so worked up over itself that
Hancock
becomes nearly unrecognizable as the movie we were all enjoying twenty minutes earlier.
Extract (2009)
Bateman reliably tickles in his signature role of a square who can’t catch a break, and Wiig once more delivers subtly funny character work in a tricky role.
The Switch (2010)
The Change-Up (2011)
A sort of raunchy
It's a Wonderful Life
, though the plentiful nudity and babbling brooks of profanity tip the scale from sensitivity to outrageousness.
Paul (2011)
The comic targets and the central manchildren bromance all feel overly familiar...Still,
Paul
benefits from Pegg and Frost's British comedic slant and the full complement of comedic talent...
Identity Thief (2013)
McCarthy is a worthy successor to John Candy, who also had a gift for warming up caricatures with loveable humanity.
Bad Words (2014)
Doesn't seem to know what to do with itself once it gets where it's going...And yet, it's hard to throw on the trash heap, because Jason Bateman.
Zootopia (2016)
If
Zootopia
only reluctantly comes around to its crime-solving story, that’s understandable: the good stuff resides in the characterizations and the morality play around them, decrying fear of the other.
Office Christmas Party (2016)
Well, why don’t you just tell me what you think
Office Christmas Party
is about, and I’ll tell you if you’re right. Uh huh. Uh huh. Uh huh. Yeah, you’ve got it.
Game Night (2018)
Just manages to sustain its 'is it real or is it a game?' tension through to its climactic twists.
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