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Steve Coogan
Steve Coogan—
Hamlet 2, Tropic Thunder
—7/28/08
He’s very effusive and emotionally open in a way that’s not very masculine. And certainly not British...someone who sort of waves his arms around a lot and clutches his bosom. It’s like he actually thinks his life is a movie.
24 Hour Party People (2002)
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
A strange hybrid of Verne's story, goofy Disney fare like
The Absent-Minded Professor
, and cheerily anachronistic Jackie Chan buddy comedies like
Shanghai Knights
.
Happy Endings (2005)
Secrets and lies laid bare by a strong cast make Roos' happy endings cathartic and reassuring.
Hamlet 2 (2008)
It's Coogan's show, in a grotesquely overstated performance that makes sense for the character but isn't always easy to watch.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
Musters only a few lackluster laughs...[but] has one trump card: it’s a kid-friendly, “PG” film that celebrates museums.
The Trip (2011)
Reunites the delectable pair of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, real-life actor-comic friends who play versions of themselves to highly amusing and oddly wistful effect.
Our Idiot Brother (2011)
Unmistakably
Little Miss Sunshine
-y...a sunny sitcom of family dysfunction...
Philomena (2013)
Though Coogan's the avowed funnyman, twinkly-eyed Dench makes beautiful comic music with him...and though Dame Judi's the classically trained tragedian, Coogan holds his own when matters get serious.
The Trip to Italy (2014)
Comedy sequel
The Trip to Italy
is almost exactly like its predecessor
The Trip
, and for the most part, that's a good thing.
Minions (2015)
The technical execution is strong...but the invention is weak...simply feels late to the party by spinning off sidekicks...as it trades on '60s style...
Rules Don't Apply (2016)
In his screenplay and performance as Hughes, Beatty offers a canny, sharply drawn, and highly personal take on the billionaire, with strong elements of lacerating self-parody.
The Trip to Spain (2017)
If the dish has lost its pizazz, it remains comfort food for comedy connoisseurs.
Stan & Ollie (2018)
Labors a bit to create drama from what’s essentially a gentle, wistful story of two artists together eking out a last hurrah, but there’s a refreshing warmth to a family-friendly show business tale, one not about backbiting but about love...
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