Film geeks usually get their noble sense of smell for comedies. But over the past decade, so many marvels have appeared that even the most hard-line critic has been up in arms. Old-time favorites like Martin Scorsese and Wes Anderson and new blood like Yorgos Lanthimos and Taika Waititi got even the biggest dry-guy to laugh.
In the meantime, the tsunami of female leads sparked by Paul Feig’s “Bridesmaids” blew an armpit-fresh breeze into the comedy genre that has been dominated by sexism and scintillating beer. Wondering about the best comedies of 2010-2019? If so, sink back and relax for this Top 20 Comedies of the 2010s.
The ranking order of the best comedies of the 2010s is based on the ratings (0 to 10 points) of the Internet Movie Database (short: IMDb) – an internationally valid “directory” of reviews for movies and series.
- Original title: The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Director: Wes Anderson
- IMDb rating: 8.1/10
What is the “Grand Budapest Hotel” about?
In 1968, as many times before, the young writer spent his vacation in the run-down hotel Grand Budapest in the former Republic of Zubrowka. That’s when he meets Zero Moustafa (F. Murray Abraham), the hotel’s owner. He tells him his unusual story: During the interwar period, zero starts as a lobby boy at the “Budapest,” at that time the first house in the mountain resort of Nebelheim.
He was trained by concierge Monsieur Gustave (Ralph Fiennes), the heart and soul of the hotel and a man of the world who reads his guests’ every wish from their eyes. He also physically serves the regular female guests, such as the 84-year-old Madame D. (Tilda Swinton), who is quite infatuated with Gustave.
When the aged lady passes away, she leaves him a valuable painting – much to the annoyance of her relatives who want to inherit. Because the will is to be contested, Gustave steals the painting with Zero’s help, picture after picture, which starts the craziest turbulences…
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Criticism/opinion: Be it Rushmore (1998), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and Moonrise Kingdom (2012), Wes Anderson is a master of the bizarre. Grand Budapest Hotel also turns out to be a wonderfully funny tragicomedy with loving ideas in terms of dialogue and visuals and good-humored stars in all the supporting roles. Four Oscars, and rightly so!
