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: La Mort de Staline
- US title: The Death of Stalin
- Director: Armando Iannucci
- IMDb rating: 7.3/10
What is the “The Death of Stalin” about?
Even the opening sequence is terrific and gets to the heart of the horror of the Stalin era. A symphonic orchestra is giving a classical concert, with Josef Stalin (Adrian McLoughlin) tuned in, listening in. After the concert, Stalin calls the concert hall director and demands a recording. However, the recording doesn’t exist. What can be done? The concert hall managers hastily try to urge the audience, who have already left the hall, to remain.
They had to play the concert again. It is 1953, and the rule of the dictator Stalin is claiming victims every day. Anyone who does not toe the line is arrested, deported, murdered. After the opening sequence above, the Death of Stalin depicts primarily the days following Stalin’s stroke in March 1953. Who will take power after his death? What do they do with Stalin’s legacy?
Criticism/opinion: based on the French graphic novel La Mort de Staline, director Armando Iannucci staged a bitterly wicked, superbly cast political satire with a top cast (including Steve Buscemi as Nikita Khrushchev, Jeffrey Tambor as Georgi Malenkov and Jason Isaacs as Georgi Zhukov) full of grandiose grotesque comedy about one of the most brutal reigns of terror of the 20th century. And, of course, as you might imagine, the film was banned in Russia!
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