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: What We Do in the Shadows
- Director: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi
- IMDb rating: 7.7/10
What is the “What We Do in the Shadows” about?
It’s probably the most unusual flat share in the New Zealand capital Wellington: dandy Viago (Taika Waititi), rebel Vladislav (Jemaine Clement), ripper Deacon (Jonathan Brugh) and 8,000-year-old, rather taciturn Petyr (Ben Fransham) namely reveal themselves to be real vampires. The film crew visits the bloodsucker as mentioned earlier commune – documenting the everyday life of the creepy gentlemen.
Filmed in the style of a real documentary, there are not only shots of the daily life of the flatmates – inclusive the usual arguments about who has been neglecting his dishwashing duty for years – and the different lifestyles, but there are also interviews as well as old footage, by which the viewer learns more about the past histories of the undead contemporaries…
Criticism/opinion: The New Zealand comedian duo Jemaine Clément and Taika Waititi, who play two of the main roles, brings a breath of fresh air into the now somewhat overused vampire film genre with this both quirky and funny mockumentary (German: Pseudo-Doku). Horrors can also be funny – and thus, the film proves to be a small but fine genre pearl!
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