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20 Underrated Comedy Movies You Really Need To See
By MARGARET DAVID
Death Becomes Her
1992's love-triangle-gone-rancid flick "Death Becomes Her." is a messy, delightfully petty, and hateful paean to why you should never change yourself to get a man.
1992's love-triangle-gone-rancid flick "Death Becomes Her" is a messy, delightfully petty, and hateful paean to why you should never change yourself to get a man.
Little China
John Carpenter's nostalgic early movies hide smart satire in their workhorse plots, and “Big Trouble in Little China" is a joke on the level of "RoboCop."
The movie never stoops to chop suey stereotypes. The jokes often center on Kurt Russel’s character’s confusion, never its Chinese-inspired (if almost totally fictional) roots.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Noir films are often funny due to their serious, old-timey attitudes, and this film relies on that. It's based on old crime novels, but the tone is slapstick.
Mouse Hunt
"Mouse Hunt" is a purposefully out-of-date movie. Starring Christopher Walken, it is a hoary Abbot and Costello skit blended with the trap-based antics of "Home Alone."
"Mouse Hunt" may turn some off with its hammy visual comedy and schmaltzy attitude, but it's a charmer. It's a live-action cartoon, so all physics and logic go out the window.
Rotten Scoundrels
“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” stars Steve Martin. All the characters are terrible, which lowers the stakes and lets the audience happily watch them destroy each other.