The 40-Year-Old Virgin 2005  R, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Judd Apatow
Cast: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Leslie Mann, Jane Lynch, Gerry Bednob, Shelley Malil, Kat Dennings, Chelsea Smith, Erica Vittina Phillips, Jordy Masterson, Jonah Hill
Andy (Steve Carell) collects video games and action figures, rides his bike to work, and lives an ordered life, which does not include romance–until his friends step in to help. But, Andy has his own plans for choosing women that involve taking out Trish (Catherine Keener), and romance blooms–but not without its own set of problems.
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 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004 PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
aka: Anchorman
Director: Adam McKay
Cast: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner, Fred Willard, Chris Parnell, Kathryn Hahn, Fred Armisen, Seth Rogen, Paul F. Tompkins, Danny Trejo, Scot Robinson, Darcy Donavan, Ian Roberts
In the 1970s, a pompous, TV news anchorman, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell), rules the roost in his San Diego newsroom–until station manager Ed Harken (Fred Willard) decides it's time for a change. He appoints ambitious Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) as a new member of the news staff, and a battle of the sexes ensues in this good satire on the 1970s' lifestyles.
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Bruce Almighty 2003  PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Baker Hall, Catherine Bell, Lisa Ann Walker, Steve Carell, Nora Dunn, Eddie Jemison, Paul Satterfield, Mark Kiely, Sally Kirkland, Tony Bennett, Brian Tahash, Timothy Di Pri
Television reporter Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey) has complained loud and long about his human interest story assignments in Buffalo, New York. But, after he complains that God (Morgan Freeman) isn't fair to him, God grants Bruce temporary power and challenges him to perform better than he has in the past.
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Curly Sue 1991  PG, 102 min.
Genre: Family
Director: John Hughes
Cast: James Belushi, Kelly Lynch, Alisan Porter, John Getz, Fred Dalton Thompson, Cameron Thor, Branscombe Richmond, Steve Carell, Gail Boggs, Burke Byrnes, Viveka Davis, Edie McClurg
Bill Dancer (James Belushi) and daughter Curly Sue (Alisan Porter) enjoy their life on the streets conning the rich by faking car accidents or cheating at poker. Their hearts are pure, however, and they take only enough to live on. Their lives change when they pull a con on lawyer Grey Ellison (Kelly Lynch).
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Dan in Real Life 2007 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Peter Hedges
Cast: Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook, Alison Pill, Brittany Robertson, Marlene Lawston, Dianne Wiest, John Mahoney, Emily Blunt, Norbert Leo Butz, Amy Ryan, Jessica Hecht, Frank Wood
Widowed Dan Burns (Steve Carell) is a New Jersey newspaper advice columnist who is raising his three rebellious daughters–Jane (Alison Pill), Cara (Brittany Robertson), and Lilly (Marlene Lawston). Dan and the girls head for a family reunion in Rhode Island, and after settling in Dan takes a break from the festivities and visits a local book store. While looking for a newspaper, Dan meets and is instantly attracted to Marie (Juliette Binoche). However, a few hours later Marie shows up at the reunion, and Dan learns that Marie is his brother Mitch's (Dane Cook) new girlfriend. Now, amidst awkward moments, the fun and suffering begin as Dan and Marie try to hide their attraction to each other.
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Evan Almighty 2007  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, John Goodman, Johnny Simmons, Graham Phillips, Jimmy Bennett, Wanda Sykes, John Michael Higgins, Jonah Hill, Molly Shannon, Harve Presnell, Arden Myrin, Brian Howe
In this sequel to "Bruce Almighty" (2003), Steve Carell is back in his role of Evan Baxter who is now a newly elected U.S. Congressman. Evan, his wife Joan (Lauren Graham), and sons (Johnny Simmons, Graham Phillips, and Jimmy Bennett) move to suburban Virginia into the neighborhood of Prestige Crest and settle into the Beltway life. In his congressional campaign, Evan had promised to "change the world," and now God (Morgan Freeman) enters his life and asks him to follow up on his promise. God gives Evan a copy of the book "Ark Building for Dummies" and commands him to build an ark. Evan ignores the challenge, but when God provides him with an overnight growth of beard that he cannot shave off and a myriad of paired animals, Evan becomes convinced and gathers his sons around him to help build that ark.
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Get Smart 2008 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: Peter Segal
Cast: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin, Terence Stamp, Terry Crews, David Koechner, James Caan, Bill Murray, Patrick Warburton, Masi Oka, Nate Torrence, Ken Davitian, David S. Lee, Dalip Singh
Russia's KAOS boss Siegfried (Terence Stamp) attacks CONTROL's headquarters and creates a huge security leak revealing the cover of CONTROL's agents. CONTROL's Chief (Alan Arkin) teams the agency's star analyst Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) with superspy Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway) and sends them to Russia to investigate. Supporting them at home is Agent 23 (Dwayne Johnson) who is now known by KAOS and would not be able to work undercover there. Smart bumbles his way through the investigation, but he and Agent 99 uncover a plot to smuggle nuclear material and then return to the United States to save the world.
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Horton Hears a Who! 2008 G, 88 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy
aka: Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Director: Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino
Cast: Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Dan Fogler, Isla Fisher, Jonah Hill, Amy Poehler, Jaime Pressly, Charles Osgoood, Josh Flitter, Niecy Nash, Jesse McCartney, Jack Angel
Dr. Seuss' 1954 book is brought to the screen with Jim Carrey as the voice of the cheerful elephant Horton who discovers the city of Whoville after a speck of dust containing what he is sure are living creatures blows past. Horton talks to the Mayor of Whoville (voice of Steve Carell) and agrees to help the residents. But, Kangaroo (voice of Carol Burnett) considers the Whos to be nothing more than Horton's hallucination and rounds up other jungle animals to teach Horton a lesson. Horton will not relent and tells the others, "a person is a person, no matter how small." Will the Whos speak up and be saved?
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 Little Miss Sunshine 2006  R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Abigail Breslin, Paul Dano, Alan Arkin, Jill Talley, Brenda Canela, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Marc Turtletaub
The dysfunctional Hoover family–motivational speaker dad, Richard (Greg Kinnear); energetic mom Sheryl (Toni Collette); silent, teenage son Dwayne (Paul Dano); seven-year-old Olive (Abigail Breslin); suicidal Uncle Frank (Steve Carell); and heroin-snorting Grandpa (Alan Arkin)–boards their VW bus and embarks on a road trip to California so that Olive can compete in a pre-teen beauty pageant. On their arrival in Redondo Beach, the Hoovers face the winning-crazed world of young girls made-up to look like beauty queens, and the family gains strength through their ultra-weird experience. The film received two Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin), and nominations were received for Best Picture and Supporting Actress (Abigail Breslin).
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 Over the Hedge 2006  PG, 83 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick
Cast: Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, Wanda Sykes, William Shatner, Allison Janney, Nick Nolte, Thomas Haden Church, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Omid Djalili, Shane Baumel
Raccoon RJ (voice of Bruce Willis) makes the mistake of pilfering food from a hibernating bear that wakes up. RJ will be spared IF he replaces all that he had stolen. He heads out to find a human settlement and, as he approaches a new subdivision, he comes across a group of assorted animals (with familiar voices). To help him in getting food, he tells them that if they go "over the hedge" and into the humans' town, there will be unlimited food. But there are some humans (also with familiar voices) who want no part of the four-legged critters. Fun for all. 1 User Review
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 Sleepover 2004 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joe Nussbaum
Cast: Alexa Vega, Mika Boorem, Jane Lynch, Sam Huntington, Sara Paxton, Brie Larson, Scout Taylor-Compton, Douglas Smith, Katija Pevec, Steve Carell, Jeff Garlin, Kallie Flynn Childress
Fourteen-year-old girlfriends celebrate the last day of junior high school with a slumber party–complete with a scavenger hunt in competition with the "popular" girls at school–in this comedy aimed at early teens.
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| 1. The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
2. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
aka: Anchorman
3. Bruce Almighty (2003)
4. Curly Sue (1991)
5. Dan in Real Life (2007)
6. Evan Almighty (2007)
7. Get Smart (2008)
8. Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
aka: Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
9. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
10. Over the Hedge (2006)
11. Sleepover (2004)
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