~ Comedy ~

Title - Description	Critic Rating	MPAA Rating	MPAA Rating Reason
A Fish Called Wanda - A hilariously ill-matched team of jewel thieves plot to recover some missing jewels, create a comedy to never forget.	♦♦♦♦	R	Contains at least one or more situations of bad language, violence, nudity, drug abuse, and/or other elements.
A League of Their Own - It`s World War II, and all of the men are fighting to bring peace about. But who`s to entertain the sport fans? ... Women in short skirts, who slide and play baseball just like the men....	♦♦♦	PG	Parents may consider some material unsuitable for their children.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective - Jim Carey plays Ace Ventura, the pet detective who brings non-stop laughing into the home. Ventura is hired by the Miami Dolphins to find the missing dolphin named Snowflake.	♦♦♦	PG-13	for off-color humor and some nudity
Analyze This - A notorious mob boss is going soft and seeks assistance from a psychiatrist not particularly enthused about taking on such a client (but he doesn`t have a choice!). The situation sets up a lot of laughs.	♦♦♦½	R	for profanity, sexuality, and violence.
Arthur 2 on The Rocks - Arthur Bach is a drunken idiot trying to get the most of his $750 million dollars. He is incapable of recognizing what effect his condition has on himself and those around.	♦♦	PG	Parents may consider some material unsuitable for their children.
As Good As It Gets - An obsessive-compulsive romance novelist who hates the world ends up falling for his waitress and eventually makes her fall for him.	♦♦♦	PG-13	for strong language, thematic elements, nudity and a beating
Beethoven - Beethoven, a puppy St. Bernard has escaped from the vile veternarian and slipped unnoticed into the serene suburban household where he is adopted by the children of the household.	♦♦½	PG	for doggy messes
Blast from the Past - It`s 1962 and John Kennedy comes on TV to announce the Cuban Missle Crisis. One family is especially ready and, without hesitation, locks themselves in a bomb shelter. They emerge 35 years later to find they made a mistake, and that a lot has changed!	♦♦♦♦	PG-13	for some language, sex, and drug references
Blind Date - After one glass of champagne, Walter Davis`s blind date is drunk as a skunk. Because of that one glass, Davis loses his job and is his life is taken through a whirl wind within those next couple of hours.	♦♦♦♦♦	PG-13	for adult situations
Cadillac Man - This is not this used car salesman`s day. His ex-wife is demanding more alimony, a gangster wants $20,000 on a gambling debt, and his boss demands him to sale a month`s worth of cars in one day. To top things off, he`s kidnapped.	♦♦	R	for violence, profanity, and nudity
City Slickers - Three buddies experiencing individual midlife crises decide that going on a cattle drive will be just the thing to cure their collective depression.	♦♦♦♦½	PG-13	for profanity
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly`s Gold - The city slickers are back. But this time, they are trying to uncover the lost treasure.	♦♦	PG-13	for a comic sex scene and off-color humor
Dennis the Menace - Based on the `50`s television series, Dennis unknowingly terrorizes his neighbor, Mr. Wilson among others, namely a burgler who kidnaps Dennis and will no doubt regret it.	♦♦½	PG	Parents may consider some material unsuitable for their children.
Doc Hollywood - A doctor on his way to Beverly Hills has a car accident in South Carolina where the local residents are in need of an M.D. Doc persists his dreams for fame and fortune until he meets a pretty girl and falls in love.	♦♦♦	PG-13	for nudity and profanity
Ferris Bueller`s Day Off - Matthew Broderick plays Ferris Bueller a high school student who plays "hookie" to take a day off from school. But in the mean while, Jeffrey Jones, dean of the students, has his suspicions about Bueller and tries to track him down.	♦♦♦♦♦	PG-13	May include some bad language, violence, nudity, drug abuse, other elements, or a combination thereof.
Fletch Lives - Chevy Chase is back to the role of I.M. Fletcher who inherits a southern plantation and quits his newspaper job.	♦♦	PG	Parents may consider some material unsuitable for their children.
Four Weddings and A Funeral - When a reserved Englishman meets an attractive American at a wedding, he falls in love with her. But his inablity to wxpress his feelings seems to be a hault in any further advancements on a relationship.	♦♦♦½	R	for language, and for some sexuality
Get Shorty - Chili is a man of organized crime who dreams of the movies. He follows a mob assingment that will only create more disorder in his disorderly life.	♦♦♦½	R	for language, some sexual situations and some comedic violence
Grumpier Old Men - The two old men are at it again. Competing between fishing and women, the two actors create an unforgettable duo of rivals.	♦♦	PG-13	for salty language and innuendos
Hairspray - An overweight teen is to be one of the new dance show "regulars" in the sixties.	♦♦♦	PG	Parents may consider some material unsuitable for their children.
Krippendorf`s Tribe - A recently widowed scientist raises his family using grant money he was supposed to be using to do research on a lost tribe. When his scheme is almost found out, he is forced to fabricate a lost tribe or risk going to jail.	♦♦½	PG-13	for sexual humor
Liar Liar - Lawyer Jim Carrey finds himself incapable of telling a lie due to a wish his son made while blowing out his birthday candles. Forced to tell nothing but the truth for 24 hrs has quite an affect on him!	♦♦♦	PG-13	for sex-related humor and language
Money Pit, The - A hilarious comedy is brought forth when a couple buys a fixer-upper of a house.	♦	PG	Parents may consider some material unsuitable for their children.
My Giant - A Hollywood agent befriends a very large man and hopes he will be his meal ticket. Many subplots and some funny moments, but overall the dialogue and themes are boring.	♦♦	PG	for language, mild violence and brief crude humor
Never Been Kissed - Drew Barrymore lets the "innocent" side of her come out in this particular role. She plays a quiet, non-agressive editor who goes back to high school, undercover, to find a story that will enhance the image of the newspaper she works for.	♦♦♦♦	PG-13	for some sex-related material and some drug content
Out of Towners, The - Henry and Nancy are two parents that have recently "emptied their nest" and suddenly find themself in New York so Henry can find employment after recently having been fired. Meanwhile the two need to find each other -- if they can survive New York.	♦	PG-13	for some sex (no nudity), and topics of a sexual nature
Practical Magic - Witches have been in this family for over 300 years. Because of an ancient curse, all of their husbands end up dying. The chirp of a beetle warns of the death.	♦♦	PG-13	for some violence, intense thematic elements and sensuality
Pretty in Pink - A girl "from the wrong side of the tracks" falls in love with a rich kid. The feeling is mutual, but their peers do not approve of the relationship.	♦♦♦	Not Rated	Not sure of the rating, but probably at least PG-13
Primary Colors - This film depicts the realities of political life. The President`s life parallels with that of President Clinton.	♦♦♦♦♦	R	for strong language and sexual references
Secret of My Success, The - An ambitious Kansas kid heads up to the Big Apple to conquer the corporate world.	♦ ½	PG-13	May include some bad language, violence, nudity, drug abuse, other elements, or a combination thereof.
Twins - After being seperated at birth by a supersecret scientific, these twins meet as adults. Far from even looking alike, they create a marvelously silly movie.	♦♦♦	PG	Parents may consider some material unsuitable for their children.
Weird Science - Two adolescent outcasts use their electronics knowledge to create the perfect woman who turns them into the most popular and enviable guys in school.	♦♦♦	PG-13	May include some bad language, violence, nudity, drug abuse, other elements, or a combination thereof.
Wildcats - Goldie Hawn plays high school football coach to a rowdy group of inner city kids who need to prove their worth as much as she needs to prove her skill to chauvinistic athletic directors.	♦ ½	R	Contains at least one or more situations of bad language, violence, nudity, drug abuse, and/or other elements.

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