Hamlet 2

Steve Coogan stars in the comedy Hamlet 2, which follows a drama teacher who tries to put together a production of "Hamlet 2" to rescue his high-school theater department. Catherine Keener co-stars in the Andrew Fleming-helmed production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie ...more

Ever seen a comedy chock-full of rape jokes and people falling down that still works on an emotional and intellectual level? That’s what you’ll get when you plunk down your hard earned clams to see Focus Features’ latest offering, Hamlet 2. The mad scientists in the lab on this one are co-writer and director Andrew Fleming and scribe Pam Brady. Game recognize game as the poets say, because these two make a monster team. Fleming’s the man behind Threesome, Dick, and even one of the funniest ...more

The Apatow Revolution in comedy has been pretty cool; it's been refreshing to see movies taking their cues from the hilariously foul-mouthed young guys in this comedic cadre, where half the dialogue is improvised -- an easy task when the actors are all playing somebody we all seem to already know a version of in our real lives. The only problem is that between the Apatow crowd and its compatriot group the Frat Pack, the late 2000s don't provide much room in comedy for anything else. It's a ...more