![]() ![]() ‘You’re so money and you don’t even know it.’Ĭast: Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Heather Graham, Ron LivingstonĪ decade before ‘bromance’ became its own subgenre, Jon Favreau broke through as a writer and actor by depicting male friendship as something more than just shoulder-slugs and high-fives. But Groundhog Day remains the gold standard by taking a more lighthearted approach that nonetheless manages to deliver a poignant message about the things that really matter. Enough movies and TV shows ( Palm Springs and Russian Doll, to name two) have lifted the time-loop concept to explore similar themes, usually with a heavier hand. Bill Murray gives his most iconic performance as a grumpy, self-absorbed Pennsylvania weatherman who, by some inexplicable cosmic glitch, is forced to live the same day over and over and over and over (and over and over and over and over…) until he learns to look outside himself and let a little love into his heart. It’s not too late to correct that mistake, in the same way poor Phil Connors discovers that it’s not too late to become a better person – in fact, he’s got all the time in the world. Worldwide, however, the words ‘Groundhog Day’ are best known as shorthand for history repeating itself – in fact, there’s probably a not-insignificant population who know the phrase but not the film. The faux-meteorological American tradition known as Groundhog Day predates the movie Groundhog Day by a good century and a half. ‘I'll give you a winter prediction: It's gonna be cold, it's gonna be grey, and it's gonna last you for the rest of your life.’ Spinal Tap: for those about to rock, we salute you. Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer would keep gigging as Spinal Tap for three decades – proof that they were so much more than just a joke band in a funny movie. ![]() It also, lest we forget, defined an entire genre, accidentally inventing everything from The Office to The Blair Witch Project (not to mention lead axe-man Christopher Guest's entire subsequent career). these ones go to eleven') and some of the meatiest metal melodies this side of Bon Scott-era AC/DC, this is simply a perfect film: from the first chord of 'Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight' to the very final line ('I dunno, what are the hours?'), there's literally nothing about it that could be improved. Sporting arguably the most quotable script in movie history ('no. Yes, our experts have cast their votes and the winner by a clear margin is Rob Reiner's genre-setting mockumentary – or, if you will, rockumentary – about England's largest-livin', heaviest-riffin', filthiest-lyric-singin', biggest-hair-havin', fluffiest-jumper-ownin' heavy rock combo. You're asking, how much more funny could this be? And the answer is none. □ The greatest romantic comedies of all time No matter your sense of humour – silly or sophisticated, light or dark, surreal or broad – you’ll find it represented here. With the help of comedians like Diane Morgan and Russell Howard, actors such as John Boyega and Jodie Whittaker and a small army of Time Out writers, we believe we’ve found the 100 finest, most durable and most broadly appreciable laughers in history. All we know is that, right now, they all have the ability to throw us into fits of convulsive laughter. ![]() Can we even be sure anyone will understand why these flicks are so hilarious even another decade from now? That’s impossible to say. After all, movies themselves are only a little more than a century old. It’s also why putting together a list of the greatest comedy films of all time is so difficult. That’s precisely what makes creating a truly great, lasting comedy one of the impressive feats in cinema. It’s the art form perhaps most dependent upon context, and what’s considered a laugh riot now might go over like a fart in church 100 years from now – only, y’know, less funny. ![]()
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