Comedy > 1980 Comedy > 5 GBP to 10 GBP

Advantages: Kurt Russell is brilliant
Disadvantages: Nothing

Used cars is one of Robert Zemeckis' early classics, before he hit the 'Forrest Gump' more serious drama path. It tells the story of two brothers who own pieces of land opposite each other, both with there own car sales, while one is successful the other one struggles to sell anything. Apart from that is for his fast talking salesman Kurt Russell who can sell a piece of junk to anyone. It is a comedy which also contains bits of action sequences to ...
...the men although I did enjoy it. 'Rudy' Kurt Russells character goes to all sorts of extremes to keep the business going including switching off a huge football game to put on there advert and escorting a mile of cars to the yard. It is a feel good movie and well worth watching for a bit of light entertainment. ... Read review

Advantages: Fantastically funny
Disadvantages: A little dated, but still hilarious

The Gods must be Crazy is a fantastic film. Overlooked in the UK, but a favourite across Africa, Australia, and most of the southern hemisphere. The story of a tribal african man who finds a coca-cola glass bottle, discarded by a careless pilot. His tribe find many uses for the strange new object - believing it to be a gift from the Gods. Previously having no concept of ownership, they find themselves squabling over who shoyld have and use the object. ...
...the Gods. But he thinks that they will not take it back. So he leaves his village and goes on a trek to the end of the world to throw the object off. Also telling the story of a man who meets a woman, and saves the tribal man along the way. This came highly reccommended to me, and it was easy to see why. A very funny film, that stands out for its pure entertainment value. ... Read review

Advantages: Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds and brilliant timing!
Disadvantages: None for me

...comedies from the 1980's was Yes Minister with the equally brilliant follow up Yes Prime Minister. Written by Antony Jay and Jonathon Lynn the show followed the fortunes of Right Honourable Jim Hacker played by Paul Eddington (of the Good Life) who was appointed to the job of Minister of Administrative Affairs. He was initially placed in this job to keep him out of trouble as he is more than a little idealistic and really believes that he can make ...
...series has a U certificate meaning that it is suitable viewing for all. I have always worked in Local Government and so the humour of Yes Minister is something that I associate with, in fact I could see a lot of things in the series that were fairly true! ... Read review

Advantages: The return of the sex comedy
Disadvantages: Very low budget

If your one of those people that won't watch anything other than big blockbuster movies then Gettin It is certainly not for you, however if you're a bit more open minded, enjoyed the humour of American Pie, Porky's or The Lemon Popsicle movies then this 2006 sex comedy is a must. Gettin it is low budget, filmed with handheld cameras, and looks decidedly cheap. But what Gettin It marks isa resurgence of the sex comedy so popular during the 70's and ...
...be seeing a lot more like it. Silver is a normal kid, he works in his mum and dad's takeaway pizza joint as a delivery boy; he is nothing special and quite withdrawn. Slightly unbelievably this rather nerdy kid has a stunning girlfriend called Sheila who wants to wait for the time to be right to have sex; I'll leave you to decide which part I find unbelievable. Silver however wants sex more than anything, after all his friends are all having sex, ... Read review

Advantages: SIMPLY FANTASTIC
Disadvantages: NONE !!!

Laurel & Hardy Volume 1 - A Chump at Oxford and Related Shorts [1940] ******************************************************************* ***************** The greatest comedy double act EVER, no arguments please. The magnificent Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy star in this wonderfully funny DVD. So let me take you on a tour of these 3 great films. Where better to start than at volume 1. This single DVD contains the following films: A chump at ...
...must see for any real Laurel and Hardy fans. Immensely funny from start to finish, if you get the chance to see it, don't pass it up. Oh, and the colourised version is wonderful to watch! Run time 63 minutes From Soup to Nuts. ********************** Made in 1928. Only a short and SILENT film this one, Similar to the start of 'Chump' the boys are hired as waiters but as you can guess they are utterly hopeless. Whilst Ollie tries his best, ... Read review