Comedy > Icelandic Comedy

Is Iceland a "nice land"?

Advantages: Wonderful scenery, a fantastic anti-hero, Victoria Abril's performance
Disadvantages: Victoria Abril's accent difficult to understand in parts

"I'll be dead after I die. I was dead before I was born. Life is just a break from death" So says Hylnur, the lugubrious anti-hero of "Reykjavik 101". Fast approaching thirty he lives with his mother and shows no sign of leaving home or getting a job. Hylnur spends his days watching porn films and his nights in bars with his friends. Sometimes he sleeps with his "girlfriend" but spends rather more time avoiding the girl than actually in her company. ...
...mother announces that Lola, her attractive Spanish flamenco teacher is moving in with them, Hylnur shows no more interest in the news than he does in anything else. However, when his mother goes away for New Year the two are left in the house together. After a drunken evening in the bars of Reykjavik, Lola and Hylnur end up in bed. When his mother comes home she summons Hylnur to the kitchen. She and Lola are sitting there wearing very grave expressions. ...

fizzytom 27.06.2005 · Read full review
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Review of 101 Reykjavik (Subtitled) (Wide Screen) (DVD)

One Man And A Piano

Advantages: fantastic comedy show
Disadvantages: some dodgy camera angles

...you would like. 1 Ready For This. This is the opening song for the show and Minchin comes onto the stage in a blaze of strobe lights and opens the show with a great little rock ditty where he manages to poke fun at himself while accompanied by a recording of him beatboxing with back up singers. 2 Prejudice In our modern free spoken society There is a word that we still hold taboo A word with a terrible history Of being used to ...
...to gingers, the playground taunt of choice. A hilarious song that manages to use more ginger puns than you thought existed! 3 America America is not a song but a stand up routine which discusses how forward Americans are compared to Australians and British people and are not afraid to shout about their achievements. Somehow the dialogue manages to veer onto the big bang and what will happen to a certain office block in Times Square in Manhattan ...

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Review of Ready For This - Tim Minchin

A night you would want to remember!

Advantages: Funny, Famous cameo, Unpredictable
Disadvantages: slightly unbelievable at times.

Well I saw the Hangover in the cinema, and I plan on purchasing on DVD in the near future. I thought this film was hilarious - one of my friends more so as he decided to go to watch it in the cinema about 3 or 4 times! I personally felt the star of the show so to speak was Zach Galifianakis who played slightly odd soon to be brother in law Alan. I just thought his stupidity/twisted sense of humour was really funny, and entertained me all the way ...
...really, but at the same time quite amusing. I won't go into too much detail of what happens as I don't want to spoil any of the suprises during the film. Basically, the film is about a group of guys who go to Vegas for a bloke called Doug to have a stag night. Doug doesn't really feature in the film other than the beginning and end - as he goes missing - which is the point of the film. They wake up the morning after with a trashed hotel room, and ...

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Review of The Hangover (DVD)

Golden British Comedy

Advantages: comedy, length, price, extras
Disadvantages: /

Last Christmas I received Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold DVD, which over the course of the year I watched on many occasions. When I discovered a second DVD was going to be released, I couldn't wait. The television series was still as strong as ever, and a second DVD would make it perfect. The ITV show itself is incredible. Each week Harry sits down for half an hour to point out of all the funny things that have happened in TV. For example, Coleen Nolan ...
...on the front of it Harry Hill is pointing a large remote at us whilst wearing his trademark black suit and white shirt with the enormous collar. Underneath the DVD title is written in bright gold lettering to allow it to stand out. It is one that is easily spotted and looks wonderful too. Of course, it is what is on the inside that counts! With this, you can watch all the best bits of the last series', giving you a show a little over an hour. So ...

Amy69 30.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 2 (DVD)

some men just need a little push

Advantages: matthew mcconaughry
Disadvantages: bit predictable in places

...spoil the film. Failure to launch was released in 2006 and was directed by Tom Dey i havnt seen any of his other film so i cant comment on wether it is his best film yet. the running time of this film is approx 92 minuites and is rated a certificate 12 as it contains use of strong language and moderate sex references. Failure to launch won four awards which are kids choice award sarah jessica parker won favourite female movie star and choice actress ...
...peoples choice awards thisa Film also won an award for choice movie chick flick. cast list Matthew McConaughey:Tripp Sarah Jessica Parker :Paula Zooey Deschanel: Kit Justin Bartha:Ace Bradley Cooper:Demo Terry Bradshaw:Al Kathy Bates:Sue This film is a great romantic comedy It's the first film ive seen sarah jessica parker is and i think her performance was superb.i think the ending is a bit obvious and in some place the story was a little predictable, ...

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Review of Failure To Launch