Films starring Steve Carell

Asteroid City

By David Jenkins

The maestro returns, the patented formula tweaked to blissful perfection in this witty and deeply moving exploration of the tools that we produce to help us see beyond our everyday vision.

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Minions: The Rise of Gru

By David Jenkins

The Minions scarcely feature in this screwball supervillain origin story that’s shamefully short on lols.

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Vice

By Hannah Strong

Adam McKay’s played-for-laughs portrait of former VP Dick Cheney strays into Bond villain parody.

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Beautiful Boy

By Hannah Strong

Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet play a father and son pushed to the edge in this tender drug addiction drama.

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Welcome to Marwen

By Adam Woodward

Robert Zemeckis and Steve Carell bring heart and humour to the story of Mark Hogancamp, but offer little insight.

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Last Flag Flying

By Craig Williams

Richard Linklater’s “spiritual sequel” to The Last Detail is one of his most impressive achievements.

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Battle of the Sexes

By David Jenkins

Emma Stone and Steve Carell go head-to-head in this fascinating true story of sport and sexism.

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Café Society

By David Jenkins

Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg lay on the old-school charm in Woody Allen’s Golden Age Hollywood satire.

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Freeheld

By Katherine McLaughlin

Julianne Moore and Ellen Page can’t salvage this tame dramatisation of a momentous civil rights case study.

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The Big Short

By David Jenkins

The director of Anchorman 2 dials back the screwball in this frisky tale of the sub-prime mortgage meltdown of 2007.

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Foxcatcher

By Adam Woodward

Muscular machismo and misplaced American pride combine in this intense drama with Steve Carell and Channing Tatum.

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