Comedy Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Comedy

Two people, a woman and a man, sitting on a sofa in a living room. The woman wears a light-coloured top and the man wears a dark top.
Review

Sleep review – Jason Yu has the juice

by Josh Slater-Williams

A new­ly­wed cou­ple are haunt­ed by sleep­less nights in Jason Yu’s con­fi­dent, dark­ly humor­ous debut feature.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Stuffed animals with black-and-white X-shaped eyes and mouths, arranged in a cage-like setting.
Review

Hundreds of Beavers review – the best live-action Looney Tunes movie ever

by Callie Petch

A ruined apple­jack mak­er attempts to become a suc­cess­ful fur trap­per in Mike Cheslik’s hys­ter­i­cal and inven­tive love let­ter to slap­stick cinema.

3
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A man waving from a car, wearing a grey jacket and yellow shirt.
Review

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F review – generic cop flick falls flat

by David Jenkins

Eddie Mur­phy hits the nos­tal­gia cir­cuit with this depress­ing, algo­rith­mic homage to the sparkling 1984 original.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a woman, standing on a city street next to a sign advertising a special offer.
Review

Problemista review – a fiercely confident and surreal New York fairytale

by Lex Briscuso

Julio Tor­res writes, directs and stars in his debut fea­ture, play­ing an ide­al­is­tic toy­mak­er who ends up in the employ of Til­da Swin­ton’s eccen­tric art crit­ic while try­ing to nav­i­gate the US immi­gra­tion system.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A woman with dark hair wearing a brown leather jacket, leaning against a wooden wall.
Review

The Nature of Love review – cinematic and exuberant

by Josh Slater-Williams

A uni­ver­si­ty pro­fes­sor’s life is turned upside down when she falls in love with a con­struc­tion work­er in Monia Chokri’s under­stat­ed roman­tic comedy.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Three adults, two men and a woman, embracing intimately in a dimly lit room, with warm orange tones casting a soft glow.
Review

Kinds of Kindness review – a salacious, sun-bleached fable

by David Jenkins

Yor­gos Lan­thi­mos returns with his mer­ry band to explore – in trip­tych form – all the fun­ny and sick ways in which we entrap our­selves inside psy­cho­log­i­cal pris­ons of our own making.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Three people standing on a rocky outcrop overlooking a hilly, forested landscape at sunset.
Review

Sasquatch Sunset – Gross-out larks with an anthropological twist

by David Jenkins

A fam­i­ly of myth­i­cal beasts are observed in their nat­ur­al habi­tat in com­ic por­trait of ani­mals and their instincts.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Cartoon cat-like character sitting on a plate of cooked food, with flames in the background.
Review

The Garfield Movie review – as messy as a child eating spaghetti

by David Jenkins

Anoth­er lack­lus­tre ani­mat­ed for­ay into the lasagne-smeared world of Jim Davis’ most famous com­ic creation.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Boxer in red jacket lying on ground, hands grasping metal pole, face obscured.
Review

The Fall Guy review – good stunts, appalling script

by Hannah Strong

In David Leitch’s bom­bas­tic salute to the Hol­ly­wood stunt indus­try, Ryan Gosling becomes inad­ver­tent­ly embroiled in a nefar­i­ous plot while try­ing to regain the trust of his for­mer lover.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two men, one with a beard and one with grey hair and a beard, applauding in a formal setting.
Review

The American Society of Magical Negroes review – an undercooked, frustrating satire

by Hamza Shehryar

Less Har­ry Pot­ter and more Amer­i­can Fic­tion, this polit­i­cal­ly charged satire is more banal than it first seems.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect