2014 was a good year for funny movies, covering a wide range that went from indie smashes such as Jenny Slate’s abortion-themed ‘Obvious Child’ or ‘Chef’’s culinary delights, to multiplex successes of the calibre of ‘Bad Neighbours’ and its young family clashing with frat boys arriving next door antics or Channing Tatum & Jonah Hill’s hilarious return as undercover cops in the bromance of the summer, 22 Jump Street.

Romantic comedy merged with musical in ‘Begin Again’, where Mark Ruffalo helped the singing career of Keira Knightley, paired for the occasion with Maroon 5’s heartthrob Adam Levine; and in ‘God Help The Girl’, the Glaswegian band Belle & Sebastian’s long awaited movie, were released back-to-back with Crowd-pleasing world movies such as India’s romance ‘The Lunchbox”, depicting the well-established tradition of lunch delivery men, whose accidental mistake ignites the flame of passion in a bored wife and Laos’ ‘The Rocket’, using heart-warming humor to deal with the thorny subject of landmines left after the war in the Asian country.

Accomplished micro budget UK works such as ‘Gone Too far’, playfully toying with African immigrant communities and Estate-living stereotypes, next to big projects with such all family appeal as ‘Paddington’ and the (unfairly) tepidly received ‘Muppets Most Wanted’ helped maintaining a constant supply of laughter in our cinemas throughout the year.

But above all of them, our shortlist of favourite comedies features Read the rest of this entry »