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Tom Shadyac

The Nutty Professor (1996)

The Nutty Professor (1996)
Rating: ★★★½
Mar 11, 2000Personality Transformation Formula Comedy
Personality Transformation Formula Comedynutty-professor-1-19961996Remake of the Jerry Lewis film is a comedic tour-de-force for Eddie Murphy as he swings between a shy 400 lb professor and a manic, testostoronally charged health junkie
Director: Tom Shadyac
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett, Dave Chappelle, Larry Miller, …
Category: Science Fiction
11 March 200022 January 2025 by Roog

Liar Liar (1997)

Liar Liar (1997)
Rating: ★
Jan 16, 2005Man Cursed with a Truth-Telling Wish Comedy
Man Cursed with a Truth-Telling Wish Comedyliar-liar-19971997A film with a children's movie premise - an amoral lawyer is forced to be honest for a day when his kid makes a wish - is over-taken by the rafter-rattling excesses of Jim Carrey in full OTT mode
Director: Tom Shadyac
Actors: Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Jennifer Tilly, Cary Elwes, …
Category: Fantasy
16 January 200528 December 2024 by Roog

Dragonfly (2002)

Dragonfly (2002)
Rating: ★★
Jun 14, 2002Haunting
Hauntingdragonfly-20022002Kevin Costner believes his late wife is trying to communicate with him. Comedy director Tom Shadyac makes his first serious film but it is so respectable and with all the horror element bled out of it as to be dull
Director: Tom Shadyac
Actors: Kevin Costner, Kathy Bates, Joe Morton, Jacob Vargas, …
Category: Horror
14 June 200214 October 2025 by Roog

Bruce Almighty (2003)

Bruce Almighty (2003)
Rating: ★
Jul 8, 2003Man Gains Godlike Powers Comedy
Man Gains Godlike Powers Comedybruce-almighty-20032003Comedy in which God appears to Jim Carrey and grants him His powers for one week. Expectedly the film is of zero theological depth and all about Carrey going completely over-the-top
Director: Tom Shadyac
Actors: Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carell, …
Category: Fantasy
8 July 200321 May 2020 by Roog

Evan Almighty (2007)

Evan Almighty (2007)
Rating: ★
Sep 23, 2007Modern-Day Noah's Ark Comedy
Modern-Day Noah's Ark Comedyevan-almighty-20072007Sequel to Bruce Almighty in which Steve Carell is transformed into a modern-day Noah. This was pitched to the Christian audiences but feels like a series of lame gags playing on Noah and the Ark devoid of any biblical context
Director: Tom Shadyac
Actors: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, John Goodman, …
Category: Fantasy
23 September 200719 October 2025 by Roog

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
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  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
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  • Steampunk Films
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  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
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