Michael McKean Movies

Genres: Drama    Music    Musical    Romance   

Starring: Katrina Elam, Michael McKean, Cheech Marin, Bronson Pinchot, Jackie Welch, ...

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Genres: Comedy    Romance   

Starring: Larry David, Adam Brooks, Lyle Kanouse, Michael McKean, Clifford Lee Dickson, ...

I saw this movie in a packed cinema and the audience loved it to the
extent that many applauded at the end. So I came home, looked it up in
IMDb and read some of the review by professional film critics. What I
found helps to explain why nobody reads papers anymore and why
professional movie reviews are increasingly irrelevant. The critics
drooled all over themselves for No Coun...

Genres: Comedy    Music   

Starring: Ari Gold, Michael McKean, Jane Lynch, Shoshannah Stern, Chi Ling Chiu, ...

If you've ever heard the classic Rush song "Tom Sawyer," you may have
found yourself flailing your arms in a rhythmic motion known as "air
drumming." Neil Peart, Rush's legendary drummer, casts a wicked spell,
but if you've managed to avoid it, or think air drumming isn't cool, I
give you – Power.Adventures of Power tells the comedic tale of a New Mexico mine w...

Genres: Comedy   

Starring: Woody Harrelson, David Cross, Dennis Farina, Cheryl Hines, Richard Kind, ...

I have to say I really enjoyed this film. I saw it at Tribeca last
month and to be honest I didn't have high expectations. I personally
don't like most of the movies the writer/director (Zak Penn) has
written of late (mostly big action comic book movies), but this is not
that kind of film.What honestly attracted me to this film was that it's an improv style
film sta...

Genres: Comedy   

Starring: Woody Harrelson, David Cross, Dennis Farina, Cheryl Hines, Richard Kind, ...

I have to say I really enjoyed this film. I saw it at Tribeca last
month and to be honest I didn't have high expectations. I personally
don't like most of the movies the writer/director (Zak Penn) has
written of late (mostly big action comic book movies), but this is not
that kind of film.What honestly attracted me to this film was that it's an improv style
film sta...

Genres: Drama    Thriller    Horror   

Starring: Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga, Celia Weston, Dallas Roberts, Michael McKean, ...

This film is so good, I saw it twice at Sundance. Certainly the best at
the '07 festival. Unlike modern horror films, "Joshua" does not rely
upon blood and gore to deliver its impact. Director George Ratliff
weaves a tale of mounting dread and tension through stunning
performances, brilliant cinematography (for which it won the Sundance
'07 Best Cinematography Award) an...

Genres: Comedy   

Starring: Danny DeVito, Kathy Bates, Ron Livingston, Neve Campbell, Beverly D'Angelo, ...

Maybe it's somehow unfair that this movie was not distributed in the US
(yet?). I have seen much worse movies and comedies that had less fun in
them well distributed and promoted. However, I can understand the
hesitations of the distributors. 'Relative Strangers' plays in a genre
that has already squeezed all the juice, and makes no attempt to be
something different...

Genres: Comedy    Family    Fantasy   

Starring: Mitchel Baker, Hunter Ballard, Aaron Beelner, David Blackwell, Dodie Brown, ...

It's too bad that this couldn't have been a year without "The Year
Without a Santa Claus" remake.I'll have a blue Christmas (since I've seen you.) This belongs on the
Island of Misfit Remakes. Where's the Burgermeister when you need
something burned? Rankin/Bass are probably spinning like the original
Snow Miser after this. I let my six-year-old stay up for this...

Genres: Comedy    Musical   

Starring: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Gary Beach, ...

What an Excellent film! I went to an advance screening and left with my
jaw aching from all the laughing and grinning.At first, it felt the film was just the play in front of the camera,
but the style eventually worked, turning the movie audience into a
Broadway audience. At times, the director took the actors outside
almost as a fun way of saying "see? with a camera, we can now mo...

Genres: Action    Biography    Drama   

Starring: Antonio Banderas, Eion Bailey, Alan Arkin, Jim Broadbent, Matt Day, ...

Pancho Villa is a Mexican general who makes a deal with a movie studio
where he will get $25,000 in gold, in exchange for the rights to film
his battles. This is quite an absurd idea, especially as it leads to
certain battles being 'made to measure' for the camera, and it becomes
even more absurd when you realize that this is actually a true story.
Yes, that's right; And Starri...

Genres: Comedy    Music   

Starring: Jim Moret, Stuart Luce, Mary Gross, Marty Belafsky, Michael Baser, ...

We have a duo, a trio, and a group of 9. These three fictitious 'folk'
groups from the 60s reunite for a concert in this mockumentary. What makes
it so interesting is (1) I was a young adult in the 60s and vividly
remember
the folk group wave and (2) Guest, Levy and the others do their own
singing
and playing of songs they wrote for the movie. I think its IMDb ratings
w...

Genres: Comedy    Music   

Starring: Jim Moret, Stuart Luce, Mary Gross, Marty Belafsky, Michael Baser, ...

We have a duo, a trio, and a group of 9. These three fictitious 'folk'
groups from the 60s reunite for a concert in this mockumentary. What makes
it so interesting is (1) I was a young adult in the 60s and vividly
remember
the folk group wave and (2) Guest, Levy and the others do their own
singing
and playing of songs they wrote for the movie. I think its IMDb ratings
w...

Genres: Animation    Adventure    Family   

Starring: Jason Alexander, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tom Hulce, Paul Kandel, Charles Kimbrough, ...

A previous commentator remarked that this monstrosity of a DTV sequel could
only be watched in chunks. I found it interesting that my experience with
this movie involved blowing chunks.I know that's an awfully immature way to describe my experience with
Hunchback II, but that's exactly what this thing did to the original
Hunchback. It took the very dark (for Disney, at least) origi...

Genres: Game-Show   

Starring: Melissa Peterman, Donny Osmond, Mindy Sterling, Kelly Packard, Kathy Najimy, ...

I really love this version of the Pyramid Game Show. There were a lot
of neat celebrities and great contestants during its run. I first
caught a look at this version in early 2003 when it was on a local CBS
station. It was wonderful and I was overjoyed to discover it. Donny
Osmond was a wonderful host and he did a great job, as did Dick Clark
back when he had the show. I was al...

Genres: Comedy    Romance   

Starring: Piper Perabo, Jane McGregor, Trent Ford, Julie White, Brandon Smith, ...

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Genres: Biography    Crime    Drama   

Starring: Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson, Maria Bello, Ron Leibman, ...

I believe that this was the most severely underrated film of 2002, and it
was also my personal favorite for a great year in film. Now, I sincerely
doubt that many moviegoers would consider this one of the year's best, or
even a great film, so this comes with a tentative recommendation. I
wouldn't
recommend this movie to just anybody, but I feel that fans of the prior
work

Genres: Comedy    Drama    Romance   

Starring: Rutanya Alda, Natasha Braisewell, Albert Brooks, Henry Brown, Gary Bullock, ...

May to December can be the cruelest months if they're about a relationship
between a young woman and an older man. `American Beauty' and more recently
`Ghost World' carried the usual criticism of this socially questionable
alliance, from downright damage in the former to uncertainty about how it
could ever work in the latter.In `My First Mister,' starring Albert Brooks and Leelee S...

Genres: Fantasy    Comedy    Romance   

Starring: Adam Sandler, Patricia Arquette, Harvey Keitel, Rhys Ifans, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, ...

Geeze, this movie got the shaft! I thought it was a lot of fun and pretty
funny. The Ozzy Osbourne line, 'Here, kill him with theeees' cracks me up
every time. I don't know why this is disdained so much. Sure, it's no
"Rushmore", but it has its place and I enjoy it for what it is--a
kind-hearted, dumb, funny comedy in the vein of "Dumb & Dumber" or "Tommy
Boy"--both classic...

Genres: Crime    Drama    Mystery    Thriller   

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, Lisa Gay Hamilton, James Woods, Denis Leary, ...

True Crime is a fairly engaging movie that has some good performances.
Eastwood as the director stages the action well and moves the plot
forward. Only in the scenes where he takes his daughter to the zoo does
the film tend to lose a little momentum. Then again, a scene like that
helps illustrate the character that Eastwood is playing. He'll follow a
story, but he'll try to mak...

Genres: Comedy    Thriller   

Starring: Helen Mirren, Katie Holmes, Jeffrey Tambor, Barry Watson, Marisa Coughlan, ...

Teaching Mrs. Tingle, this was the movie I saw multiple times on HBO
when it was released in 1999 and I couldn't get enough of this movie. I
absolutely loved it, I think because I was graduating Jr. high at the
time, I actually expected high school to be like this. True, it was a
bit far fetched at the time, but still it was a lot of fun to watch.
Who didn't fantasize...

Genres: Comedy    Family    Mystery    Action   

Starring: Christina Ricci, Doug E. Doug, Dean Jones, George Dzundza, Peter Boyle, ...

I guess there are two ways to make a movie with kids as the intended
audience. You can either say to yourself a) "Let's make a movie that kids
today will love!" or b) "Let's make a movie that I would have loved when I
was a kid!"
The second approach explains why Steven Spielberg often make movies that
appeal to a younger audience. Prime examples are E.T., The Goonies or
Ind...

Genres: Action    Adventure    Comedy    Crime   

Starring: Martin Lawrence, Tim Robbins, John C. McGinley, Giancarlo Esposito, Kelly Preston, ...

Steve Oedekerk's splendid "Nothing to lose" is certainly one of the funniest
and most amusing and entertaining "black & white -buddies" -movie of the
90's. Story is fairly clever and dialogue is witty and quite hilarious. Tim
Robbins is excellent as a touchy, fretful and bitter bloke Nick Beam ("wrong
guy on a wrong day") who believes his wife is having an affair and kidnaps
im...

Genres: Adventure    Family    Animation    Comedy   

Starring: Pamela Adlon, Jim Cummings, David L. Lander, Jason Marsden, Michael McKean, ...

I really liked this cartoon for the first season or two, until the style of
animation changed. This one took place before the film, when all of the
characters were cubs. Stephen James Taylor provided some nice music and
there was even a song thrown in from time to time. The cast was very good,
and special attention must go to Jason Marsden, who was absolutely perfect
as the ...

Genres: Comedy    Music    Crime   

Starring: Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Michael McKean, ...

This is a great movie that simply doesn't get alot of credit.
An amatuer band known as the Lone Rangers (Fraser, Buscemi, Sandler) sneak
into a recording studio to have their demo tape played on the air. When
refused, things get out of hand and they hold the place
hostage.This movie has an original plot line with good humour and good acting.
Keep
in mind that this movie co...

Genres: Comedy    Romance    Sci-Fi    Thriller   

Starring: Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill, Michael McKean, Stephen Tobolowsky, ...

One of the best points of this movie is what it seriously would be like to
be invisible. I'm sure everyone, at least once in their life, has wanted to
be invisible, but how few of us really thought about the negative side
effects? This movie shows them. Nick (played by Chevy Chase, whose great
in a serious role,) gets turned invisible in a lab accident. As soon as the
CIA f...

Genres: Thriller   

Starring: Gary Busey, Mimi Rogers, Michael McKean, Kurt Christopher Kinder, Candace Hutson, ...

A great psychological thriller, hider in the house exemplifies childhood
trauma and its effect on a a man's life. Tom Sykes (Gary Busey) undergoes
the transformation from child to head of the household of Mimi Rogers's
family. Mimi Rogers sexes up the role of a woman going through marital
problems. Michael McKean (best known for his character Gibby from dream
on)
plays a...

Genres: Comedy    Drama    Romance   

Starring: Kevin Bacon, Emily Longstreth, J.T. Walsh, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael McKean, ...

THE BIG PICTURE is a breezy satire of the movie business from the mind of
writer/director Christopher Guest (BEST IN SHOW, A MIGHTY WIND). It tells
the story of Nick Chapman (Kevin Bacon), a young film director who gets put
through the Hollywood wringer. Studio executives, agents, and starlets all
prey on Nick's naivete and he eventually sells out, neglecting his
girlfriend a...

Genres: Comedy    Family    Sci-Fi   

Starring: Tim Blaney, Fisher Stevens, Michael McKean, Cynthia Gibb, Jack Weston, ...

This brings back memories from my childhood. I used to watch this movie
when
I was a little kid and I loved it. Johnny 5 is so kool and Ben is funny.
This is a great movie for the family , especially for kids. Probably the
best family movie out there and probably better than the first Short
Circuit....

Genres: Comedy    Music    Romance    Sci-Fi   

Starring: Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans, Julie Brown, ...

Former real life Hollywood couple Jeff Goldblum & Geena Davis made 3 films
together, two of them comedies, one of them serious. The first film, also
the film where they met, was the horror movie spoof "Transylvania 6-5000"
(which I keep looking for but can't seem to find), in which Jeff played a
reporter sent to Transylvania to follow a story with partner Ed Begley Jr.
and Geen...

Genres: Action    Adventure    Drama   

Starring: Michael McKean, Susan Walden, Christopher Burton, Judith Jones, Lloyd Bochner, ...

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Genres: Adventure    Comedy    Drama   

Starring: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean, Kevin Bacon, ...

I'm not sure who is responsible for bringing Steve Martin
and
John Candy together,but they are a genius in my book,and
they
were brought together with just the right material.This
comedy
from John Hughes is without question his best work as a
director.
I look at this film as a modern day Laurel and Hardy romp,which,
incredibly was not included in the AFI's Top 1...

Genres: Comedy    Crime    Mystery    Thriller   

Starring: Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, ...

I've been annoyed at most of the bad reviews I read of this movie,
because none of them understand what it's all about. It's true; the
script is not actually that great. What makes it great is how
everything is delivered. The cast is fantastic in playing each part as
a clich...

Genres: Family    Sci-Fi   

Starring: Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Kathryn Walker, Colleen Camp, Josef Sommer, ...

DARYL is an enjoyable and thought-provoking kids' film. The central
premise
is fantastic and high-concept - a rare thing for children's films. Daryl,
a
military experiment that combines the body and senses of a child with a
microchip for a brain, is set free from his creators and settles in
mid-America suburbia with a loving adoptive family. The high-jinks that
resul...

Genres: Comedy    Music   

Starring: Rob Reiner, Kimberly Stringer, Chazz Dominguez, Shari Hall, R.J. Parnell, ...

'This Is Spinal Tap' has been part of my life for so many years that it's
hard to remember a time when I hadn't seen it. Having recently bought it on
DVD and rewatched it for the nth time I was once again struck and just how
clever and amusing this movie is. Christopher Guest and friends are not only
very talented comedians with an amazing ability to improvise, but they know
th...

Genres: Comedy   

Starring: Sean Young, Michael McKean, Gary Friedkin, Kyle T. Heffner, Rick Overton, ...

The title "Young Doctors In Love" is perhaps the most mis-leading title
ever
to be placed on a movie. It sounds like a passionate love story and not
like
a hilarious "spoof" movie that it is. This spoof movie is right up there
with the "Airplane" and "Naked Gun" movies, and far better than the spoof
movies of the 90's such as "Wrongfully Accused", "The Silence Of The
Ha...

Genres: Comedy   

Starring: Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham, Frank McRae, Deborah Harmon, ...

This is a romantic comedy, but not one I would watch with my wife! The tasteless jokes and one-liners roll out almost non-stop. The movie verifies most everything we believe about used car salesmen, the
"My boss will have a heart Attack" sales scene nearly brings me to tears I
laugh so hard.
Russell is at his best with some of the best character actors around joining
in, I especi...