Comedies involving Danny DeVito
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This section is for comedies involving Danny DeVito as an actor, director or writer. By default the movies are presented starting with those ranking highest on the laugh-o-meter, but you can also sort them by year, title or IMDB rating.
About Danny
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I haven't yet written a blurb about Danny.
Danny DeVito is said to have been born on Friday 17 November 1944, which would make him 79 years, 4 months and 12 days old (if this date is accurate and he is alive today).
Titles involving Danny DeVito sorted by Laugh-o-meter (descending)
Danny DeVito was credited as
director in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about
58 years old.
Duplex
2003 |
USA | Laughs: 7.8 (Laugh Out Loud) |
imdb: 5.9
wikipedia |
dmoz |
who was involved?
When a young couple buys an old house, they inherit the elderly lady who lives in the rent-controlled apartment upstairs from theirs. Soon, they realize that this apparently harmless creature has an infinite capacity for wrecking their lives.
The cast is terrific, starting with Ben Stiller in a similar character to his role in
Meet The Parents. I hadn't laughed at a comedy so heartily in a long while and will be adding this movie to my favorites list.
(Last viewed: October 2014)
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Danny DeVito was credited as
actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about
55 years old.
Screwed
2000 |
USA | Laughs: 3.8 (Don't Bother) |
imdb: 5.8
wikipedia |
who was involved?
With the help of a friend, a millionaire baker's valet kidnaps her dog. This is one of these plots where everything goes wrong. The movie starts out in the burlesque register—in the worst sense of the word—but, thankfully, ever-so-slowly improves. There may in fact be a few decent lines with Dave Chappelle. But what redeems the movie (though not to the point where you'd want to go out of your way to watch it) is an extraordinary performance by Danny DeVito, who plays a disheveled mortician.
(Last viewed: July 2014)
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Danny DeVito was credited as
actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about
42 years old.
Throw Momma from the Train
1987 |
USA | Laughs: 2.1 (Broken Comedies) |
imdb: 6.3
wikipedia |
who was involved?
You know these self-absorbed movies about people making a movie? This movie is not about making movies, but it's written by a writer who seems more interested in writing about writers than about making people laugh. A writing instructor wants to get rid of his ex-wife, one of his students wants to get rid of his mother. The actors are well-intentioned, but what can they do without a script? I picked this up because I realized the site didn't have anything with Danny DeVito, who is supposed to be funny. (
Get Shorty might be fun, but it's not a laugh-out-loud comedy.) I will persevere.
(Last viewed: September 2012)
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Danny DeVito was credited as
actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about
41 years old.
Ruthless People
1986 |
USA | Laughs: 0.8 (Don't Bother) |
imdb: 6.9
wikipedia |
who was involved?
This hour-and-a-half movie is about ninety minutes too long. It may have been okay in its day, but its public was a breed which has since vanished from this Earth.
Delighted that kidnappers are threatening to kill his wife, a business man does his best to disobey their instructions. Meanwhile, the kidnappers (a sweet couple) struggle to get along with their hard-headed victim.
There's nothing particularly annoying about the movie in itself — it has likeable actors doing their best. It's just unbelievably dull.
(Last viewed: May 2019)
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