23% gave this a 10/10?

I gave this a 7/10, which is a very high rating for me to give a comedy(typically I rate them 5 or below). This was easily the best comedy I've seen sense Forgetting Sara Marshal.

THIS WAS THE FUNNIEST MOVIE I HAVE SEEN IN YEARS. I GIVE IT A 10/10

"A few good jokes" is pretty much the ESSENCE of a comedy movie... Sure, how hard the laughter is will vary according to the person, but it's better than NO good jokes, in something that's meant to be funny.

"The Way, Way Back" is great, but it's much more of a comedy drama than this tried to be, so of course it feels more satisfying... This still had some solid laughs. You may not rate it as highly as some people, but if you don't allow for differing tastes, then you're pretty shortsighted.




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"Your mother puts license plates in your underwear? How do you sit?!"

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Three years after the fact, but I'll chime in anyway - Not everyone uses the same criteria as you. Learn to deal with it. I didn't rate it a 10, but it was much funnier than I expected it to be as I am usually disappointed by Jen Anniston movies, and it has great staying power. I am watching it on TBS right now and it is just as funny as the first time I watched it.

Anyway, I don't see anything faulty in the rationale behind rating this movie a 10 as it is IMO, one of the best pure comedies in the last five or six years.

I gave this movie a solid 7/10, because I just caught it on TV, had never heard of it, and it was reasonably enjoyable and made me laugh.

I could be desensitised however as I caught The 40 Year Old Virgin on TV the other day and thought it was quite funny, but when I watched it when it fist came out I didn't like it at all.

So my standards may have dropped because actually good comedies are rarer than big foot sightings.

If a comedy can maintain my interest and make me laugh a few times, then it's decent, as most comedies cannot do that at all.

Can anyone suggest any good comedies?

Also finding this three years later. As one of the 23% let me tell you what a 10 means to me. It means the movie is highly re-watchable, and had me uncontrollably laughing at more than one point. This movie fits that to a tee. I end up buying 1-2 movies a year tops, and this one was the rare one that made the cut (unlike Horrible Bosses.) This movie was well-acted, and you actually DID care about what happened to these four people. Yes, at times it was silly - and sometimes, you need that out of a movie.

I've only given 77 movies or TV shows a 10/10 in my life (and I've seen a lot) and only 15 of those were comedies, ranging from the classic ("The Graduate") to films I never thought I could see myself liking ("Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle".)

Doesn't sound like a 5/10 to me. You are entitled to your opinion, I just think your opinion sucks.