Laughter is the best medicine for chilly fall nights. The best-reviewed comedy movies in theaters now range from an animated tale of two species trying to co-exist to a darkly funny Western about hitmen brothers to an unbelievable-yet-true story of a writer who must rely on desperate measures to get published.
Here are the four comedy films rated freshest by review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes that you can see in theaters now.
4. Smallfoot
Migos (voiced by Channing Tatum) is a young Yeti who has been taught that humans are just a legend — until one day, he runs into one named Percy (voiced by James Corden). They become friends, but their respective villages still fear the other kind. It’s up to Migos and Percy to find a way for everybody to get along.
The film, released on Sept. 28, currently has a 75 percent positive critical score on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 67 percent audience score.
3. Mid90s
Jonah Hill makes his directorial debut with this coming-of-age dramedy set in the 1990s. It follows 13-year-old Stevie, who escapes his troubled home life by befriending a group of teen skaters. He learns about sex and drugs as the group experiences ups and and downs that summer.
The film, released on Oct. 26, currently has a 77 percent positive critical score on Rotten Tomatoes, and an 84 percent audience score.
2. The Sisters Brothers
John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix star as notorious assassin brothers Eli and Charlie Sisters. After a job goes badly for them, they find themselves on a dangerous trek through the Northwest that takes them into the Gold Rush lands of California. There, the older Eli wants to consider retirement, but the blood-thirsty Charlie wants revenge.
The film, released on Oct. 19, currently has an 85 percent positive critical score on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 65 percent audience score.
1. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Based on a true story, Melissa McCarthy mixes her comedy and drama chops as Lee Israel, a writer who once made a living writing celebrity profiles in the 1970s and '80s. But now that her kind of work has fallen out of favor, she gets desperate and turns to forging letters from dead authors. But it’s not long before Lee’s elaborate con goes awry.
The film, released on Oct. 19, currently has a 98 percent positive critical score on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 92 percent audience score.
