Box Office Laughs This Holiday Season

Top comedies coming out this holiday season

As holiday season approaches we always hear about the many dramatic films that are being released for Oscar contention. I have even written a couple blogs about the multiple dramatic films you should see before award season gets in full swing, but if you are more into comedies there are a couple of great comedies you should check out as well.

 The first movie you should check out is the holiday comedy "The Night Before" staring Anthony Mackie, Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. This movie takes place the night before Christmas where the three guys are having one last Christmas blow out before Seth Rogen's character has a baby and essentially they have to grow up. This movie is made by the same guys that made "This is the End", "Neighbors" and "The Interview" which means that it will be hilarious, raunchy and leave you with some pretty great quotes ("They hate us cause they ain't us"). This movie comes out this weekend (November 20) so be sure to check it out. Or if you want to wait until Thanksgiving weekend when the family becomes just a little to much for you, go check out this film and just laugh it off. 

 The second movie we have is the Tina Fey and Amy Poehler comedy "Sisters". In this movie the girls play sisters who come home after many years to find out their parents have sold their childhood home. While cleaning out their old rooms they decide to have one last crazy party in the home like Tina's character used to do back in her high school days. The trailer looks hilarious and it looks like we should expect many SNL cameos in it. These two have done a couple of movies in the past most notably "Baby Mama" which had kind of a more serious storyline so it wasn't very good (to be honest) but since this one looks like it is just straight up comedy I think this film will be better. You can catch "Sisters" in theaters on December 18th.

The final comedy I am going to talk about is "Daddy's Home" which stars Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. In this movie Will Ferrell plays a step-dad who has to deal with his kids real dad, played by Mark Wahlberg when he comes into town. There is immediate competition between the two as one would expect. Will and Mark have such a great comedic bond with each other as most of us saw in the movie "The Other Guys" and it definitely shows again in this movie. For such an odd couple these two are so funny together and watching them go back and forth with each other is comedy gold. This movie comes out on Christmas Day, December 25th, so be sure to check it out.