After a busy day at work or an eventful week, one of the best ways to switch and de-stress is to watch a good movie. Cut has selected ten “Relaxing Comedies” that will charge you with positive emotions and help you leave all your worries in the past.
The Beach bum
The film is about a poet named Moondog. Probably, in the whole world there is no freer person than him. This guy only lives for today. He does not think about plans and likes to go with the flow.
Moon dog writes poetry. But his poetry is not very popular even among his friends. Despite this, the main character does not lose heart and continues to do what he loves. He dreams that someday his poems will be published in one book and the world will be able to read them. And for inspiration, he uses drugs and alcohol, which often leads to absurd, but funny situations.
Sink or Swim
The picture tells about a middle-aged Frenchman named Bertrand, who was covered by a total depression. Because of this, he has been unemployed for two years now, eats a handful of antidepressants every day and spends all day on the couch playing computer games. One day, the case leads him to a group of men who are engaged in synchronized swimming. There Bertrand meets losers like himself who have lost their way in life. They suffer from unpaid loans, as well as family, business and career problems. Synchronized swimming helps them not only to distract from the negative accumulated in life, but also to understand its causes.
Jealous
A middle-aged woman named Nathalie Pesce is teaching a course in literature at a classical French university. Her husband left for another. And she is trying to find a new partner. Moreover, the daughter somehow imperceptibly grew up and her boyfriend is already coming to her for the night. In addition, at work, a young and ambitious colleague begins to breathe down her neck. Attempts to cope with all these difficulties turn into a cascade of funny situations for Natalie.
Long Shot
Smart, ambitious and beautiful Charlotte Field is a key figure on the political Olympus of the country. And now she is being nominated as a presidential candidate. Now it would be nice to strengthen the team with a talented speechwriter. By chance, Charlotte meets an old friend, Freddy Flarsky. As a teenager, she was the nanny of the boy Freddie, who was dearly in love with her. He grew up, and you can’t call him mature. Now the guy is unemployed and a homeless journalist who is not particularly appreciated at work. He seems to be the perfect speechwriter for his ex-nanny.
Le gendre de ma vie
Stephen, a middle-aged Frenchman, dreamed of his own son all his life. But fate constantly sent him daughters. Therefore, all the hope of the protagonist remained on the sons-in-law, who will be chosen for themselves by his daughters. And one day, the chosen one of the youngest daughter, whose name is Thomas, came to Stefan’s house. He really liked the main character and they immediately found a common language. But soon the girl decided to break off her relationship with Thomas and build a relationship with another. But the father believed that he was obliged to intervene in this situation. After all, he already saw his future son-in-law in the boy, and dreamed of how they would periodically go on vacation together. The man did not want to miss such a guy, because he believed that Thomas would be an ideal husband.
Crazy wedding
Vasily Seredyuk is the director of the museum, who lives in a small provincial town. He sends his daughter Catherine to France to complete her studies and receive a decent education. Suddenly, the girl tells her father that she has fallen in love and is going to marry her fiancé. It turned out to be Francois, a cardiac surgeon, which made the hero very happy.
He begins to boast to relatives and residents of the village, calling Seredyukov a European family. But as soon as he sees his future son-in-law, he falls into a stupor, because Francois turns out to be a black man. Now Vasya’s main task is to disrupt his daughter’s wedding. It will not be easy to do this, because true love will stand in his way. This is the only Ukrainian picture in the selection “Comedy for the holidays”.
100 things and nothing more
Paul and Tony wanted to spend a hundred days with nothing at all. All personal belongings are locked in a room from which you can take only one essential item, and then only for a day. This is a really funny and embarrassing situation that unlucky volunteers have condemned themselves to. During this time, they went through shame, remorse and despair, but gained much greater life values: love, devotion and wisdom. German films of recent years are rarely found in such collections of “Comedies for relaxation”. But this picture is an exception.
The Hustle
In the center of the plot of the film are two scammers. One of them is used to working subtly, planning everything carefully, and at the end of her scam to end up with a good score. The second preferred everything to be quick, easy and ingenuous. It would seem that their paths should never have crossed, but this time it happened just like that. Both swindlers begin the hunt for a young technical genius who earned millions in Silicon Valley.
Gringo
Elaine and Richard run a small pharmaceutical company. They spent a lot of effort on research and were able to create the latest development – weed in tablets. This product is becoming a real sensation in the market, and not only multibillion-dollar companies, but also the drug mafia want to take possession of its formula.
Gringo dictates cruel rules and partners are ready to do anything for big profits. As a result, they break the contract with the drug lord, which greatly upsets him. Now the mafia is ready to do anything to get the coveted formula. This is not suspected by an ordinary employee of the company Harold, who is experiencing financial problems. Traveling to Mexican soil, he decides to stage his own kidnapping, not even suspecting how far it can go…
Second Act
When Maya has already ceased to hope that her dreams will come true, she accidentally gets a job in a large corporation. Now she has a chance to prove to Madison Avenue snobs that natural talent and brilliant creativity are just as important as a degree from a prestigious university. And it doesn’t matter what’s behind you – it’s never too late to start over! This is an absolute must-have film in the Holiday Comedy selection.