Dan's Papers - May 9, 2008 - Tiffany Razzano's Mini-Movie Reviews

In this comedy, Tina Fey stars as Kate Holbrook, a single, successful businesswoman who learns she is unable to have a child after she decides she wants to start a family on her own hires working-class Angie (Amy Poehler) as her surrogate mother. But when Angie comes knocking on Kate's door with no place to live, the mismatched pair become roommates for the duration of her pregnancy.

Set in 1960 London, Mr. Hobbs (Michael Caine), a janitor at the London Diamond Corporation set to retire soon, convinces Laura Quinn (Demi Moore), a disgruntled American executive frustrated by the "glass ceiling," to take part in his perfect plot to steal some diamonds from their employer.

Suzanne (Juliette Binoche) is a busy single mother who hires a nanny, Song, to watch after her children. Song and the son go on an adventure through the streets of Paris, as they are followed by a red balloon.

From the producers of Knocked Up, struggling musician Peter Bretter (Jason Segel) deals with the heartbreak of being dumped by his TV star girlfriend Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell) by taking an impromptu trip to Hawaii. Unfortunately, he is staying in the same hotel as Sarah and her new rocker boyfriend. But a resort employee (Mila Kunis) helps him keep his mind off his ex.

The follow-up to the 2004 stoner hit Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, this time around Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn) have their sights set on Amsterdam. However, when they try to sneak a bong onto their flight, Harold and Kumar are mistaken for terrorists and sent to Guantanamo Bay.

Robert Downey Jr. is given his chance to bring yet another comic book character to life. When wealthy industrialist and inventor Tony Stark (Downey) is kidnapped and forced to build a weapon that could cause immense devastation, he instead creates a high-tech suit of armor and escapes. He vows to use his suit to protect the world from evil.

Best friends for 10 years, Tom (Patrick Dempsey) realizes he is in love with Hannah when she gets engaged to another man and asks him to be her Maid of Honor. Tom decides to try to win her over and stop the wedding.

In this French film, Irene (Audrey Tatou), who only dates wealthy men, accidentally wins the affections of Jean, a hotel worker, after mistakenly thinking he has money. When she later snubs him, Jean figures out a way to get rich quick so he can win her back.

Martial arts instructor Mike Terry (Chiwetel Ejiofor), more interested in fighting for honor than sport, is introduced to the Hollywood world of movie hero Chet Frank (Tim Allen) after a series of events that also force him to enter the prize fighting ring for financial reasons.

Years after the death of his wife, a cantankerous, but brilliant, English professor (Dennis Quaid) finds himself falling for an ER doctor and former student (Sarah Jessica Parker). At the same time, he must deal with his dysfunctional family, including his preppy, sharp-tongued daughter (Ellen Page) and his freeloading brother (Thomas Haden Church).

A live action film based on the 1960s Japanese anime series stars indie stalwarts Emile Hirsch as Speed Racer and Christina Ricci as his girlfriend Trixie. A natural behind the wheel and driven to fulfill the legacy of his older brother, the legendary Rex Racer, Speed sets out to win The Crucible, the cross-country race that took his brother's life, while keeping a corporation from ruining the sport.

Adapted from a novel by Elinor Lipman, Helen Hunt directs and stars in this story of a woman facing a mid-life crisis as she separates from her husband, loses her adoptive mother, finds new love and also meets her birth mother for the first time.

Jack (Ashton Kutcher) and Joy (Cameron Diaz) awake in Las Vegas to discover that they married after a night of drunken debauchery in Las Vegas. They also learn that one of them won a jackpot with the other's quarter. Forced to live as newlyweds, the pair attempts to undermine each other in a battle for the money.