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Lisa Kudrow
Lisa Kudrow is an American actress. Lisa Kudrow is known to most Americans through her appreance in the TV series 'Friends', where she played in well over 200 episodes.
Lisa Kudrow at a Glance
Lisa Diane Marie KudrowAccording to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com (born July 30, 1963) is an Emmy Award- and SAG-winning American actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Phoebe Buffay in the popular television sitcom Friends and as Valerie Cherish in the HBO series The Comeback, which she produced and co-created.
Lisa Kudrow - Friends
Friends - The Complete First Six Seasons
Release Date: 01/27/2004
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The Best of Friends Collection (Vol. 1-4)
Release Date: 11/20/2001
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People Weekly Magazine - 17 April 1995 - 'All About Friends' - David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, MattLeBlanc, Courteney Cox, and Jennifer Aniston
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Happy Endings - Lisa Kudrow
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A complicated and excessively self-conscious mess that doesn't, in the end, add up to a lot but that has many affecting and funny moments along the way. Lisa Kudrow, teaming up again with the writer- director Don Roos (they made the tart "Opposite of Sex" in 1998), plays Mamie, a sardonic Los Angeles woman who gave up her son at birth and is being blackmailed by a chaotic young filmmaker (Jesse Bradford) who claims to know the name and whereabouts of the boy, now a teen-ager. In parallel stories, two gay men duel with a lesbian couple over the paternity of a baby, and a drifting young club singer and sex parasite (Maggie Gyllenhaal) seduces both a young gay man (Jason Ritter) and his wealthy widower father (Tom Arnold). Roos is trying to devise a shorthand method of unifying a whirl of narrative events, but he hasn't done the basic work of construction that would pull the stories together. Much of the writing is lively, however, and the actors are good-especially Gyllenhaal, who, as a very bad girl, has an irresistible smile. -David Denby
Lisa Kudrow, Steve Coogan, Jesse Bradford, Bobby Cannavale, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Director: Don Roos
Happy Endings
"Happy Endings" (sly, double entendre title but yes there is a masseur among the characters) is director, Don Roos' third feature after the delicious, smart and witty "The Opposite of Sex" and the much maligned "Bounce," which I also admired...almost alone in the world, I might add.
"Happy Endings" is all the things that "The Opposite of Sex" is and more. A couple of the subjects that Roos addresses here, and as usual his films are rife with the fabric of life's difficulties, life's aliveness, etc, is the subject of children: having them, not having them, worrying about them, hoping the best for them and pining about how they will/do turn out and last but not least it is also about the nature of parenting. On the other hand, "HE" is also about the crazy, wonderful process of just living out your life and all that entails. "HE" is warm, optimistic and thoughtful. There are no Tri-pods, no Hogwarts, and no Bats. It's complex and simple at the same time...it's about Us.
Roos has mellowed considerably over the last several years as most of us have or will. This movie is more emotionally naked and available than "The Opposite of Sex." But Roos' trademark sardonic, dark humor is without a doubt still a big part of what makes his films special and this film is brimming over with it. Case in point: the character of Jude played to the hilt by Maggie Gyllenhaal: she's a gold-digger with scruples...sad and wan a lot of the time but hopeful and, unlike most of the other characters, grounded with a world-wise savvy that belies her young age. Jude is human spark-someone that lights up a room when she enters, someone that can always make you smile. Jude is not any smarter than the rest of the great cast: she's just more open and real and holds nothing back. She wears her heart on her sleeve and her sleeve is smudged with the detritus of living.
Lisa Kudrow as a Family Planning Counselor, Mamie is also a revelation. Gone is the brittleness of her character in "The Opposite of Sex, " and she has replaced it with a vulnerability, a wariness of life. Mamie has lived some and she is often scared, often unable to make a decision. Kudrow's performance is warm, thoughtful and emotionally real and approachable.
Everyone in this film makes big, turn-your-life-around mistakes but Roos issues no judgments whatsoever. He is the observer, the presenter of the facts: he shows us...he does not tell us.
Not everyone in "Happy Endings" ends up happy. Some end up sadder but smarter...others somewhere in-between. Ultimately though, "Happy Endings" engages you in its world. And damn... so few movies around today can grab you like that. -- MICHAEL ACUNA (Southern California United States)
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Analyze This - Analyze That - Robert De Niro and Lisa Kudrow
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Cast Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal together in a film and it should be a sucker's bet as to who's going to be funnier and who's going to give the more nuanced performance. Somehow, though, De Niro walks away with most of the laughs in Analyze This, a buddy action-comedy about a mob boss (De Niro, natch) suffering from panic attacks who makes a nebbishy shrink (Crystal, natch) an offer he can't refuse--actually, it's not really an offer, it's a command. The good doctor is forced to help the gangster get in touch with his feelings. Had the brilliant TV series The Sopranos not underscored how thin and watery and shticky director-cowriter Harold Ramis's approach to such potentially rich material actually is, the movie--a hit in theaters and De Niro's biggest film ever--would seem more fresh and kicky. De Niro's definitely a hoot as the ever milder menace, and Crystal actually concentrates on giving a credible performance opposite the acting legend (alas, he doesn't turn his character's fear of his patient into inspired comedy, as Alan Arkin did in Grosse Pointe Blank). The conclusion devolves into the requisite gunplay, and Chazz Palminteri and Lisa Kudrow are criminally wasted as an opposing mob boss and Crystal's fiancée, respectively, but overall, it's breezy fun. --David Kronke
Analyze That
Analyze That has more bada bing than its lukewarm reception would lead you to expect. Analyze This had the advantage of a then-fresh idea--Robert De Niro as a neurotic mob boss seeking therapy with reluctant shrink Billy Crystal--but that idea's stale, so this sequel relies on established chemistry and zesty dialogue that matches the original. There's nothing wrong with a retread when it's this funny, and De Niro's latter-day penchant for comedy suits him well when, as kingpin Paul Vitti, he lures Dr. Sobel (Crystal) into a prison breakout scheme involving faked catatonia and West Side Story show tunes. The contrived plot involves Vitti's criminal comeback. Unfortunately, there's little room for Lisa Kudrow as Sobel's sarcastic wife, but De Niro's Raging Bull costar Cathy Moriarty-Gentile is welcomed as a rival mob queen. You want a comedy masterpiece? Fuhgeddaboudit. You want 95 minutes of easy fun? It's right here... and don't miss those obligatory outtakes. --Jeff Shannon
Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Chazz Palminteri, Kresimir Novakovic
Director: Harold Ramis
Analyze This / Analyze That
"You, you're good, you." Yes! Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) is brilliant as the mobster who cries and gives no mercy to his enemies. Ben Sobel (Billy Crystal) becomes his shrink after one threat and there goes on! "Analyze This" is funny with Sobel trying to get married, but Vitti interrupts his life and shoots pillows for no reason. "Analyze That" is funnier with hilarious parts including the woman and the midget picture, the tuna casserole, and the "West Side Story" sing-a-longs. Momentous! These are two funny movies that people need to see. -- Timotee (Torrance, CA USA)
Release Date: 05/13/2003
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On the verge of bankruptcy, Russ asks the advice of his good friend and strip club owner Gig (Tim Roth), who cooks up a plan to fix the lottery. The hardest part of the whole scheme turns out to be finding a trustworthy person to cash in the ticket. This is a mean-spirited comedy, which is to be expected from writer Adam Resnick (Cabin Boy, TV's Get a Life), but not from director Nora Ephron (You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle). Then again, maybe she always has patronized the characters in her movies. Clearly, the casting needed to tap into the oddball surrealism of someone like Chris Elliott, whereas Travolta is just playing a dumb, self-deluded guy, and Kudrow, in her most unlikable role yet, is playing not just a ditz but a ditsy sociopath. The movie is not a total waste, thanks mostly to some stunning supporting performances by Tim Roth, Ed O'Neill, and especially Bill Pullman as the lazy cop. Overall, a mixed bag. -- Andy Spletzer
John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow, Tim Roth, Ed O'Neill, Michael Rapaport
Director: Nora Ephron
Lucky Numbers
Working from a screenplay by Adam Resnick, director Nora Ephron diverts from her usual domain of romantic comedy to skirt the perimeter of Scorsese territory with "Lucky Numbers," a black comedy of errors starring John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow.
Travolta is T.V. weatherman Russ Richards, something of a local celebrity in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he also owns a snowmobile dealership. Lisa Kudrow is Crystal Latroy, who works for the same station as Richards, as the "Vanna White" of the state lottery show; she's the girl who pulls the ping-pong balls from the tube and calls out the winning numbers. In their world, everything is pretty much jake until the weather stays too good for too long; no snow means no snowmobile sales for Russ, and pretty quickly he's in it up to here, financially. With his back against the wall, the usually honest and upright Richards is coaxed into a plan that will put an end to his woes and worries.
All he has to do is convince Crystal to help him rig the lottery, and they'll walk away with upward of six million dollars. And, as it usually goes with a plan for the perfect crime, it isn't long before Murphy's Law goes into effect, and things go south in a hurry. And life for Russ Richards, a guy with his own table at Denny's, just isn't what it used to be. But, like they say, when things look dark, it's probably only going to get darker...
For Travolta, the character of Richards is somewhat different than any he's done before. To pull it off (which he does), he has to play down the charm and stifle his natural charisma, leaving Russ with just enough polish and ego to make him "local celebrity" believable. This is a good guy at heart, reasonably intelligent, but not exactly the brightest bulb in the overheads. And Travolta manages to put it all across admirably. He's not someone you'll easily relate to, but you've got to like this guy. He's kind of a, well, he's a goof-ball.
Lisa Kudrow has a character in Crystal that is different for her as well; as the lotto girl, on the show she exhibits a somewhat dense persona; but Crystal is anything but. She's the sharp one of the bunch, externally charming when she needs to be, but tough as nails on the inside and ready to play hardball as soon as the opportunity presents itself. And Lisa Kudrow plays it all beautifully. Crystal is not someone you're readily going to embrace, but it's hard not to like her. Is it her fault there's more than a little larceny in her heart just waiting for the right circumstances to be unleashed?
Ephron seems to enjoy taking these characters, who are just a shade darker than what she's used to, through their paces. It's a satirical walk on the wild side for her, and she manages to mine laughs in some of the darkest places along the way. But when you have characters with names like "Gig" (Tim Roth) and "Dale the Thug" (Michael Rapaport), you're going to get some chuckles no matter what, especially when one of them is wielding a baseball bat for all the wrong reasons. The supporting cast includes Ed O'Neill (Dick), Michael Moore (Walter), Michael Weston (Larry), and, in a small, but highly effective and hilarious role, Bill Pullman (Lakewood).
This is a funny movie, though not uproariously so; things happen that you will laugh at in spite of yourself, while at other times there are moments that are genuinely side-splitting hilarious (one in particular, near the end, that involves an eighteen-wheeler). This may not be Ephron's crowning achievement cinematically, but nevertheless, "Lucky Numbers" is entertaining and good for some laughs. For Ephron, it's definitely the road less traveled; but in the end, it's a trip worth taking with her. -- Reviewer
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Lisa Kudrow Filmography - Lisa Kudrow Movies
Lisa Kudrow Films
Kabluey (2007)
Happy Endings (2005)
"Hopeless Pictures" (2005)
Wonderland (2003)
Marci X (2003)
Analyze That (2002)
Bark! (2002)
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
All Over the Guy (2001)
Lucky Numbers (2000)
Hanging Up (2000)
Analyze This (1999)
The Opposite of Sex (1998)
Hacks (1997/I)
Clockwatchers (1997)
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)
Mother (1996/II)
The Crazysitter (1995)
In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful (1994)
In the Heat of Passion (1992)
The Unborn (1991)
Dance with Death (1991)
L.A. on $5 a Day (1989)
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"American Dad!" (1 episode, 2006)
"The Comeback" (13 episodes, 2005)
"Father of the Pride" (2 episodes, 2004-2005)
"Friends" (238 episodes, 1994-2004)
"King of the Hill"(1 episode, 2001)
"Blue's Clues" (1 episode, 2001)
"Mad About You" (23 episodes, 1992-1999)
"Hercules" (2 episodes, 1998-1999)
"The Simpsons" (1 episode, 1998)
"Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist" (1 episode, 1997)
"Saturday Night Live"(1 episode, 1996)
"Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man" (1 episode, 1996)
"Hope & Gloria" (1 episode, 1996)
"Coach" (2 episodes, 1993-1994)
"Bob" (3 episodes, 1993)
"Flying Blind"(1 episode, 1993)
"Room for Two" (1 episode, 1992)
To the Moon, Alice (1991) (TV)
Murder in High Places (1991) (TV)
"Life Goes On" (1 episode, 1990)
"Newhart" (1 episode, 1990)
"Cheers" (1 episode, 1989)
Just Temporary (1989) (TV)
The Opposite of Sex - Lisa Kudrow
If all this sounds rather sordid, rest assured that the movie's got a warm heart (well, sort of) beating beneath all of its sharp-edged sarcasm. Writer-director Don Roos (Single White Female) injects most of the movie's appeal and humor through Dedee's voice-over narration, which constantly reminds us that even the most familiar movie clichés can be cleverly overturned. As a result, The Opposite of Sex is the opposite of boring. -- Jeff Shannon
Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow, Lyle Lovett, Johnny Galecki
Director: Don Roos
The Opposite of Sex
For fans of independent, offbeat, dark comedies, The Opposite of Sex is a surefire winner. Christini Ricci will make your jaw drop with her self-centered, selfish, reckless, and over-the-top behavior as Dedee Truitt. Her bitingly sarcastic narration adds much to the film and made me laugh out loud. As outstanding as Ricci is, Lisa Kudrow also manages to shine as Dedee's goody-two-shoes arch-emeny (yes, these two are out for blood in the movie).
Is this movie for everyone? Certainly not. If you do like being hit over the head with shockingly dark humor, then give this movie a try. There actually is some heart underneath all the back-stabbing, betrayals, crime, and seediness in here, too.
Release Date: 11/17/1998
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Clockwatchers - Lisa Kudrow
Toni Collette's (Muriel's Wedding) portrayal of Iris is sharp: a shy, mousy, somewhat insecure twentysomething provides interior monologue, both through her voice-over commentary and the notebook diary she religiously keeps, and evolves over a year of temping at a credit company--but it is difficult to explain what she evolves into. She gains an understanding of friendship and betrayal, but at the cost of not even the least sentimentality. She asserts her personal desires for career that are in conflict with those of the working world and her father, but without reaching true fulfillment. She outgrows her don't-notice-me haircut to become an assertive, self-confident person, yet suffers intensely and silently when a handsome coworker doesn't recognize her on the street.
Strong performances from both Parker Posey and Lisa Kudrow (who since Friends and the witty Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion seems to be suffering increasingly from stereotyping) give Collette a solid surface off of which she bounces her quiet, psychological role to great satisfaction. -- Erik Macki
Lisa Kudrow, Toni Collette, Parker Posey and Alanna Ubach star in this all too true comedy about life at the office. These four young temps try to maintain their sanity on the job while maintaining upward mobility in this gal-pal comedy.
Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow, Alanna Ubach, Helen FitzGerald
Director: Jill Sprecher
Clockwatchers
This is a mostly overlooked and underrated portrayal of the world of office temps. The beauty of this film is that, rather than hitting us with obvious plot devices, it slowly builds an atmosphere of oppression and monotony. The nameless company that employs and exploits the temps slowly chips away at the dreams, hopes and self-esteem of the characters. They are caught in an anonymous, meaningless life where the silliest of rules are ruthlessly enforced by petty tyrants. What's refreshing about Clockwatchers is the way it exposes the alienation of modern corporate life without resorting to the usual movie cliches. There is no sex, violence or even law suits here. It is seemingly trivial events, like the theft of small personal objects, that builds tension. There is also humor, the kind that fans of Dilbert will appreciate, as when a fired worker objects, "you can't fire me, you don't even know my name!" There is an existentialist feeling to the film, most notably verbalized by Parker Posey (a great addition to any independent film), who says something like, "I don't think anyone cares if I even exist." Clockwatchers is, I think, more than a movie about office temps. It's a commentary on our whole bureaucratic, atomized society. Along with Safe, another of my favorite films of the last decade (I'll proably review that one soon), Clockwatchers is a truly significant film about the modern world. -- Lleu Christopher (Hudson Valley, NY)
Release Date: 12/26/2006
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