A tale of two comedies : NPR | NYGazet

The new Naked Gun film, starring Liam Neeson, captures its predecessors' slapstick spirit. Freakier Friday, meanwhile, proves less compelling, despite a solid performance by Lindsey Lohan.

The laughs land in 'The Naked Gun' reboot, but fall flat in 'Freakier Friday' toggle caption Frank Masi/Paramount Pictures Fewer and fewer mainstream comedies play in movie theaters these days, which is what I'd call a tragedy. In the post-pandemic e... [4760 chars]