5 Funny Scenes From Otherwise Unfunny Movies

3. The Stepdad Song from Death to Smoochy

death_to_smoochy_still This is one of those movies where you wonder where it all went wrong. You have some truly talented actors, a funny premise and a good director. In this case, it€™s most likely down to a lackluster script. The film suffers from the same problem that has plagued many dark comedies: when screenwriters run out of good ideas, they throw in the Mafia and hope that€™ll be enough to get laughs. Not here. Jon Stewart occasionally mocks his participation in this box office bomb and he has every right to. It€™s not the kind of film you can point to and say, €œI was proud to be a part of it€. There€™s one scene that hits its target dead on and in so doing demonstrates how the film might have worked as a sketch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8dPa2S4vL0
 
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