Release: No Laughing Matter

No Laughing Matter
Genre: Dark Comedy/Crime
Directors: Joel & Ethan Coen
Writer: Chad Taylor
Cast: Jason Bateman, Glenn Howerton, Steve Buscemi, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Marisa Tomei, Billie Lourd, Timothy Simons, Harvey Keitel, Bruce Campbell





Budget: $42,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $67,048,900
Foreign Box Office: $30,513,462
Total Profit: $13,033,947

Reaction: Very strong box office numbers for an R-rated dark comedy, becoming the second highest grossing film in the genre for the studio (and one of the few profitable films in the genre).

"Despite its futuristic setting, No Laughing Matter fits right in with other Coen Brothers dark comedy films like A Serious Man and Burn After Reading - good, interesting dark comedies that are a little askew." - Manny Duncan, San Antonio Express-News

"This star-studded dark comedy is full of laugh out loud moments, and despite the more morose humor, is funny enough to appeal to a wider, more mainstream audience." - Ken Hammerschmidt, Washington Post

"Jason Bateman once again excels as the everyman brother who becomes increasingly exasperated by the actions of those around him. Glenn Howerton is a lot of fun in his biggest LRF role other than Plastic Man. Buscemi isn't given as much to work with as the actors playing his brothers, but he's his usual reliable self. That was all a long way of saying that the roles all seem tailor made for the actors, making for many seamless performances." - Sandy Glavine, Atlanta Constitution-Journal

Rated R for violence, language, sexual content/nudity and thematic elements