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6 Great Comedy Movies on Netflix Right Now (April 2025)
A new-ish Sandra Bullock film and a Tina Fey/Amy Poehler romp are just some of the great comedy movies to watch on Netflix in April
A psychotic billionaire (Radcliffe, who absolutely shines in the villainous role) kidnaps Loretta, convinced that her expertise is key to finding the lost city and treasure mentioned in her most recent book. An athlete ( Emilio Estevez), a brain ( Anthony Michael Hall), a princess ( Molly Ringwald), a basket case ( Ally Sheedy) and a criminal ( Judd Nelson) are sentenced to spend an entire Saturday in detention. Her prodigious passion for learning (and especially reading) cannot be squashed by her thuggish father ( Danny DeVito, who also directs and narrates the film), her vapid mother ( Rhea Perlman) or even the terrifying school principal, Miss Trunchbull ( Pam Ferris).
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