"Cookie Man!"

Kicking and Screaming is definitely funnier. As other have said, Stilman's films tend to be a bit drier. They definitely have their moments, but K&S is more about laughs.

I loved KICKING & SCREAMING; same vane as the Whit Stillman's pictures. Chris Eigeman in that scene in the cafeteria where he is arguing over a potato being a side-dish and not a main dish. I always thought he should have gotten more work. He was on a sitcom w/ Jennifer Grey playing herself about an East Coast writer who moves to L.A. called "It's Like...You Know" (NOT ON DVD!). The show was hysterical. Lasted about 2 seasons, 25 episodes. Also Evan Handler and AJ Langer who I always had a crush on from THE WONDER YEARS. Also, back to KICKING & SCREAMING; Elliot Gould is a friggin' riot.

--Dorfler

Barcelona is not only not OOP, it's only $5.79 from Amazon right now. I purchased it last month during their 2 for $10 sale.

I so love these type of comedies. So understated, so....cerebral.

I really don't go in for the Judd Apatow/Seth Rogen vein of comedy, or the kind where guys go to Vegas for a bachelor party and wake up the next morning, and are like, "Whoa! What happened last night?" No.

I stand corrected. I must have been thinking about the old LDD, prior to its recent Criterion release.

I got Kicking and Screaming today...it's amazing how both movies (Last Days of Disco and Kicking and Screaming) start off funny, but then drag on after an hour...

I like Barcelona much more, and find it funnier, than any of the others including K&S. I so wanted to like Kicking and Screaming more, but for me at some point I just wasn't enjoying it, whereas Barcelona I've probably watched 10 times or more, and everytime it surprises me how much I still love it. Last Days of Disco is ok but in my opinion Whit Stilman's weakest (I've only seen it once though, so maybe I'll think it's better when my DVD finally gets here).

$20.99 at DVDEmpire as part of their current Criterion sale. Most of them are at 30% off, but Last Days is one of the few titles at a significantly lower price.

I wish DD or whoever it is would do the B1G1F sale again like people have been speculating about. There are quite a few titles I want to buy but keep holding off waiting for this to (hopefully) happen.