Ruddtrospective #44: The Cringiest Friend You Know
Full spoilers for A24’s new dark comedy, Friendship. The duo you never expected is here at last! Check this out if you think you’ll like it, but I’ll say up top, you have to be a fan of cringe comedy. Friendship(2025) stars Tim Robinson, Paul Rudd, Kate Mara, Jack Dylan Grazer, Josh Segarra, Meredith Garretson,…
Ruddtrospective #43: A Weird Man Wins Big
Full spoilers for Conan O’Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, a Netflix recording of a very prestigious and very insane event.Disclaimer: This will be a long one. I have time to make up for and much to say on this topic. Conan O’Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American…
Ruddtrospective #42: Unicorns Hate Rich People
I’ll clearly mark when I start giving spoilers, because I encourage all to watch this if they feel they’ll enjoy it. I’m nothing if not an advocate for A24’s horror comedy about pharmaceutical companies and vengeful unicorns! AKA, the perfect movie for me. Death of a Unicorn(2025) stars Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Richard E. Grant,…
Ruddtrospective #41: Summer Camp Hijinks
Full spoilers for the first chapter of the Wet Hot American Summer saga, which is the movie. I’ll talk about the shows later. What I realized in rewatching this is that a lot of these jokes are really funny but hard to explain over blog, and I can’t write out each funny bit of dialogue.…
Ruddtrospective #40: Further Down The Rudd
Spoilers for all Paul Rudd movies and shows that I’ve reviewed at this point. Back in 2022 I’d fallen behind on Ruddtrospectives so I ranked everything I’d covered at that point. I’ve been more consistent in releases now but I think it’s time to reevaluate that ranking and take into account all the weird shit…
Ruddtrospective #39: Paul and Patton’s Animated Odyssey
Full spoilers for NerdLand, a fairly obscure animated comedy film starring two of our nation’s funniest men. An interesting endeavor, to be sure. NerdLand(2016) stars Paul Rudd, Patton Oswalt, Hannibal Buress, Kate Micucci, Riki Lindhome, Eric Bauza, and Mike Judge. It was written by Andrew Kevin Walker and directed by Chris Prynoski. IMDb says this…
Ruddtrospective #38: How Do You Know You’re Bored?
Full spoilers for a curiously despised comedy(?), How Do You Know. You’ve never heard of it, you don’t care. How Do You Know(2010) stars Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, Jack Nicholson, Kathryn Hahn, Mark Linn-Baker, Lenny Venito, Teyonah Parris, and Tony Shalhoub. It was written and directed by James L. Brooks. IMDb says: “After…
Ruddtrospective #37: Don’t Go To War Or Tobey Maguire Will Steal Your Life
Full spoilers for The Cider House Rules, a movie released in 1999 based on a book released in 1985. You’ve had many years to catch up with this one, haven’t you? The Cider House Rules(1999) stars Tobey Maguire, Michael Caine, Charlize Theron, Delroy Lindo, Paul Rudd, Jane Alexander, Kathy Baker, Erykah Badu, Kieran Culkin, Kate…
Ruddtrospective #36: Three Murders, One Building, And Roughly Twelve Celebrity Guest Stars
Surprise! I was going to cover The Cider House Rules, and I will soon, but life found a way to let me talk about this show I love again! So enjoy this bonus Ruddtrospective.Spoilers for the fourth season of Only Murders in the Building, which has just wrapped up. At this point the show has…
Ruddtrospective #35: An Unhappy and Boring Halloween
Full spoilers for the sixth movie in a franchise that’s now 11 or 13 movies old, depending if you count Rob Zombie. I’ve only seen Halloween VI, and as far as I can tell this story is fully inconsequential to the overall narrative, as are the vast majority of them in general. Halloween VI: The…
Ruddtrospective #34: Sailing The Seas Of Low Budget Indie Films Part Two
Full spoilers for more obscure movies you’ve never heard of starring some people that may or may not surprise you. Let’s delve into Diggers, The Locusts, The Size of Watermelons and 200 Cigarettes! Diggers(2006) stars Paul Rudd, Ken Marino, Maura Tierney, Ron Eldard, Josh Hamilton, Sarah Paulson, Lauren Ambrose, and Jack O’Connell. It was written…
Ruddtrospective #33: Sailing The Seas Of Low Budget Indie Films
Full spoilers for some obscure movies you’ve never heard of starring some people that may or may not surprise you. Let’s delve into The Château, The Shape of Things, and Two Days. Also, a trigger warning of sorts: These movies are sad and weird and about depressing topics. The Château(2001) stars Paul Rudd, Romany Malco,…
Ruddtrospective #32: TV Movies and Plays, Oh My!
Full spoilers if you still haven’t gotten around to watching Paul Rudd’s TV version of The Great Gatsby or the filmed versions of two of his theatrical productions, Twelfth Night, or What You Will or Bash: Latter-Day Plays. The Great Gatsby(2000) stars Mira Sorvino, Toby Stephens, Paul Rudd, Martin Donovan, Francie Swift, Heather Goldenhersh, Matt…
Ruddtrospective #31: Romeo + Juliet + Paul
Full spoilers for Romeo + Juliet. In fact, full spoilers for the story of Romeo and Juliet in general right here and now. They’re both stupid and they both die. What, you’re upset? You’ve had 430 years to read the damn thing or watch any of the versions. I’m disappointed in you. Romeo + Juliet(1996)…
Ruddtrospective #30: The Fascinating World Of The Octopus
Full Spoilers for Secrets of the Octopus, the three-part documentary series streaming on Disney+. I’m not going to avoid spoiling a documentary, am I? Secrets of the Octopus(2024) is narrated by the smooth, calming voice of Paul Stephen Rudd, and stars octopus expert Dr. Alex Schnell. It was produced by famous ocean lover James Cameron.…
Ruddtrospective #29: We’re The Beatles, The Four Beatles
Full spoilers for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, a movie that came out almost two decades ago. If you haven’t seen this movie, you’re probably not a fan of the incredibly niche rock biopic parody genre and don’t mind. Though I’ll give some more examples of that genre throughout. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox…
Ruddtrospective #28: A Slightly Frozen Empire
Previously on http://www.TooManyServingsOfJohn.Com… A movie was bad!Specifically the movie was called Ghostbusters: Afterlife. And it wasn’t necessarily bad, but I didn’t like it. It was one of the first Paul Rudd movies I reviewed for this column, and I thought it was a weird disjointed mash of different tones that didn’t work. It was one…
Ruddtrospective #27: Only Murders With Paul and Meryl, Building Somewhat Irrelevant
Spoilers for the third season of Only Murders in the Building, which has just wrapped up. At this point the show has been going for three seasons, so either you’ve been following along or you’re probably not going to watch it and won’t care if I spoil things. Also spoilers for seasons one and two…
Ruddtrospective #26: Teenage Mutant Cartoon Turtles
This review is really late because I started it like a month ago and then just forgot to finish it. But since then I’ve watched this movie two more times, which should make it clear what I think. Spoilers for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, not that it’s really a movie that can be…
Ruddtrospective #25: Paul Rudd’s Tiniest Adventure Yet
This is a big movie for me especially. I’ve been waiting for this for some time now. People have neglected Ant-Man as a character in the past but now he’s in a big epic movie and the reviews are not very positive. Did I like it though? Have I been blinded by my love of…
Ruddtrospective #24: Three Marvelous Movies
Spoilers for three movies you’ve probably seen before- Captain America: Civil War, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Avengers: Endgame. I feel a little weird about covering these movies, but you know what? If you think it’s dumb then you can fight me. This may be the geekiest Ruddtrospective yet, where I get to gush about…
Ruddtrospective #23: The Rudd Thus Far
Spoilers for all Paul Rudd movies and shows that I’ve reviewed at this point. So obviously it’s been a while since I did a Ruddtrospective, and I thought I should try and get everyone back up to speed. Remind myself and my readers which Paul Rudd performances should be revered and which ones should be…
Ruddtrospective #22: Sixty Percent of the Time…
Full spoilers for the movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy as well as the sequel, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. Even though I’m pretty sure everyone has seen this movie. It’s a beloved classic. But spoilers for this movie that came out 18 years ago. And spoilers for the sequel, which is essentially just…
Ruddtrospective #21: The Best Paul Rudd Movie?
Spoilers for Ideal Home, which might be the best Paul Rudd movie I’ve watched so far. You really should watch this before reading the review. I think it’s great. Ideal Home(2018) stars Paul Rudd, Steve Coogan, Jack Gore, and Jake McDorman. It also features Kate Walsh and Allison Pill. It was directed and written by…
Ruddtrospective #20: Happy 53rd Birthday, Paul!!!
Full spoilers for Gen-Y Cops, which is one of the most unintentionally(I assume) hilarious movies that I’ve ever seen. Gen-Y Cops(2000), also known as Gen-X Cops 2: Metal Mayhem, stars Edison Chen, Stephen Fung, Sam Lee, Richard Sun, Christy Chung, Maggie Q, Mark Hicks, and Paul Rudd. It was directed by Benny Chan, and written…
Ruddtrospective #19: Tiny Justice
Spoilers for the movie Ant-Man! I’m finally covering one of the Marvel movies! Although if you’re reading this you’ve probably seen it already. Ant-Man stars Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll, Michael Peña, David Dastmalchian, T.I., Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer, and Abby Ryder Fortson. The cast also features Anthony Mackie, Hayley Atwell, John…
Ruddtrospective #18: Road Trippin’/Road Paintin’
Spoilers for Overnight Delivery, a movie you haven’t seen and shouldn’t see because it’s terrible and weird and no. Also spoilers for Prince Avalanche, a movie that I kind of would encourage you to see. Overnight Delivery(1998) stars Paul Rudd, Reese Witherspoon, Christine Taylor, Sarah Silverman, and Larry Drake. Paul Rudd plays Wyatt Trips, a…
Ruddtrospective #17: Judd Apatow Is A Good Director – Part Three
Spoilers for the movie This Is 40, Judd Apatow’s second depressing movie about being forty years old. This Is 40(2012) stars Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow, Jason Segel, Chris O’Dowd, Robert Smigel, Annie Mumolo, Megan Fox, Charlyne Yi, Albert Brooks, John Lithgow, and Melissa McCarthy. It was written and directed by Judd…
Ruddtrospective #16: Judd Apatow Is A Good Director – Part Two
Spoilers for Knocked Up and the Paul Rudd/Seth Rogen Super Bowl Lay’s commercial. You probably already know that I like this movie, so I’ll just say that now too. Knocked Up(2007) stars Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jason Segel, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Martin Starr, Charlyne Yi, Maude Apatow, and Iris Apatow.…
Ruddtrospective #15: Judd Apatow Is A Good Director – Part One
Full spoilers for The 40 Year Old Virgin. Paul Rudd has had a very odd career. When he was trying to break into the acting career he would take on odd jobs like being a DJ at a Bar Mitzvah or glazing hams. Then he went from being a mostly dramatic actor, to Phoebe’s husband…
Ruddtrospective #14: A Schmuck Reviews A Movie About Schmucks
Spoilers for Dinner For Schmucks. But what do you care? You haven’t seen it. Most people haven’t. It got horrible reviews. Dinner For Schmucks stars Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Zach Galifianakis, Jemaine Clement, Stephanie Szostak, Bruce Greenwood, Lucy Punch, David Walliams, Ron Livingston, Larry Wilmore, Kristen Schaal, Andrea Savage, Nick Kroll, Randall Park, Chris O’Dowd,…
Ruddtrospective #13: When Life Gives You Lemons
Some spoilers for the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall, as well as some questions as to why anyone would ever think the spin-off, Get Him To The Greek, was a good idea I’ve mentioned before what an insane year for movies 2008 was. Hollywood managed to reach a perfect ratio of great films and terrible films…
Ruddtrospective #12: The Many Sides Of Rudd
Some spoilers for Paul Rudd’s Netflix oeuvre: The Little Prince, The Fundamentals of Caring, and Mute. You’d be hard-pressed to find three movies that are more different than these. In the space of four years, Paul Rudd was involved in three completely different Netflix movies. In 2015 he was in an animated adaptation of the…
Ruddtrospective #11: The One Where John Hates F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
Full spoilers for 17 episodes of one of the most popular TV shows in the world. If you haven’t seen it you at least know about it. Those six actors are richer and more famous than most of the global population. I didn’t think I hated F.R.I.E.N.D.S., but then I watched 17 episodes in a…
Ruddtrospective #10: Paul Gets Weird
The following post contains spoilers for three weird movies: The Oh in Ohio, I Could Never Be Your Woman, and Over Her Dead Body. These movies are all very odd for different reasons. We will get into them shortly, because this is a review. But first I have to write something random here before I…
Ruddtrospective #9: 2021’s Rudd-Rankings
Spoilers for every Paul Rudd performance from the cursed year of 2021, which includes Ghostbusters: Afterlife, The Shrink Next Door, Saturday Morning All-Star Hits, and the zombie episode of What If…?. 4. Ghostbusters: AfterlifeI already reviewed this, so I’ll try to keep it brief. This movie just isn’t for me. I don’t have a lot…
Ruddtrospective #8: All Is Bright…?
Spoilers for the movie All Is Bright. Not that you care, nobody has seen or heard of this movie, despite it being the only Christmas movie Paul Rudd has ever been in. But this isn’t a very happy Christmas movie, so don’t watch it if that’s what you’re looking for. All Is Bright(2013) stars Paul…
Ruddtrospective #7: Let’s Talk Parks and Rec!
Full spoilers for the TV show Parks and Recreation, but the five episodes that Paul Rudd was in in particular. I would recommend watching this show, but it’s so damn good that I don’t think any jokes I mention will ruin it for you. The main cast of Parks and Recreation includes Amy Poehler as…
Ruddtrospective #6: Double The Fun
Some spoilers for the TV show Living With Yourself; if you have Netflix you should just go watch this because it’s great. I will say that this is one of those shows that are fun to go in to while knowing absolutely nothing about the premise, so if you are interested, watch this before reading…
Ruddtrospective #5: Who Ya Gonna Call?
As few spoilers for the movie Ghostbusters: Afterlife as possible. Even though it’s very difficult to spoil this movie. Because spoiler alert, it’s pretty much the same movie as the first two and probably the one with women that the internet hates. Anyway, let’s get into it. I haven’t seen the first Ghostbusters that many…
Ruddtrospective #4: I Love This Movie, Man
Lots of spoilers for the Paul Rudd classic, I Love You, Man(2009), and the great jokes in it; again it’s a great movie and you should still be able to enjoy it even though I’m about to recap it in a much less interesting fashion I’m gonna try things a little differently this time, and…
Ruddtrospective #3: Rock And Roll All Night And Part Of Every Day
Full spoilers for the movie Role Models(2008), including all my favorite jokes; the plot isn’t that intricate and you’ll still be able to enjoy this despite spoilers This is one of my all-time favorite movies, and probably my favorite Paul Rudd movie? It’s definitely up there. It’s very funny, in my opinion. Paul Rudd has…
Ruddtrospective #2: Clueless About Something
Spoilers for the movies Clueless, The Object of My Affection, and Our Idiot Brother. Before we cover the career defining performances that Paul Rudd is known for, we’re going to do one more batch of movies I don’t have many thoughts about. But if you’re worried, don’t be. Next week I cover one of my…
Ruddtrospective #1: An Assortment of Bad Movies
Spoilers for the movies The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Admission, and This Is The End. As some of you may know, I’m a big fan of Paul Rudd, and one of the things I want to do here is take time each week to appreciate the work of the most beautiful man in Hollywood.…
Too Many Servings of John 