2010’s Top 10: Repeat Offenders in Todd Phillips and Zach Galifianakis

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8. Todd Phillips and Zach Galifianakis

If I’m Zach Galifianakis I’ve already offered to donate any organ to director Todd Phillips in the case that he needs one of course. If I’m Todd Phillips, I’ve already signed a deal with the devil to make Galifianakis available for any role he throws at him. Allow him enough space to roam and the results can be better than whatever was scripted — and I imagine that’s where Galifianakis went to with The Alan Garner role in 2009’s The Hangover. This year, we saw out of control taken to the extreme with Due Date, which only promises that The Hangover II (making it three film in three years) could be a defining moment for this odd-couple.

 
Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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