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Justin Bartha has 13 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by The Hangover.
Recurring themes

Life or Something Like It
2002
Comedy · Drama

Namastey London
2007
Comedy · Drama

Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai
2000
Romance · Drama

Mean Machine
2001
Comedy · Drama

The Longest Yard
2005
Drama · Comedy

Fame
2009
Music · Comedy

Daddy's Little Girls
2007
Comedy · Drama

Stick It
2006
Comedy · Drama

When three friends finally come to after a raucous night of bachelor-party revelry, they find a baby in the closet and a tiger in the bathroom. But they can't seem to locate their best friend, Doug – who's supposed to be tying the knot. Launching a frantic search for Doug, the trio perseveres through a nasty hangover to try to make it to the church on time.
Dir. Todd Phillips · With Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis

A man vows to bring justice to those responsible for his wife's death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter.
Dir. Brian Andrew Mendoza · With Jason Momoa, Isabela Merced, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo

Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie in secret clues embedded in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and Gates is in a race to find the gold before his enemies do.
Dir. Jon Turteltaub · With Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha

The Hangover crew heads to Thailand for Stu's wedding. After the disaster of a bachelor party in Las Vegas last year, Stu is playing it safe with a mellow pre-wedding brunch. However, nothing goes as planned and Bangkok is the perfect setting for another adventure with the rowdy group.
Dir. Todd Phillips · With Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis

Benjamin Franklin Gates and Abigail Chase re-team with Riley Poole and, now armed with a stack of long-lost pages from John Wilkes Booth's diary, Ben must follow a clue left there to prove his ancestor's innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Dir. Jon Turteltaub · With Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha

Upon discovering her husband's infidelity, Sandy leaves the suburbs and moves into the city. There, she befriends Aram, a guy whose wife only married him so she could get a green card. Sandy hires Aram to be her nanny, and it isn't long until Aram and Sandy find out they get along wonderfully and start to date. But is their relationship real or is it, in fact, just a rebound for both of them?
Dir. Bart Freundlich · With Catherine Zeta-Jones, Justin Bartha, Art Garfunkel

This time, there's no wedding. No bachelor party. What could go wrong, right? But when the Wolfpack hits the road, all bets are off.
Dir. Todd Phillips · With Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis

A look at New York's dynamic punk rock scene through the lens of the ground-breaking Lower East Side club started by eccentric Hilly Kristal in 1973 which launched thousands of bands.
Dir. Randall Miller · With Alan Rickman, Rupert Grint, Malin Åkerman

Abe is a man who is in his thirties and who lives with his parents. He works regretfully for his father while pursuing his hobby of collecting toys. Aware that his family doesn't think highly of him, he tries to spark a relationship with Miranda, who recently moved back home after a failed literary/academic career. Miranda agrees to marry Abe out of desperation, but things go awry.
Dir. Todd Solondz · With Jordan Gelber, Selma Blair, Mia Farrow
Overachieving actress Rebecca must come to grips with her failing marriage to stay-at-home dad Tom. While Rebecca's slacker brother Tobey can't seem to commit to his aspiring-novelist girlfriend, Elaine. As both relationships spin out of control, the two couples embark on a quest to rediscover the magic and romance of falling in love in New York.
Dir. Bart Freundlich · With David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, Billy Crudup

At 35, Tripp has an interesting job, a hip car, a passion for sailing, an active dating life, and a great house - trouble is, he still lives with his parents, Al and Sue, who are not happy about it. Al and Sue are fascinated when friends whose adult son has recently moved away from home reveal they hired an expert to help. In desperation to push Tripp out of the nest once and for all, Al and Sue hatch a plan to hire Paula, an "interventionist," who has a formula in these cases.
Dir. Tom Dey · With Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel
Summer, New York City. A college girl falls hard for a guy she just met. After a night of partying goes wrong, she goes to wild extremes to get him back.
Dir. Elizabeth Wood · With Morgan Saylor, Brian Marc, Justin Bartha
Gigli is ordered to kidnap the psychologically challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor. When plans go awry, Gigli's boss sends in Ricki, a gorgeous free-spirited female gangster who has her own set of orders to assist with the kidnapping. But Gigli begins falling for the decidedly unavailable Ricki, which could be a hazard to his occupation.
Dir. Martin Brest · With Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bartha
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