Ready to Laugh? See What Comedies are Hitting Theaters in 2012

21. 'Mirror Mirror'

Starring:Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Julia Roberts, Nathan Lane, and Sean Bean

The Plot: In Relativity Media's entry in the Snow White movie race, Lily Collins played an exiled princess who teams up with the dwarfs (seven of them, of course), to get her kingdom back from an evil Queen (Julia Roberts).

Release Date: March 16, 2012More »

22. 'The Odd Life of Timothy Green'

Starring:Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, Dianne Wiest, and CJ Adams

The Plot: Married couple Cindy and Jim Green (Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton) want a child very badly and make big plans for what their child will be like. After writing out all their hopes and dreams for their kid, a young boy shows up unexpectedly on their doorstep.

Release Date: August 15, 2012More »

23. 'One for the Money'

Starring:Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara, Daniel Sunjata, and John Leguizamo

The Plot: Stephanie Plum (Katherine Heigl) is newly divorced and in need of a job when she's offered a position with her cousin's bail-bond company. Unfortunately, her first job winds up being a cop she once had a relationship with.

Release Date: January 27, 2012More »

24. 'Parental Guidance'

Starring: Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Bailee Madison, and Tom Everett Scott

The Plot: Billy Crystal plays a grandfather who ends up pulling babysitting duty for his daughter's three grandkids while she works.

Release Date: December 25, 2012

25. 'Pitch Perfect'

Starring:Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, and Rebel Wilson

The Plot: Beca (Anna Kendrick) is that girl who'd rather listen to what's coming out of her headphones than what's coming out of anyone's mouth. Arriving at Barden University, she finds herself not right for any clique but somehow is muscled into one that she would never have picked on her own: alongside mean girls, sweet girls and weird girls whose only thing in common is how good they sound when they sing together.

When Beca takes this acoustic singing group out of their world of traditional arrangements and perfect harmonies into all-new mash-ups, they fight to climb their way to the top of the cutthroat world of college music competitions. This could wind up either the coolest thing they'll ever do or the most insane, and it will probably be a little of both.

Release Date: September 28, 2012More »

26. 'Playing for Keeps'

Starring:Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Uma Thurman, and Judy Greer

The Plot: The 'field' is soccer, the 'playing' part of the title belongs to Gerard Butler. Butler, no stranger to romantic comedies, is a retired soccer star who returns to a Virginia town to be closer to his son (he's divorced, with Jessica Biel playing the ex). Once there, he signs on to coach his son's soccer team and becomes the object of the soccer moms' lust.

Release Date: December 7, 2012More »

27. 'Project X'

Starring: Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Bron, and Nichole O'Connor

The Plot: Three high school friends decide to throw a killer party in order to stop being invisible at school. But as news of the party spreads, things get really out of control.

Release Date: March 2, 2012More »

28. 'Rock of Ages'

Starring:Diego Boneta, Julianne Hough, Tom Cruise, Russell Brand, Mary J Blige and Malin Akerman

The Plot: Based on the Broadway musical, Rock of Ages is set in the 1980s and tells the story of a small town girl who falls in love with a young rocker.

Release Date: June 1, 2012More »

29. 'Seeking a Friend for the End of the World'

Starring:Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Patton Oswalt, and Melanie Lynskey

The Plot: Set in the near future, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World was written and directed by Lorene Scafaria (screenwriter of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist) and examines what people do when they know the apocalypse is coming.

Release Date: June 22, 2012More »

30. 'Silver Linings Playbook'

Starring:Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Stiles, and Robert De Niro

The Plot: After spending a few years in a mental institute, Pat Peoples (Bradley Cooper) comes up with a theory about silver linings, which involves his life being a movie produced by God, and that somehow he will be able to get back together with his estranged wife, Nikki (Julia Stiles).

Release Date: November 21, 2012More »