Randall Park Ranked

Welcome to "Ranked", a weekly series where I rank a franchise or filmography from worst to best and hand out assorted superlatives. This week, I'm profiling the work of Randall Park-whose latest project "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom" is in theaters today.

Randall Park's Filmography Ranked:

22.The House (C)

21.Sex Tape (C)

20.Snatched (C)

19.The Meddler (C)

18.Totally Killer (C)

17.They Came Together (C)

16.Larry Crowne (C)

15.Shortcomings (C+)

14.Strays (B-)

13.Dinner for Schmucks (B-)

12.The Lego Ninjago Movie (B-)

11.Office Christmas Party (B)

10.Ant-Man and the Wasp (B)

9.The Five-Year Engagement (B)

8.The Interview (B)

7.The Hollars (B)

6.Always Be My Maybe (B)

5.Aquaman (B+)

4.Trainwreck (A-)

3.The Night Before (A)

2.The Disaster Artist (A)

1.Long Shot (A)

Top Dog: Long Shot (2019)

In terms of recent romantic comedies at least, Long Shot stands alone at the top of the mountain. Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron are a perfectly-matched odd couple with endless chemistry (both romantic and comedic), the supporting cast (O'Shea Jackson Jr., June Diane Raphael, Ravi Patel, Bob Odenkirk, Andy Serkis, Alexander Skarsgard) routinely steal scenes with their terrific line delivery/comedic timing and it manages to be delightfully warm and sentimental without ever feeling forced or unbearably corny. 

Bottom Feeder: The House (2017)

The House is the kind of colossal waste of talent and funny premise (Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler play a married couple who open up an illegal casino to help pay their daughter's college tuition) that is difficult to comprehend. There's just so much easy potential for laughs to mine here with its setup and the movie constantly fails to conjure up the absurdist or black comedy magic it would've needed to be a laugh riot. Easily one of the biggest R-rated comedy misfires of the 2010's.        

Most Underrated: The Night Before (2015)

The Night Before may've never found a place in most people's Christmas movie rotations, but I love it all the same. The seamlessness in which its blend raunchy laughs with genuine heart is incredible, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen and Anthony Mackie share a terrific, believable rapport as three lifelong friends who reunite every Christmas Eve and Michael Shannon's bit part as "Mr. Green" is one of the weirdest, wildest and finest performances he's ever turned in.

Most Overrated: They Came Together (2014)

David Wain returning to the world of whacky satire 13 years after hitting a towering grand slam in the genre with Wet Hot American Summer should've delighted me to no end, but it just didn't. As admirably silly as this send-up of romantic comedies is, I just didn't find myself laughing a whole lot as its crackpot bits played out. Perhaps a second viewing will get me on board with this cult favorite.