Denver Post Anchorman meticulously builds America's dimmest news team. And we root for them. Detroit News Ferrell has an absolutely magical way of making complete morons lovable. Washington Post You will laugh. Then you will laugh some more. Then you will laugh still again.

Globe and Mail When Borat is good, it's very, very good, and when it's bad, it's box-office gold. Boston Globe It is Jackass with a brain and Mark Twain with full frontal male nudity. New York Times The brilliance of Borat is that its comedy is as pitiless as its social satire, and as brainy.

Superbad barely missed the cut for The Top 13's list, but was a runaway favorite in the reader poll. This coming-of-age story is propelled by great performances from Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Seth Rogen, and Bill Hader, but shines brightest when then-newcomer Christopher Mintz-Plasse's unforgettable McLovin is onscreen. Through all of the dick jokes and horny teenager antics, this movie still manages to be a poignant ode to friendship and growing up.

New Yorker It's truly dirty and truly romantic at the same time, a combination that's very hard to pull off. San Francisco Chronicle Despite a very lowbrow premise, the profanity-packed script is hilarious, and it also has a good heart. Washington Post Filthy, funny and sweet in equal measure.

Washington Post An extremely funny and, of course, socially unredeemable comedy. Arizona Republic As funny as it is dumb, and that's saying something. Entertainment Weekly Under Reitman's deanship, Ferrell lets his freak flag fly and Vaughn unlooses a notably funny, light-on-his-feet lunkheadedness.

New York Post [A] smarter and much funnier version of the old Police Academy flicks. San Francisco Chronicle The dirty jokes provide the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen. Dallas Morning News It's a scattershot affair, but when it hits its mark it's brilliant.

Village Voice A freakishly potent farce. New York Times Often unspeakably funny. Los Angeles Times Though basically an extended skit, Zoolander never runs out of amusing satiric thrusts.

Chicago Sun-Times Now this is what I'm talkin' about. The Hangover is a funny movie, flat out, all the way through. Its setup is funny. Every situation is funny. Los Angeles Times There is a sort of perverse brilliance or brilliant perverseness to be found in this story of a bachelor party gone terribly wrong.

San Francisco Chronicle Transforms the unintentional camp of the zombie subgenre into full-on, hilarious comedy. Boston Globe A British zombie flick that works not because of the crowds of undead, but because the guy trying to exterminate them was himself running out of reasons to live. New York Times By treating the genre as a joke, this satire . . . yields ironic dramatic dividends.

The only movie on this list that could be remotely described as wholesome (it is the lone PG-rated film), Napoleon Dynamite is a study in deadpan humor and the comedic power of awkwardness. Even though the characters and setting are decidedly weird (quirky is an understatement), this film still feels more true-to-life than most other teen comedies. Napoleon Dynamite would crash and burn in almost anyone's hands, but Jon Heder somehow manages to sell this strange, strange world.

CNN.com A refreshingly frank, funny odd-couple comedy with engaging leads and too many belly laughs to count. San Francisco Chronicle Apatow shows how a comedy should and can be more like life, without sacrificing a laugh. Chicago Reader Funny, honest, and generous, this is mainstream American comedy at its best.

The Royal Tenenbaums is certainly the best film on this list, though not the funniest. It combines comedy and drama in equal measure, stylized with Wes Anderson's trademark preciousness. Featuring an incredible cast with standout performances up and down the roster, this is a profoundly sad and funny film.

Much like Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's Hot Fuzz is a spoof that still ends up being a pretty convincing imitation of the genre it studies - in this case, buddy cop movies. Many of the jokes here might fly under the radar for some, but every unnecessary sound effect and fast cut in Hot Fuzz is a winking ode to the Lethal Weapons and Point Breaks that it lovingly lampoons.