Query: 2012 comedy films that are also about social issues in the United States.
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Detention of the Dead
Struck by Lightning (2012 film)
Killing Them Softly
The First Time (2012 film)
Mac & Devin Go to High School
21 Jump Street (film)
Evidence from documents: Detention of the Dead: '''''Detention of the Dead''''' is a 2012 American comedy horror film written and directed by Alex Craig Mann, based on the Rob Rinow stage play of the same name. Filming began in spring 2011. It had a small theatrical release in Los Angeles on June 28, 2013, and was released on DVD on July 23, 2013.
Struck by Lightning (2012 film): 2012 comedy films that are also about social issues: a 2012 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film
in the United States.: The film is a flashback of recent events of his life. Carson has plans to go to Northwestern University to become an editor for ''The New Yorker'', but has been unsuccessful in making the dreams happen.
Killing Them Softly: '''''Killing Them Softly''''' is a 2012 American neo-noir crime film written and directed by Andrew Dominik and starring Brad Pitt, based on George V. Higgins' novel ''Cogan's Trade'' (1974). The film is about three small-time crooks who rob a Mob-protected illegal gambling operation, which prompts the Mob to send in two hitmen, Jackie (Pitt) and Mickey (James Gandolfini), to deal with the perpetrators.
The First Time (2012 film): '''''The First Time''''' is a 2012 American teen romantic comedy film written and directed by Jon Kasdan, starring Britt Robertson, Dylan O'Brien, James Frecheville, and Victoria Justice.
Mac & Devin Go to High School: 2012 comedy films: a 2012 American direct-to-DVD stoner film
that are also about social issues in the United States.: The story follows two high school students, geeky Devin and badman Mac, a stoner who befriends Devin and introduces him to cannabis. The high school's name, "N. Hale", is based on Nate Dogg's real name, Nathaniel Hale, and is also a play on the word "inhale".
comedy: it forces audiences to endure a punishing gauntlet of misogyny and non-starting comedy to get to that middling moment of moderate enjoyment."
21 Jump Street (film): 2012 comedy films: '''''21 Jump Street''''' is a 2012 buddy cop action comedy film
about social issues in the United States.: An adaptation of the 1987–1991 television series of the same name by Stephen J. Cannell and Patrick Hasburgh, the film follows police officers Schmidt and Jenko, who are forced to relive high school when they are assigned to go undercover as high school students to prevent the outbreak of a new synthetic drug and arrest its supplier.