But where you get the feeling that the visceral cool of Drive and the playboy jokiness of Crazy, Stupid, Love aren't big stretches for the 30 - year - old heartthrob, The Ides of March is the real deal. (lwlies.com)
The «Shrek» movies are funny, but the wised - up style of the comedy — the Hollywood put - ons and inside gags — has sour roots, and, after a while, the industry jokiness becomes a little nauseating. (newyorker.com)
When McGill and his friends don fake beards for a command performance of «Man of Constant Sorrow,» the hit single they recorded (as the Soggy Bottom Boys), the song transcends jokiness or kitsch. (nytimes.com)