"Wry comedy" refers to a type of humor that is subtly ironic or sarcastic. It often involves amusing situations or clever remarks that are delivered with a dry or twisted sense of humor. Full definition
His follow - up to his Sundance Grand Prize - winning breakthrough film Forty Shades of Blue is an ambitious challenge: a 1940s melodrama of adultery and murder played as wry comedy of manners and directed in a naturalistic style with a modern sensibility. (parallax-view.org)
Garcia excels at eliciting strong performances throughout and maintaining a consistent mood poised delicately between wry comedy and more serious contemplation of contemporary American female lives. (rottentomatoes.com)
Sterritt *** Marvelously wry comedy about the odd relationship between a crusty Norwegian man and a snoopy Swedish researcher who's assigned to sit in his kitchen and chart his movements there. (csmonitor.com)