Sentences with phrase «odd couple comedy»

Film Review by Kam Williams Suave CIA Agent Enlists Assistance of Nerdy Accountant in Odd Couple Comedy Back in high school, Calvin (Kevin Hart) was voted «Most Likely to Succeed» while his chubby pal Bob (Dwayne Johnson) was being bullied by classmates because of his weight..

It begins as an odd couple comedy, but we soon see the more sentimental sides of these hit men.

Thin, flavorless and heavily garnished with contrivance, this odd couple comedy serves up little but stale whimsy.

Not exact matches

Add in the camaraderie and chat, the shouts of alarm and the odd comedy moment to lighten the tension and you have a cracking game that would be perfect if only there were a couple of branches down the very straight and narrow.

Great plan, except that Deanna insists on going to the same college where Maddie is enrolled, setting up an intergenerational, interfamilial odd - couple buddy - comedy scenario that the film never makes the most of.

But even if you don't want to read into all these undercurrents, The Odd Couple still works as a simple comedy.

The Odd Couple is a comedy which has stood the test of time and survived all attempts made on its longevity, from its endless inferior imitators to its own god - awful sequel.

Life of the Party sets up an intergenerational, interfamilial odd - couple buddy - comedy scenario that it never makes the most of.

The real value of the documentary from Douglas McGrath lies in charting Nichols» creative trajectory from the staging and improvisation lessons learned with comedy partner Elaine May, through collaborations with playwright Neil Simon on «Barefoot in the Park» and «The Odd Couple,» and the director's first two feature films, both legendary — «Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?»

In 1965, she made her first Broadway appearance as Gwendolen Pigeon, one of the «coo - coo» Pigeon sisters, in the Neil Simon comedy hit The Odd Couple.

-- an odd - couple buddy comedy pairing him with Ewan McGregor's functional scoop - hunting music journo.

Odd - couple type of comedies like this are made or broken by the central performances and this is most certainly the former.

In all honesty, Poehler and Fey have such a easy - going chemistry together - whether playing an odd couple in Baby Mama or playing off one another as the Golden Globes hosts - that it's difficult to imagine that The Nest won't be - at the least - decent comedy entertainment for their fans, no matter the script / directing quality.

Neil Simon's comedies depend on comedy of character and snappy dialogue, and The Odd Couple is a perfect example.

Based on the true story of an unlikely odd couple who give each other a new lease on life, this French comedy - drama is almost irresistibly engaging.

MAID IN MANHATTAN Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes make an odd couple, yet a nicely matched one, in this romantic comedy about a hotel maid dressed as a socialite who catches the fancy of a rich politician.

Co-written by estimable Frownland director Ronald Bronstein, it's inspired by the experiences of street kid Arielle Holmes, who plays a fictional version of herself alongside actor Caleb Landry Jones in what's described as «a tumultuous drama about a New York City couple battling addiction in the midst of a love affair»... And finally, the prize for oddest remake of the week: French thriller specialist Jean - François Richet is changing gear rather alarmingly with his, er, «reboot» is the word I'm looking for, of Claude Berri's 1977 comedy Un moment d'égarement, in which two fathers take their sexy adolescent daughters on vacation — and one of them is seduced by the other's jeune fille.

Even thought there are a couple of other excellent comedy options out there this season, The Other Guys will surely bring an odd twist of hilarity to your summer vacation.

In the late 80s, Shane Black's Lethal Weapon script became a touchstone for saleable, hard - boiled, odd - couple buddy pics, movies that combined action, comedy and wise - assed verbal vulgarity in varying measures.

The Kids Are All Right, an adorably high - spirited romp from Laurel Canyon director Lisa Cholodenko, is an indie film (with glossy studio production values) about a suburban family standing up to a threat from without; plundering from Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Odd Couple and Meet the Parents, it's a classic Hollywood domestic comedy with a mischievous twist.

There's obvious comedy in the odd couple pairing, though nothing too hilarious.

Still, this odd couple must make an honest go of it in this fresh buddy comedy co-starring Sally Hawkins, by the director of the indie breakout hit Junebug.

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In this odd - couple comedy, an executive hits the skids and loses everything, only to gain a wayward black son he never knew he had.

But for the most part, True Grit 2010 is essentially a genial odd - couple (or odd - triangle) comedy: Mattie, Cogburn (Jeff Bridges), and goofily proud Texas Ranger LeBoeuf (Matt Damon) set out on the trail of killer Tom Chaney (played by a stormy Josh Brolin), whose name becomes a mantra long before he turns up.

They are the odd couple of 2 Guns, a buddy comedy coupled with a crime thriller.

The friends and former «Saturday Night Live» collaborators make a good odd - couple buddy comedy team.

The straight - laced outsider and the hefty son of the courteous Inspector (Jim Broadbent) make a wonderful odd couple of partners, but Sandford is too uneventful and the movie is too wise to merely let them loose in a buddy comedy.

But as you can imagine, a series of unexpected occurrences and misadventures spice things up, turning a potentially straightforward trip into an on - the - road buddy comedy where the bound - for - bonding odd couple are father and daughter.

The English director Stephen Frears has an affinity for odd - couple comedies, particularly whenever Judi Dench gets involved.

The Odd Couple: Neil Simon's comedy about slovenly Oscar and finicky Felix, who - after driving their wives to divorce - try sharing an apartment as roommates.

While that divvying up of roles makes for good odd - couple romantic comedies, it's not ultimately sustainable.