Sentences with phrase «with most romantic comedies»

With most romantic comedies (though there is very little comedy here) the supporting cast are just as important as the leads.

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It is hard to say just what Moby - Dick, Melville's greatest and most famous work, really is: a metaphysical Romantic tragedy about Captain Ahab's sexual obsession with an enormous white whale; an immense picaresque comedy about sailing; or a serio - comic grand opera that begins with the narrating Ishmael bored by the streaming crowds of New York and ends with him alone in the ocean, floating on the harpooner Queequeg's coffin.

Bloom's counterweight to this dreary reductionism is the Great Tradition of Western letters from Plato to Tolstoy; and most of the book is devoted to individual chapters on such novelists as Rousseau, Austen, Stendahl, and Tolstoy, with a whole section devoted to the romantic comedies and tragedies of Shakespeare, and a concluding fugue on Plato's Symposium.

With more than 35 million visitors in 2006 and 75,000 new users registering each day, AFF ranks among the 100 most popular sites in the U.S.A.. It's become so mainstream that a joke about it appeared in the Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore romantic comedy, Because I Said So.

For the most part, in the projects that he scripted or co-scripted, he unveiled a propensity for a lightly satirical take on American life.From a qualitative standpoint, Fleming did much to cement his reputation with his much different follow up to Bad Dreams, the 1994 Threesome, a critically favored Gen - X romantic comedy (which the director also scripted) about a ménage - a-trois that «accidentally» transpires in an all - male dorm when a sexy young woman named Alex (Lara Flynn Boyle) is mistaken for a young man.

The director's most ambitious work to date is a wildly successful romantic heist comedy, propelled from scene to scene with a lively soundtrack that elevates its slick chase scenes into a realm of musicality that develops its own satisfying beat.

An other thing that was awesome in» Friends with Benefits» is the situations (when there talking, etc) between Dylan and Jamie, which I found less cliche than most of romantic comedies.

Luckily, Martin is surrounded by a nice supporting cast, with Kline almost outdoing Martin for the least convincing French accent in the film, Kline has played Frenchmen before, most notably in the romantic comedy, French Kiss, although he seems to have lost his ear somewhat for the inflections.

The most unromantic of romantic comedies (she gets pregnant after a wild six days together; he moves to London to raise the baby with her), the series is blessed with some of the finest - tuned dialogue on air, both scabrously funny and deeply moving.

We all know that Murray plays a great smart - ass, but he shows early skill at light romantic comedy (which most of Murray's best roles dabble in), and he seems naturally confident with the kids.

The director's most ambitious work to date is a wildly successful romantic heist comedy, propelled from scene to scene with a lively soundtrack that elevates its slick chase scenes into a realm that develops its own satisfying beat.

Instead, The Happening is a Larry Cohen-esque thriller along the lines of God Told Me To, delivered with a heavy hand, to be sure, but full of some of the most delicious misanthropy to hit screens since Julia Roberts was making romantic comedies.

Directed by Jim Burrows (Partners), who also directed episodes of «Laverne and Shirley» with Penny Marshall, this is a small television movie that has more wit, charm and grace than most romantic comedies made today.

One of Sturges's most clever and beloved romantic comedies, The Lady Eve balances broad slapstick and sophisticated sexiness with perfect grace.

For the most part, I got what I expected, but what I didn't prepare for was a romantic comedy that was not romantic 65 % of the time, but instead genuinely deep and layered with a lot more anger than most comedies out there today (similar to The Heartbreak Kid).

The most one could come up with is that it is a romantic comedy involving football players and «new age» philosophy, but that's really only a part of what Semi-Tough is all about.

I can relate and just like with Garret, isn't that one of the most important things with the romantic comedy?

In a normal Hollywood romantic comedy, this would lead to an inevitable disaster, but Anderson instead provides us with some of the sweetest, most heartbreakingly wonderful moments in any movie this year.

It's a sign of the film's quality that it gets more varied and delightful mileage out of those physical reactions — from the entire cast, delivered with nuanced subtlety — then most other romantic comedies get from profane jokes and clumsy slapstick.

Until a couple of tired romantic roundelays — Jasmine takes up with a wealthy widow played by Peter Sarsgaard, while Ginger strays with speaker - installation guru Louis C.K. — turn up in the last act, as they do in most of Allen's weaker comedies, this is an uncharacteristically focused work from the auteur.

Not only is this a romantic comedy that is done right, but the story is able to balance the humor with some really nice moments of drama and most importantly, heart.

The entire movie was filmed in five days during a huge U.K. music festival, most of the cast had to be convincing as rock musicians — and even perform live — and the basic plot is a pretty standard romantic comedy with a completely contrived central conflict.

And while Allen had already tread this territory before, most notably with Interiors (1978) and Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), the latter a masterpiece with a nice tonal balance — the comedy retained by Allen himself in a starring role — these ostentatious, upper - crust types could seem miles away from Allen's hapless fools or quixotic romantics.

Complete with a great quartet of performances from Lizzy Caplan, Alison Brie, Mark Webber and Martin Starr, not to mention one of the most authentic pieces of writing, this should make romantic comedies rethink their strategy.

While I wasn't the most dedicated viewer of The Sopranos (I have yet to see a single episode), it just seemed appropriate that I go catch his last big - screen performance in Nicole Holofcener's Enough Said, which pairs him with Seinfeld star Julia Louis - Dreyfus in a romantic comedy that is both timely and by the same token, almost unbearably bittersweet.

It isn't the most original take on a romantic comedy, and for a while you might amuse yourself playing «Name the Movie Where You've Seen That Before,» starting right off the bat with the «woman as cow» metaphor from Someone Like You from the year before.

There is a confidence with Jamie that is different than most romantic comedies.

Having played supporting roles in most of his previous films, Domhnall found the chance to show off his potential as a leading man in Richard Curtis» romantic comedy After Time with Rachel McAdams as his love interest.

Although the studio buried it on video, it's still better than most theatrically released films of a similar sort, and if you find yourself watching all romantic comedies, no matter how dumb or contrived, you certainly won't be wasting your time with this one.

And here are the five most disappointing films of the year: On the Road (Michael Winterbottom's Wolf Alice tour movie can't even find something interesting in its fictional subplot), Hampstead (a painfully strained romantic comedy set in a twee version of London), The Book of Henry (Colin Trevorrow missteps with this convoluted thriller), The Snowman (Michael Fassbender struggles to sustain this lifeless Scandinavian mystery) and Pitch Perfect 3 (it's painful to watch the Bellas try their hand at action - comedy).

Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (The Lives of Others), who adapted the screenplay (based on the French film Anthony Zimmer) with Christopher McQuarrie and Julian Fellowes (or maybe he just did the last rewrites in a long - gestating development process), makes Venice look like the most gorgeous city on Earth and shoots Jolie with the same admiring, idealizing perspective, but has no facility for light comedy, romantic sizzle or breathtaking action.

This is the case with most crime films, almost all action films and at least 99 percent of romantic comedies.

Having played supporting roles in most of his previous films, Domhnall found the chance to show off his potential as a leading man in Richard Curtis» romantic comedy About Time with Rachel McAdams as his love interest.

It could be argued that the romantic comedy is one of the most difficult genres to execute with finesse.

One of the most talked about films at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Results has been praised by some as an off - beat romantic comedy, injected with Bujalski's low - fi sensibilities.

Most romantic comedies have this heightened sense of reality that always feels artificial and scripted whereas this film makes the audience feel like they're watching their best friends struggle with relationship issues.

Thankfully, writer and director Leslye Headland (Bachelorette) has delivered one of the treasured romantic comedies that treads familiar territory, but raises the bar with some of the most authentic and funny writing the subgenre has seen in a long time.

It's a romantic comedy furnished with innovations that make the genre feel remarkably relatable; navigating what should be distinct tones that come off as compelling and cohesive are Ray Romano, Holly Hunter, Zoe Kazan, Zenobia Shroff, Anupam Kher, and Nanjiani himself, collectively the most irresistible cast of the year.

Our most treasured romantic comedies and dramas are often rife with terrible lessons about romance and relationships.