Sentences with phrase «without much humor»

This would not be a bad thing if it weren't for the fact that the plot is the least interesting aspect of the movie, and without much humor in it, tedium does creep in every once in a while.

Nacho Libre strikes me as one of those movies that will run the gamut in terms of where people will individually assess it, as some viewers will find it inspired and hilarious, while others will find it stupid and without much humor value.

Not exact matches

The result is amazing, and not without some much needed humor.

Godard Mon Amour is very much like a Woody Allen film, with Godard embodying Allen's negative traits of pretentiousness, neurosis, and misogyny without the redeeming virtue of humor.

But the film engages extensively in gross - out humor, without much success.

The humor is predicated on overwhelming the audience with too much laughter, keeping us in fits of giggles without a chance to regain composure.

There's a little too much humor interspersed between heavy action and effective drama, but because of the reliable cast, «Infinity War» is, without question, one of the most engaging MCU installments.

Assembling a game cast of collaborators including Ed Helms, Mary Steenburgen and Amber Heard, Bell attempts to subvert new - relationship conventions for a meditation on the merits of longtime commitment, in the process overworking «he / she drives me crazy but I love him / her anyway» clichés without producing much in the way of insight, storytelling or even the effervescent humor that is fast becoming her trademark.

As long as it's funny, none of this would be a liability, but whole scenes go by without so much as a laugh, only offering the semblance of humor because the results are so bizarre, they can't be taken seriously.

And finally, Collider's Alison Keene wrote, «His Last Vow combined the action and humor elements of the show's earlier episodes, without tilting one way or the other too much (like some might say the first two of this season did).

Director Jordan Vogt - Roberts serves up the big ape early and often, while smart and talented writers effectively blend homage, humor, metaphor and bombast without ever committing the film too much in one direction.

The script, such as it is, is credited to Scot Armstrong (The Heartbreak Kid, School for Scoundrels), who has somehow managed to consistently make high profile comedies, and do it without exhibiting much of a penchant for humor, interesting ideas, or overall talent.

It also would have helped if this blend of reference and reverence could have come and gone once whatever comedic value had been achieved, but no, it goes on for a good twenty minutes longer, without much of the clever humor, snarky entertainment, or consistency of tone between action and comedy that marked the earlier scenes.

However, working from a mostly sharp script by Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle, and Christopher Yost, Waititi doesn't so much inject humor as he gives it his own droll spin, making Thor: Ragnarok one of the funniest of the Marvel movies without seeming to exert much effort in that regard (as opposed to Deadpool or Ant - Man, which are marked primarily by their snarky, meta appeals to our funny bone).

The screenplay by Robb and Mark Cullen (Manchild, New Car Smell) puts together a mish - mash of 1980s cop flick clichés without generating much humor out of them other than the knowing references.

Much of the humor, and many of the interactions, feel as though they have been ad - libbed, especially in Peter's consistent use of made up words and pet names («Dude Von Dudenstein»), which fits in with the character's attempt to seem cool without exactly knowing how to do it.

He brings much of that sense of humor and mirthfully dark comedy to Better Off Dead, which toys around with more serious issues without ever losing the light comedic tone.

This being Marvel — as opposed to, ahem, DC — the movie is sprinkled with liberal doses of humor: the cyborg Vision attempting, without much success, to cook his first paprikash («In my defense, I've never actually eaten anything before»); a nice callback («I can do this all day») to the first Captain America movie; a sly Tony Stark reference to The Manchurian Candidate; a likable moment of outer - borough bonding by fellow New Yorkers Cap and Spidey.

Girl in Disguise derives much of its tension and humor from details of the period, whether it's the difficulties of detective work in a world without forensic science, the ways in which Kate's gender makes her job both easier and more dangerous, or the wild bustle of booming, crime - ridden Chicago.

The work shy away from humor, much to their detriment, without gaining the blackness of his breakthrough.

At this stage, Krushenick was painting at a time when the art world was polarized without much respect for pop art; his sense of humor and overall joyfulness did not rest easy with the styles of the time.

There are reasonable limits to the degree to which writing in category one should engage in too much free - wheeling humor, particularly humor directed at the parties; although, as he notes, judges like Posner and Kozinski, who are already skilled writers, manage to add a good deal of liveliness to their writing without generally crossing the line.