Sentences with phrase «amusing as a comic»

He can be amusing as a comic supporting player.

Lee Arenberg (Pintel) and Mackenzie Crook (Ragetti) also seem less amusing as comic relief than before.

Not exact matches

Certainly the cast gives amusing and / or affecting performances — I haven't mentioned Paddy Considine, as the mullet - haired New Age healer who moves in next door and pitches woo at Oliver's mum — but Ayoade doesn't have any idea how to make all these comic episodes adhere into a story that seems even the slightest bit original, and the whole thing peters out into conventional bittersweet quirk.

Other enjoyable performances back Sandler's up: Emmanuelle Chriqui is a charming leading lady; Lainie Kazan's crack comic timing put me in mind of her uproarious portrayal of the ultimate Jewish mom in 1982's My Favorite Year (and she doesn't look like she's aged a day since); as two of the Zohan's old foes, John Turturro is amusing (even if he's in danger of becoming this decade's answer to Vito Scotti if he takes on too many more ethnic roles), while Sandler's longtime buddy and perpetual hanger - on Rob Schneider for once DOES N'T make you want to tear out either his hair or your own.

A visit to «Eyes Wide Fight Club» and an amusing cat - and - mouse chase in pursuit of a Fabergé egg are very funny, and McAdams is on riotously good form as the doggedly ambitious Annie, clearly having a ball in her zestiest comic role since the career - making Mean Girls.

Banderas» charming, often comic performance, a cute one by child actor Adrian Alonso as Zorro's son and pint - sized counterpart, an amusing one by Rufus Sewell, who plays his villainous role as a Hispanic Christopher Walken, some imaginative PG - rated methods of disposing of the bad guys and a number of rather audacious parallels to contemporary politics and warfare place this clearly in the «guilty pleasure» category; like the original, it's notably longer than it has any right to be (perhaps Steven Spielberg executive producing both of them is a factor?)

These three provide the most comic relief as lovable bumblers who keep trying to outdo each other and end up failing all together — goofy but I, at least, am always amused.

Apatow, who deserves to be regarded as the preeminent figure in American comedy right now, has shown an uncanny knack for fostering bright young comic talent, and because he loves comics so much and is so fascinated by their process — the way John Cassavetes loved Method actors and their process — his productions tend to brim with scene - stealing supporting players, amusing non sequiturs, and running times (124 minutes in the case of The Five - Year Engagement) that few comedies in the history of moving pictures have shouldered without eventually buckling under.

The pleasant but uninteresting Claire gets a lot of screen time as the straight person to Michelle, which only emphasizes the lack of comic chemistry between Bell and McCarthy, except for an amusing bra - fitting scene.

The endearing and amusing Aaron Johnson stars as Dave Lizewski, a teenager who spends his days being bullied around by other kids at his high school, hanging out with his buddies at his neighbourhood comic book shop, jerking off to thoughts of his big - titted English teacher (Deborah Twiss) and secretly longing for pretty classmate Katie (Lyndsy Fonseca).

Many amusing doodles were done that day to the smiles of many children, including Archie as a Jedi and many, many pictures of Owly (I never knew the comic was that popular, cute to see!).