Sentences with phrase «as comic relief»

Yes, they're meant to serve as comic relief, but they are so over-the-top cartoon - y that they stand out.

Helping them along are a pair of magical guardians who function primarily as comic relief.

Even the scenes that appear as comic relief are presented so seriously that it is hard to believe the filmmakers thought it would be humorous.

Why is there even comic relief in the form of previously established characters when the movie has already set up the three kids as the comic relief?

Hopefully, you'll be able to apply the lesson to your own interview preparation, and maybe even have a laugh as some comic relief from your own job search.

We get great glimpses of Ronnie's peculiar sex life intertwined with drug - fuelled, homosexual orgies with politicians, but these scenes are merely used as comic relief before returning back to the match made in east end.

- Booklist «The story is peppered with pop culture references to The Hunger Games, the Kindle Fire, and the X-Men, as well as comic relief in the form of characters like a talking horse that thinks it has a weight problem.

Evan Peters does great as the comic relief of the whole movie.

You also have an AI companion called Simon whom works on several levels as the comic relief of the game as well as an enjoyable and evolving character.

After helping Iron Man defeat Doctor Doom, Squirrel Girl didn't appear again for almost a decade, returning as part of the Great Lake Avengers — a team mostly intended as comic relief.

But we are meant to take solace in the professionalism and decency of Tam (Zhang Ziyi), the most fluent of the many Mandarin speakers on board, and Monk (John Ortiz), the team's God - fearing conscience, as well as the comic relief supplied by Mundy (Chris O'Dowd).

Or the skulls in the Paths of the Dead, which pour out onto Aragorn, Legolas and Gimil.There are also instances that I think are more justified, such as Gimli as the comic relief dwarf (imagine watching 12 hours of film without a laugh.

The NDC in Ashanti finds Nana Addo's fathom one district, one factory as another comic relief akin to Free SHS campaign has suddenly absconded from.

Wanda Sykes puts in a pitiable performance as the comic relief.

Unfortunately, here, with only a couple of colorful scenes, Amin's outsize personality almost comes across as comic relief, especially in comparison to the uniformly dour hijackers (make the most of the Daniel Brühl's joke, it's the only one you'll get.)

Dan Fogler frequently pops in and out as the comic relief, which mentioned earlier is hit or miss.

Jackson has a greater task as comic relief and Tarzan's lone effective ally, but he provides the film some stability and moments of entertainment.

Pegg's face is known to geeks and mundanes alike as the comic relief Scotty in J.J. Abrams» «Star Trek» movies and the similarly amusing techie, Benji Dunn, in the «Mission: Impossible» films, but to many of us, that's merely a footnote.

Par for the course for Asian superstars in Tinsel Town, in other words — with little exception they are paired as comic relief or foil for idiots in films directed by first - timers and proven losers; I've said before that it feels like racism and, indeed, it feels like racism still.

Fillion and Glau are arguably the stars of the film — as most of the film is spent further developing their characters — but cult actor Adam Baldwin remains the standout performer of the cast as the comic relief and muscle of the group, Jayne.

His stuff is by far the best thing in the film, and it would be tempting to suggest that a version of the film focusing solely on the Oswald family might be fairly effective, were it not for the normally reliable Jacki Weaver, who seems to have been told to play Oswald's batshit crazy mother as comic relief.

And when he climbs onto an old tire swing for an arc or two over a lake, the tiresomely predictable break that lands him in the water ruins the scene as gentle nostalgia while landing too clunkily to work as comic relief.

Nicholas Hoult's Beast as the comic relief?

Jenkins helps pass the time as comic relief, but many of his jokes fall flat.

Smith is on hand as the comic relief, delivering the one - liners with a twinkle in his eye.

Will he joining Dom's team as comic relief or go blond to fill in the hunk role?

The only real standout is Jesse Plemons who, besides looking like a brother to Matt Damon, does a great job as the comic relief.

The franchise began in 2001, and the familiar faces are back: Vin Diesel as Dom, Paul Walker as Brian, Jordana Brewster as Brian's wife Mia, Michelle Rodriguez as amnesiac Letty, Tyrese Gibson and Chris «Ludicrous» Bridges as comic relief Roman and Tej, respectively, and Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson as Agent Hobbs.

Pena and T.I. were solid as the comic relief and I loved seeing Lilly.

And he's amazing in ways suggesting his next performance will be as good (hopefully it won't be in a Roland Emmerich movie as the comic relief).

This is presented as the comic relief that played for the crowd under the footlights.

Rapper Busta Rhymes also appears in the film as comic relief that is not too funny.

Woody Harrelson (Out of the Furnace) and Elizabeth Banks (Little Accidents) are back as comic relief (of which this gloomy film needs much more than it has), and are each perfect, as is Jeffrey Wright («Boardwalk Empire «-RRB- as the Capital's erstwhile tech security guy who now works for the rebellion.

Yea, it's all a bit complicated, and there's tons of big robots, plus wacky Stanley Tucci, no Turturro but T.J. Miller as comic relief, plus Kelsey Grammer in there and John Goodman as the Autobot Hound.

It showcased some of Britain's best actors — from Hugh Bonneville's lovingly exasperated patriarch, to Sally Hawkins» eccentric yet caring mother, and Julie Waters as the comic relief housekeeper.

Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley also return (as swashbuckling couple Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann), as do several other «Pirates» alum like Jack Davenport (as Commodore Norrington), Jonathan Pryce (as Governor Swann), Kevin McNally (as Jack's first mate), and Lee Arenberg and Mackenzie Crook as the comic relief pirate duo of Pintel and Ragetti.

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

Some of the characters here include Liam Hemsworth as a hotshot fighter pilot, Jessie T. Hiller as another hotshot pilot, Maika Monroe as the Hemsworth character's fiancée (who was once a hotshot pilot), and Travis Tope, Nicolas Wright, Judd Hirsch, and Brent Spiner as the comic relief.

Sadiq — who last week launched London's first social integration strategy - will do this by working with organisations such as Comic Relief and London Sport to promote respect and justice, and engage people at risk of loneliness or marginalisation.

These missions act as comic relief, in between the intense drama going on in the world of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

As much about investigating the ways in which the human mind understands its world, his work is also executed as comic relief in the face of futility.

In contrast to his scene - stealing performance in «Mud» — which primarily served as comic relief — this dark role comes as a shock, but proves what a capable young actor he is.

The portrayal of Tamils is the film is extremely stereotypical, and is obviously used as a comic relief.

David's sister Liz (Joan Cusack ™) is a wacky, truth - telling mother of two, while his wacky agent (Oliver Platt ™) provides a couple of moments that I think were intended as comic relief.

There's one small side character who briefly functions as comic relief, the only one who even come close to having an actual personality, and even he has only that one note to play.

Mary - Louise Parker's inebriated character, used as comic relief, is wildly out of place when it comes to tone.

Sacha Baron Cohen, as the venal and larcenous Thénardiers, along with a blowsy Helena Bonham Carter serve as comic relief.