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Not exact matches

Many in Hollywood say they see the spiritual - memoir - turned - movie as the next hot genre, suggesting there are ongoing talks about turning Lauren Winner's «Girl Meets God» into a romantic comedy, Ian Cron's «Jesus, My Father, the CIA, and Me» into an action flick, Anne Lamott's «Traveling Mercies» into an indie road trip film, Kathleen Norris» «The Cloister Walk» into something really creepy involving monks.»

Old School, which follows three grown men (Luke Wilson's Mitch, Will Ferrell's Frank, and Vince Vaughn's Beanie) as they turn their house into a fraternity, marks director Todd Phillips» first fictional endeavor since Road Trip, and it's immediately clear that the movie, like that 2000 Tom Green comedy, manages to entertain in spite of a distinct lack of overt laughs.

Todd Phillips (Road Trip, Old School) directed this low - brow but sporadically inspired movie, and it has already earned a reputation as the boundary - pushing comedy movie of the summer, thanks to word of mouth and clever preview trailers.

The Hangover is deliciously darker than Phillips» previous comedies, Old School and Road Trip, but it isn't as thick with malice as those credits suggest (this is not, thankfully, Very Bad Things 2: Hey Guys, Let's Kill Some More Strippers).

Director Todd Phillips is not someone known for his filmmaking finesse, having found understandable success with rowdy, rough - edged comedies such as Road Trip and The Hangover trilogy.

Lacking the flair and polish of his later works as well as most of the comedic sharpness, Road Trip is a fairly worthless entry to the R - rated college comedy tradition.

«Boundaries,» a road trip comedy starring Vera Farmiga and Christopher Plummer as a damaged daughter - father duo, premiered at -LRB-...)

If you haven't yet watched the series (and you really should), the hilarious dark comedy follows two teens — James (Black Mirror's Alex Lawther) and Alyssa (Jessica Barden)-- as they run away from home and embark on a cross-country road trip.

The Long Dumb Road Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Content Group has purchased North American rights to Hannah Fidell's road trip comedy «The Long Dumb Road» starring Jason Mantzoukas and Tony Revolori as an itinerant 30 - something mechanic and a college - bound teenager respectively who set out on a cross-country road tRoad Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Content Group has purchased North American rights to Hannah Fidell's road trip comedy «The Long Dumb Road» starring Jason Mantzoukas and Tony Revolori as an itinerant 30 - something mechanic and a college - bound teenager respectively who set out on a cross-country road troad trip comedy «The Long Dumb Road» starring Jason Mantzoukas and Tony Revolori as an itinerant 30 - something mechanic and a college - bound teenager respectively who set out on a cross-country road tRoad» starring Jason Mantzoukas and Tony Revolori as an itinerant 30 - something mechanic and a college - bound teenager respectively who set out on a cross-country road troad trip.

Director Greg Mottola displays a good sense of balancing action and comedy during a chase through and around an abandoned warehouse, as Jeff becomes a frantic heap in the backseat, Karen worries about not having a seatbelt and tries to calm an argument between her sons over the phone, Natalie shows off her shooting skills, and Tim responds to it all like a frustrated father on a road trip that has gone on for too long.

EW even expanded on the premise of the series, describing it as a «half - hour horror comedy where Ash takes a road trip to banish his demons alongside two young helpers and his trusty boomstick.»

«Boundaries,» a road trip comedy starring Vera Farmiga and Christopher Plummer as a damaged daughter - father duo, premiered at the South By Southwest Film Festival last Monday night.

Others that we've seen and would heartily recommend include the twisted Americana fairytale Lamb, Jason Schwartzman «s other hysterical comedy 7 Chinese Brothers, Joshua Oppenheimer «s Indonesian genocide doc follow - up The Look of Silence, Kodi Smit - McPhee / Michael Fassbender neo-western Slow West, Leslye Headland «s surprisingly sweet shock - comedy Sleeping with Other People, NZ splatterhorror Deathgasm, 80s action figure throwback Turbo Kid, family road trip film Manson Family Vacation and Jemaine Clement as a semi-depressive comic book artist in People, Places, Things.

The ultimate Italian road comedy, Il sorpasso stars the unlikely pair of Vittorio Gassman and Jean - Louis Trintignant as, respectively, a waggish, freewheeling bachelor and the straitlaced law student he takes on a madcap trip from Rome to Tuscany.

Identity Thief is all over the map when it comes to the kind of film it wants to be, sometimes playing like a wacky farce, sometimes as a black humor raunch-fest, sometimes as a silly thriller with laughs, and sometimes trying to draw out even some touching moments in a mismatched buddy road - trip comedy, a la Trains Planes and Automobiles.

Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis play the Steve Martin and John Candy roles as, respectively, an uptight professional type trying to get home to his family and a wacky interloper who screws up his plans, steering him straight into road trip comedy territory.

The result of their collaboration is a raunchy road trip comedy starring McCarthy and Susan Sarandon as her grandmother.

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.

2009 will feature Pegg as a younger Scotty in the JJ Abrams - helmed «Star Trek» reboot, as well as a reunion with friend Nick Frost in the road trip comedy «Paul.»