Sentences with phrase «at modern romantic comedies»

Not exact matches

Followers of Alan Rudolph's career will rejoice at his latest effort, Afterglow, an incredibly and incurably romantic comedy - drama that most perceptively dissects the delicate imbalances of two very modern but very different marriages.

It is also pleasing to see that in an age in which the romantic comedy is such an unfashionable genre in the cinema that filmmakers are, at least, attempting to go back to basics and call to mind a style of filmmaking in the screwball comedy that is all too rarely visible in the modern era.

As far as modern romantic comedies go, No Strings Attached is at best passable, and yet, when lined up against the greats of the genre, it falls embarassingly short.

In a way, it's of a similar mindset to the crude romantic comedies which came out around 2000, especially any of the Farrelly Brothers films, which went for lowbrow laughs at the expense of some dim bulb characters, featuring a nonstop soundtrack of modern pop - rock hits, and with a sweetness underneath to try to make it seem cute in its own juvenile way.

A smart, sophisticated comedy about the challenges of love and marriage amongst modern day New Yorkers, Freundlich's fourth feature film centers on the romantic escapades of two couples: a successful actress (Freundlich's real - life significant other, Julianne Moore) and her stay - at - home husband (David Duchovny), and said actress» slacker younger brother (Billy Crudup) and his aspiring novelist girlfriend (Maggie Gyllenhaal).

«Sleeping with Other People» (September 11): This hilarious game - changer to the modern romantic comedy was first introduced at Sundance 2015, where audiences fell for two single friends played by Alison Brie and Jason Sudeikis who are compulsive cheaters, but want to maintain their own platonic relationship.