Sentences with phrase «attempts at comedy»

That alone makes Head Over Heels a bad movie, but what makes it especially awful are the painful double - pronged attempts at comedy.

What we got was a dull attempt of an action film, made worse because of the slow direction, O'Neal's clunky acting, an awful rubber suit and laughable attempts at comedy (and not in the intended way).

Miller was attempting to make a neo-noir style movie with Gabriel Macht as the titular Spirit who narrates to himself about his love for the city and his need to protect, which gave us plenty of «Sin City» like imaginary.Its visuals notwithstanding, «The Spirit» was bogged down with a dull lead, some misjudged attempts at comedy and an uncontrolled Samuel L. Jackson being allowed to ham it up with no boundaries.

«Origins» had some of the worst CGI in a major tentpole film during the period, awful attempts at comedy and shoehorned fan - favorite Gambit, just for the sake of it.

The overall effectiveness is undercut somewhat by tired «chick flick» clichés, contrived attempts at comedy and typical Hollywood depictions of children (i.e. too adorable to be believed).

You'd think by that I would mean that the movie tries to be funny and fails, but no what I mean is that there are barely even any attempts at comedy in this garbage fire of a movie.

It's unclear whether I, Tonya is tone deaf or intentionally backwards in this regard; either grotesque and misguided attempts at comedy, or flatline commentary on physical and emotional abuse.

Attempts at comedy, be it Hook and Smee banter or the Lost Boys» childish antics, are just as feeble as Jane's coming - of - age drama.

There's more attempts at comedy in this 3rd «Mummy», but the attempts don't work.

Ninety - nine percent of the attempts at comedy fail for being too broad, clunky, obvious, or just plain stupid.

There's little doubt, as well, that the movie's many attempts at comedy fall hopelessly (and aggressively) flat, with Kubrick's decision to seemingly give Sellers free reign contributing heavily to Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb's atmosphere of almost aggressive triviality (ie the majority of this stuff is distressingly free of relevance or even laughs).

Sometimes its attempts at comedy might not always be successful, but at least they take some risks.

This film has some bizarre and crazy attempts at comedy, and for me it was able to hit the nail on the head every single time.

Jokes aside, and the above was one of our lame attempts at comedy — I guess I should leave that to Mick himself.

Good thing you like your own material casue your attempts at comedy are severely lacking

Michelle Wolf's roasting of Sarah Huckabee Sanders at the White House Correspondents Dinner over the weekend was a vulgar attempt at comedy.

One of the true, noteworthy duds of the 1990 fall schedule... A lamebrained enterprise, a witless, obvious, often self - contradictory attempt at comedy.

Overall, pretty dumb and desperate attempt at comedy.

A promising niche date film turns into a vulgar attempt at comedy with family aspects present but not full accounted for.

In this attempt at a comedy, Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn play a trio of 30 - something buddies who have the worst cases of arrested development in the history of Western civilization.

It is ineffably grimy, each shot marred by a patina of unease and an indescribable ugliness that paints every attempt at comedy as vaguely grotesque.

His attempt at comedy was a bit jarring at first when I was questioning is acting abilities, but it turned out to be a character choice as Bob Stone isn't quite the man he's set up to be.

The final insult comes when this remake replaces the most famous line from the original with a needlessly vulgar attempt at comedy.

This is just a mediocre attempt at a comedy that really has nothing to do with Orange County.

This is one sad attempt at a comedy.

closes the book on this incarnation of Chucky, as the family sits down to share their vacation slides of a cross-country tour — a fairly weak attempt at comedy that continues to extract awful punchlines from the idea that, gee, Chucky sure likes to kill people.

But while Marvel's first real attempt at comedy had good reviews and a sizable box office gross, enough to greenlight a sequel, Ant - Man and the Wasp this summer, there's an ineffable notion that Ant - Man is kind of a forgotten Marvel movie.

As something that openly parodies the RPG genre it needs to do those selfsame things that it pokes fun at well, else risk coming across as idiotic, a pitiful attempt at comedy which is no better than that it attempts to mock.

Not exact matches

Bakish took over the helm at Viacom last year and is attempting to turn around the company's fortunes by focusing on six of its brands — Paramount, BET, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon and Nick Jr..

But its stubborn refusal of over-heated or contrived conflict ultimately gets the better of Arteta and White, as they leave behind the squirmy - but - humane comedy that is their strong suit for a sub-student-film attempt at metaphysics.

Idle Hands is definite a poor attempt at horror comedy, one that everyone should forget about.

Tom and Huck is a failed attempt at crafting an effective family oriented comedy, and there's really nothing memorable about the film.

It is filled with weak attempts at sketch comedy, resulting in a few funny moments here and there, but not enough.

In his first comedy special, the popular comic actor and musician reveals edgy, honest tales of his failed attempts at being a gangster, his humble roots, marriage, fatherhood and his thoughts about Eminem.

Critics Consensus: Nora Ephron's attempt at dark comedy is an uneven product, both in terms of the direction and the acting.

The series is a wicked, decadent comedy about our impending apocalypse, its relativism suggesting a cheeky come - on as well as a parting attempt at some sort of clarity.

There are a few attempts at physical comedy, none of which come close enough to funny as to endanger an outbreak of laughter.

Critic Consensus: Nora Ephron's attempt at dark comedy is an uneven product, both in terms of the direction and the acting.

It was by way of Jemaine Clement that I discovered «Tongan Ninja» director Jason Stutter's 2009 impossibly dry supernatural comedy «Diagnosis: Death,» a film which strives to poke fun at the J - horror genre while attempting to infect you with an incurable case of the giggles.

The movie is certainly game at prodding as many movies as possible, but any attempt at humor is missed and the movie actually sucks the comedy out of scenes from movies which were originally funny.

While not a home run, this comedy / drama might still be worth a look for fans of any of its charismatic stars (especially Slate and Kazan) and for those looking for a comedy that at least attempts to infuse darker elements in with its awkward laughs.

But I digress, the problem this film has, outside of some very ugly, vile, crass attempts at humor, is the fact that it just isn't funny enough to be considered a comedy.

Nourizadeh takes the «my boyfriend / girlfriend is a spy / assassin» action genre and mixes it with a half - baked attempt at stoner comedy.

It's worth noting that at no point, until a rush of sincerity near the end, does the movie attempt to be down - to - earth regarding its comedy and its characters.

There's no attempt at drama here, just good, old - fashioned screwball comedy abounding with double - entendres and sight gags and anchored by two charmingly presentational and presentationally charming lead performances.

Unfortunately, the opposite's true for the relatively serious scenes, such as Oz and Heather's vulgar, squirm - inducing attempts at phone sex (when a comedy audience suddenly falls silent, that's not a good sign), and there's an extended urination scene that's surprisingly fetishistic for a mainstream Hollywood comedy.

«Admission» isn't loaded with rapid - fire laughs, but it's because director Paul Weitz opts to give the material a chance to breathe and develops it into a more thoughtful comedy, making it more memorable than a mere fleeting attempt at earning a laugh.

Writer - director - star Michael Showalter (Wet Hot American Summer) attempts to turn the romantic comedy formula on its ear with The Baxter, a film that tells the story from the point of view of the poor schlep that typical romantic comedies usually leave stranded at the altar, while the bride - to - be runs off with the handsome leading male.

But while the actors embrace the silliness of the mashup by playing it totally straight, Steers attempts to juggle so many different genres — comedy, action, romance, horror — that it continually feels at odds with itself.

Written and directed by Dale Launer, who had been the screenwriter for some pretty good comedies, such as My Cousin Vinny, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Ruthless People, this would be his first and last attempt at directing (also his last screenplay).