Sentences with phrase «awkward comedy at»
It was awkward comedy at its best, and hard to watch.
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Luckily, the festival goddesses also gave us Salma Hayek in Beatriz at Dinner, Miguel Arteta's agonizing comedy about a vegetarian healer (Hayek) trapped at an awkward dinner with three corporate creeps and their Barbie - doll wives.
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.
Zac Efron, Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan star in the R - rated comedy, THAT AWKWARD MOMENT, about three best friends who find themselves where we've all been — at that confusing «moment» in every dating relationship when you have to decide «So... where is this going?»
In projects as varied as That Awkward Moment, We Are Your Friends, Dirty Grandpa, The Paperboy, and At Any Price, he's had opportunities to play all manners of comedy, drama, and romance, and he approaches it all with the same himbo blankness.
Critics, on the other hand, have been championing Issa Rae as a creative talent ever since her webseries Awkward Black Girl and there's a good chance they'll jump at the opportunity to award the show as a whole, especially since they chose another auteur-esque comedy last year, Master of None.
An especially strong script gives actors plenty to chew on in this comedy - drama, in which writer - directors Faxon and Rash (The Descendants) take an observant look at the awkward connections we make with each other.
From awkward interactions to fractured relationships, Lynn Shelton is a master at capturing modern day human comedies, frequently focusing on characters in a state of arrested development.
In 2014, he co-starred in the comedy That Awkward Moment, alongside Zac Efron and Michael B. Jordan, appeared in the science fiction film Divergent, co-starring again with Shailene Woodley, and starred as a drummer in the well - reviewed drama Whiplash, which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and opened in theaters in October 2014.
Indeed, the titular directive is actually thrown at Bell's socially awkward, commitment - shy protagonist Nancy — not as chaotic a romantic heroine as Amy Schumer's eponymous «Trainwreck» in Apatow's most recent venture, but a similarly welcome rejoinder to the kookily idealized fantasy women that have so long been prevalent in romantic - comedy terrain.
Okay, so maybe Craven's attempts at blending comedy and horror are pretty awkward, but you can't say he didn't learn anything from the experience; his next film was «Scream,» where the comedy / horror blend was almost perfect.
Jeff, Who Lives at Home is an awkward and miscalculated mix of broad comedy, naturalistic insight, intimate seriocomic digressions, and would - be dramatic payoffs.