Sentences with phrase «better than those comedies»

The movie works better than any comedy with this many nosebleeds has a right to.

Our biggest obstacle was defeating spurious job claims — no one makes the argument better than Comedy Central's Steven Colbert in which he takes jobs estimates from 35 to 1 million.

Not exact matches

It will own a vast distribution apparatus; have the rights to more comedy programs than most of its competitors; and be producing much of the material they need to do battle with one another — as well as, inevitably, with Dynamics itself.

Even Viacom (VIAB) has seen better than expected results, despite being embroiled in a power struggle between CEO Philippe Dauman and controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone — and despite criticism for its lackluster stable of fading brands like Nickelodeon and Comedy Central.

Churches would rather do something safe like a barn dance or a pie - and - pea supper or another barn dance because the first one went so well, rather than risk something as socially volatile as a comedy night as part of their outreach.

Throughout season one, Good Girls proves to be more than just a crime drama, pulling together equal parts dark comedy and heartfelt family drama.

Straying from the standard, modern superhero formula it helped to pioneer in 2002, Homecoming is more teen comedy than it is a «good vs. evil» tale, highlighting a distinctive setting in Queens as the battleground for crushes, parties and yes, actual super villains — this one played by Michael Keaton in a scene - stealing performance.

But, since this is a comedy, there will be more than one instance of mistaken identity in this Italian production with English projections, as well as music to send your heart soaring.

As it turned out, the participants who had a good laugh at the comedy routine shared much more intimate information with their peers than the groups who watched the other videos.

In one study, older adults who watched either a Red Skelton comedy or a montage of America's Funniest Home Videos performed better on memory tasks than a control group who sat calmly for the same period of time.

It was more of a thriller than a comedy, which was good.

There's no better test of compatibility than a night out at a comedy performance!

With the festive season in full swing, what better way to catch a breather than spending an evening on the sofa watching a romantic comedy?

I love all types of comedy; be it television or movies but there's nothing better than a night at a comedy club.

One of the signs that a date is going well is if you're both able to laugh a lot, so what could be a better place for this than a visit to a comedy club.

With the festive season in full swing, what better way to catch a breather than spending an evening on the sofa watching a romantic comedy film!

A shared sense of humour is one of the most important factors in romantic compatibility so what better way to exercise your funny bone than watching a live comedy show?

Nothing gives you an better indicator that a date is going well than the sound of laughter but if your jokes are not that good, you had better visit a comedy club to ensure that there is something to smile about at the end of the evening.

What better way to break the ice than a night at a comedy club?

Indeed, early reports suggested little more than a steaming gumbo of the gross and the embarrassing — two strains of comedy that have scored well everywhere, in recent years, and that leave me sadly unmoved.

An aging hipster finds that there may be more to life than good looks and fast cars in this introspective comedy from first - time director Danny Comden.

As a heartwarming comedy, you can't get better than this.

Featuring a screenplay by no less than five writers, Flushed Away has clearly been geared to appeal primarily to small children - as evidenced by the film's emphasis on action - oriented set pieces and distinctly broad bits of comedy (there's even a fart joke thrown in for good measure).

I'm not saying it's the best comedy you will ever see, because it is not that, but I definitely think this movie has more clever dialogue than many people give it credit for.

Recycling is alive but not well in the outmoded teen comedy Dirty Deeds, with a result that is more toxic than intoxicating.

The cast is wonderful, and though flawed Empire Records works well enough and is much better than most teen comedy flicks of today.

Very enjoyable and original, this film is much better than most of teen comedies of today.

This could have been a great comedy, but it fails, and as far as family films are concerned, there are much better films out there to enjoy than this.

2011 was a year where the worst comedies made more headlines than the best (* ahem * Bucky Larson).

The same goes for the various villains, who behave as if in a comedy; rather than scripting the film to lighten up on the seriousness, the characters must betray normalcy to better fit insincere resolutions.

Four siblings for a comedy like Our Idiot Brother doesn't get too much better than those four.

It's a movie of smiles and chuckles rather than belly laughs but a lot better than most comedies released.

Following a substantial role in the independent romantic comedy Better Than Chocolate (1999), Crewson seemed to be on the verge of adding another hit to her resumé as one of Robin Williams» original owners in the fantasy Bicentennial Man (1999), but the film failed to live up to box - office expectations.

It's miles better than that wannabe dark comedy and I say that because Game Night actually sticks to its premise and never lets up.

The Russos are on much firmer ground pitting their good guys against each other — for comedy or friction — than pushing any of them up against Thanos.

Probably more than any other filmmaker, his name evokes instant expectations on the part of audiences: at least two or three great chills (and a few more good ones), some striking black comedy, and an eccentric characterization or two in every one of the director's movies.Originally trained at a technical school, Hitchcock gravitated to movies through art courses and advertising, and by the mid -»20s he was making his first films.

Average comedy that is much better than what I'd think this would be, American Dreamz had good moments of laughter.

Not perfect - the film is made on a tight budget and sometimes it shows - but this is so much better written than every other American comedy this year (apart from Burn After Reading) that it is embarrassing.

The Incredible Jessica James, which debuted Friday on Netflix, has a title that feels better suited to a Marvel drama than a romantic comedy.

His dramatic performance here is one of the best in his career, showing that he can do more than neurotic comedy.

It's nice to see Arnett playing something other than an emotionally stunted man - child, and if the pilot for Up All Night didn't make me guffaw all that much, it passed by pleasantly and it was good to see that creator Emily Spivey was able to wring comedy from the new - parent situation without using the same dozen baby jokes we've all seen 200 times before.

You might call it a black comedy of errors, but the humorous side of the film is less well executed than Slattery's impeccable creation of a certain neighborhood feel.

Worth watching and at any rate better than another of the uncountable amount of romantic comedies.

Debut writer - director Chris Kelly, a writer on «SNL,» digs in rather than relying on contrived, movie - ready set pieces (as in the similar «The Hollars»), making this gay «Garden State» rich with naturalistic comedy as well as beautifully touching moments.

«The Intervention,» it must be said, is also just a really entertaining drama — a feel - good movie that doesn't try so desperately to be a feel - good movie, partly because DuVall relies more on situational comedy than straight up jokes.

But it might have been better if it had focused on comedy first, politics second, rather than the other way around.

Following his other 2017 effort, the sex comedy bomb of The Layover, William H. Macy is better than Krystal, as proven by his own distinguished acting resume and 2014 directorial debut and festival favorite Rudderless.

«Sisters» could have been even better with a tighter runtime, but thanks to the excellent chemistry between its two leads, as well as some hilarious supporting turns by John Cena and Greta Lee, it's a mostly enjoyable comedy that's a lot raunchier than expected.

No one makes indie improvisational comedies fixated on placid relationship observations better than Joe Swanberg.

Other than that, Modern Family won almost everything else in the comedy category (including Best Direction, even though the majority of those nominees were women, one of them having directed an episode of Modern Family, but whatever).