Disappointingly, Yorgos Lanthimos» latest isn't nearly as densely packed with ideas as The Lobster or Dogtooth were — but
the bone dry humour of the film comes close to making up for that.
Yet Hausner's films are permeated with
bone dry humour and a sense of the absurd.
Mirroring the decaying Detroit with the crumbling Tangiers, it's a masterpiece of darkly stoned atmosphere and
bone dry humour, set against a mesmerising and eclectic drone soundtrack.
Not exact matches
With its story built out of substantial but discrete blocks, many of them notable for their
bone -
dry humour, it sometimes calls to mind the dark comedies of Östlund's fellow Swede Roy Andersson, albeit with a less surreally heightened visual style.
While a microscopic budget and somewhat misguided premise create constant irritations, this British comedy has such a
bone -
dry sense of
humour that it can't help but keep the audience laughing.