Sentences with phrase «by repartee»

Not exact matches

This human dullness makes it easy for the authors to show a machine shining by comparison, simply by ascribing a scintilla of subtlety to robotic repartee.

Comedian definition, a professional entertainer who amuses by relating anecdotes, acting out comical situations, engaging in humorous repartee, etc..

But the theme was disguised by fun, thrills and repartee.

During witty repartee with «Max,» Ethan reemphasized that the disk sold to her by Job was «worthless... it's bait, part of an internal molehunt,» and told her he wanted to ask Job why he had been «disavowed» - he then promised to «deliver the actual NOC list,» while warning her not to open up the «worthless» disk that was equipped with a homing device, that would automatically summon CIA agents within no more than 10 minutes.

Even those who get a few laughs out of the title character's multidirectionally insulting repartee, delivered with relish by Woody Harrelson in the title role, may wonder what's so special about the source material.

Less obvious to mark are close - ups of the otherwise wonderful Alison Janney's oddly feral gape sharing time with the stunningly inappropriate repartee shared by George and Nina in majestically uncomfortable social situations.

Phil is distinguished by his white trash look, sporting some mean looking mutton - chop sideburns and by his dullness in repartee that is dumber than dumb.

The action (choreographed by Tony Basil) is snappy and engaging, the costume changes aplenty, and there's even a pinch of repartee between numbers.

With an insipid song by Babyface and Lisa Stansfield punctuating epiphanies, and extended - metaphor repartee («I was misfiled by life,» «Wan na curl up with a good book?»)

Unfortunately, the two films bear only a superficial resemblance to each other given that the latter's witty repartee has been supplanted here by the vulgar brand of humor demanded by diehard Sandler fans.

Second, their no - holds - barred repartee makes the road movie concept fun again, as it features the two venturing out to see Americana, while encountering other wandering souls (one played by Selena Gomez) along the way.

It's not even a good representation of 1980s films, by the way, with lackluster action sequences and agonizingly grating repartee.

Many of the most horrifying parts of The Silence Of The Lambs are in its quiet sexual insinuations, particularly the way Clarice Starling is eyed by other men and the flirtatious repartee she builds with Hannibal Lecter.

Be forewarned, this Cameron Diaz vehicle seizes on any excuse to serve up crude fare whether by having the heroine engage in relentlessly - vulgar repartee or merely prance around suggestively scantily clad.

Unfortunately, the dialogue, unlike Shrek 1's which was formerly marked by witty repartee and clever allusions to classic cartons and nursery rhymes, has been replaced by unimaginative exchanges lifted out of the hack screenplay handbook.

Portrayed with fire and resolve by Jessica Chastain, Molly Bloom is still very much a Sorkin character, prone to the rapid - fire repartee that Sorkin excels at.

What The Lincoln Lawyer lacks in structural neatness, it makes up with energy and verbal repartee, buoyed by McConaughey's innate «good guy» quality.

More intimately scaled than these art - historical antecedents and installed in close quarters at this tiny artist - run gallery, twelve brightly colored, highly patterned works by Lee Arnold, Mark Brosseau, and Meg Lipke reverberate in a visual conversation reminiscent of the sonic repartee between layered tracks of a song.