Sentences with phrase «classic odd couple»

Danny Glover's cautious family man and Mel Gibson's loose unit are LAPD officers following the classic odd couple dynamic as they crack all manner of criminal cases from drug rings to arms trades.

A classic odd couple: Hilary Swank as Mary Bee Cuddy and Tommy Lee Jones as George Briggs in «The Homesman»

Indeed, the Dublin native is simply sublime in the classic odd couple crime caper alongside the similarly underrated Cheadle, with the chalk and cheese characterisations perfectly complimenting John Michael's snappy script.

They're a classic odd couple: Stiller the neurotic, uptight Jewish guy, Wilson the impossibly laidback WASP, but as «Zoolander» and cop parody «Starsky & Hutch» demonstrated, their personas could stretch to far more than just that, even while they always prove perfectly complementary.

Not exact matches

It's got a classic buddy - cop setup, with a mismatched pair of homicide investigators — but our odd couple, Juan (Javier Gutiérrez) and Pedro (Raúl Arévalo), are a charming drunken fascist and a sensitive liberal democrat.

Classic, funny, and enjoyable, The Odd Couple works primarily because of the strong performances by the two leads, Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.

The Kids Are All Right, an adorably high - spirited romp from Laurel Canyon director Lisa Cholodenko, is an indie film (with glossy studio production values) about a suburban family standing up to a threat from without; plundering from Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Odd Couple and Meet the Parents, it's a classic Hollywood domestic comedy with a mischievous twist.

While not exactly on par with action classics like Rambo, or even close to the guilty pleasures of Daylight or Cliffhanger, Bullet To The Head is an adequate odd couple revenge thriller in the vein of Rush Hour, Taken, or Die Hard With A Vengeance.

The original «Odd Couple» television series, which ran from 1970 - 75, is a hard - to - follow classic but, given that it was an adaptation to begin with (of a 1968 movie starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon, which itself was based on a Neil Simon play) the show is not sacrosanct.

Their odd - couple friendship will appeal to readers of books like Lost & Found, and Evans» authentic period tone evokes the subtle charm of midcentury classics like I Capture the Castle.