Sentences with phrase «classified as a comedy»

It's classified as a comedy for the purposes of the Golden Globes, but there are fewer jokes than there were in The Wolf of Wall Street, a movie this evokes enough to categorize as a spiritual sequel or companion piece.

Where those shows are often classified as comedy - dramas, «Samantha» settles for the first part.

Or that Meryl Streep's lead actress nomination for «August: Osage County,» the screen version of Tracy Letts» Pulitzer Prize - winning drama, is in comedy, no matter that the work owes as much to Eugene O'Neill as it does to Edward Albee, or that Julia Roberts» nomination for supporting actress in the film doesn't get classified as comedy or drama.

It would be a serious contender at the Golden Globes if it were classified as a Comedy or Musical.

They almost classified it as a comedy.

I laughed out loud during this movie, so I partly classify it as a comedy.

For the remaining 90 %, I sat stone - faced, staring, often shaking my head in disbelief that someone would actually think that what was happening on screen could be classified as comedy.

For awards purposes, St. Vincent will be classified as a comedy, which should virtually guarantee that Murray picks up a fifth Golden Globe nomination.

Speaking of comedy, I can't believe the movie is being somewhat classified as a comedy.

Oddly, the studio's spine genre label classifies this as a Comedy.

Though beneficially classified as a Comedy or Musical by the Golden Globes like Russell's two previous films, Joy is not as consistently funny as those and even the drama - classified The Fighter.

Holofcener's work is often classified as comedy of manners, but at her best she trades in something much more resonant — the comedy of mores.

While Garibaldi's Lovers is classified as a comedy, there are few obvious laughs to be found.

Not exact matches

It can't be classified as a drama or even a dark comedy because it simply isn't fleshed out enough.

Frank Capra's It Happened One Night would seem to have all the earmarks of the great Hollywood genre the screwball comedy, but the jury has long been out on whether it can be classified that way, as it was released in 1934, a couple of years before...

Linklater films always have some comedy and though this may be primarily classified as a drama, the levity sprinkled throughout is tasteful and complementary.

Although there is one upside to the Golden Globes classifying Jordan Peele's hit «social thriller» Get Out as a comedy — namely, that it's more likely to win big awards in that less competitive category — there are also several compelling reasons to oppose the decision.

How many of these predominantly CG - animated movies aren't readily classified as a family comedy?

Though Fighter is classified as drama and this competed in Comedy or Musical categories, the two films have similar DNA with their interests in large, short - tempered families, the world of sports, and trying to be better people.

During that stretch, the only nominees that could be classified as «comedies» have been The Grand Budapest Hotel, American Hustle, and The Descendants, each of which also has some other element — be it fantastical whimsy, criminal intrigue, or adult drama — that muddies their genre.

The idea of the sad clown is as old as comedy itself, and yet it'd be too easy to classify Rick Alverson's new film — which revolves around the existential journey of a standup performer — as just another in the long line of stories about depressed funnymen and th...

As mentioned, you'd likely classify the film as a comedy due to the number of expertly choreographed comic set pieces, which are duly hilariouAs mentioned, you'd likely classify the film as a comedy due to the number of expertly choreographed comic set pieces, which are duly hilariouas a comedy due to the number of expertly choreographed comic set pieces, which are duly hilarious.

The Butler claims it is inspired by a true story and whereas Gump is largely a comedy, this can only be classified as a drama.

Midnight in Paris is a romantic comedy — hate that Woody Allen movies are classified the same way as Jennifer Aniston movies, it's totally NOT the same — described by the studio to be «(the celebration of) a young man's great love for Paris, and simultaneously explores the illusion people have that a life different from their own is better.»

Still, it's overdramatic to classify Chicken Little as anything more than a CG comedy which did not meet its potential.

Comedy traffic schools, like IMPROV Traffic School, employ a special breed of instructors, best classified as teacher / stand - up comedian hybrids, who take what could be, in other hands, a boring tedious must - get - through curriculum, and turn it into several hours of laugh - while - you - learn driver remediation.