Sentences with phrase «clever satire»

Don't let the fact that The» Burbs is incredibly silly and funny distract you from the fact that it is also an incredibly clever satire on the veneer of the American Dream.

MR. AND MRS. SMITH probably started life as a script that was a very clever satire on the state of modern matrimony.

It is basically a clever satire of how our society sees relationships.

Andrew Niccol's clever satire Simone combines the two, as Viktor Taransky (Al Pacino), an arty director whose career is spiraling downward, replaces a spoiled star with a computer - generated beauty synthesized from earlier movie stars.

At 46, Paul Rudd has a terrific career in comedy, including raucous silliness (Anchorman 2), clever satire (They Came Together), rom - coms (Admission) and indie comedy - dramas (Prince Avalance) in the last two years alone.

The music however, is well - done and the comedy delivers some clever satire.

Completely original, trippy, and clever satire about Asian kids who can get away with anything as long as it looks like they've conformed to society's general stereotypes of their race.

Naylor is a cynic, and Thank You for Smoking is a clever satire.

Not exact matches

'' EDtv,» Howard's latest clever - concept production, looks, for a while, like it might shake free of the director's usual Velveeta patness, if only because the movie itself comes on as a hip, knowing satire of the packaged omnivorousness of contempo TV culture.

Critic Consensus: Though it occasionally stalls, Talladega Nights» mix of satire, clever gags, and excellent ensemble performances put it squarely in the winner's circle.

The Simpsons still finds out how to bring a few laughs of its bizarre social satire, but in its 27th season it lacks much of its charm, originality and clever writing, enough to consider the show's possibly retirement.

As political satires go, it's broad and obvious, seldom clever.

Critic Consensus: This satire on the art world is at times both clever and shallow, but its top - notch cast generates plenty of goodwill.

In the end, the whole enterprise comes off as too clever for its own good, a social satire without a clear target.

Review: Jordan Peele's clever horror - satire «Get Out» is an overdue Hollywood response to our racial anxiety

Director Becca Wolff keeps the comic pacing pretty crisp, adding some extra slasher satire to the smooth changes of James Faerron's clever set as the action shifts back and forth from the terrific roadster that Lexi's driving to a midnight movie, with Jess, in their Northern California hometown to the fast - food and kitsch - cluttered «U Conn» (pronounced «Yukon») dorm room she shares with Katharine Chin's digital - media - engulfed Yoonji.

Despite a few clever gags and some very funny asides from the mugging Price, viewers expecting a Monty Python - style satire of horror films will be rather disappointed.

The horror movie / social satire, which plays with the very real fears that come with being a young black man in today's America, is a confident, assured work crammed full of wit, clever twists and surprising depth.

After the snappy, clever 2011 original, this sequel feels rather lazy by comparison: it's still visually colourful and sometimes witty, but the overcrowded story is all over the place, mixing wacky slapstick and corny satire...

It's exactly the clever jab at 21st century vanity this franchise should own; instead, with its delusions of comedic grandeur, it turns into the same navel - gazing that its satire has been designed point out.

With its clever blend of satire and thrills, it felt like Lee had got his mojo back after a decade or more working in either little - seen documentaries or low - key features.

Also, the movie's main shortcoming is that it does not always walk the line between a satire and a screwball comedy, which may not appeal to casual fans of the Coen brothers and sometimes takes away from the clever dialogue.

East is East is a very funny film that expertly mixes an interesting context ripe for satire with both clever and daft comedy.

Ten more: S. Craig Zahler's Brawl in Cell Block 99, a violent yarn with an indomitable Vince Vaughn performance; BPM, a moving look at AIDS activists in Paris; Before I Fall, a teen Groundhog Day; Luca Guadagnino's Call Me by Your Name, a lush holiday at an Italian villa; Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk, with its ingenious time - shifting narrative; Alexander Payne's social comedy Downsizing; William Oldroyd's Lady Macbeth, a period piece with bite; the uneven but lively satire The Square; Steven Soderbergh's clever heist picture Logan Lucky; and the Twilight Zone vibe of The Killing of a Sacred Deer.

While The Cabin in the Woods is a bit of a mixed bag in terms of delivering laughs, scares or thrills, it manages to be a cut above most horror satires through its clever premise and abundant imagination.

Ironically, it is those clever details that will likely lead Dick to suffer the same weak box office fate that befell another savvy satire, last spring's Election — it is simply too smart (and, in this case, too historical) for its targeted teen audience.

It used to be a nominally clever social satire but there's very little substance to the show anymore, unless you count the rampant nudity, sex, reckless parenting and copious amounts of drug use.

This clever comedy from the Swedish director of Force Majeure offers art - world satire alongside bigger questions about how we behave toward others.

«Super Sad True Love Story» is a clever, trenchant satire of our near future, poking fun at homeland security, social network communication, corporate culture, the degradation of language, youth obsession, first - generation - immigrant sensibilities, delusions of inferiority, religious observance, the coarsening of fashion, fiscal irresponsibility, privatization of state functions, bipartisanship, our portable computers, and senseless infatuation.

Timson obviously relishes his role as reader of this nostalgic tale, rich in broad satire and clever irony.

Julia Elliott's debut novel, The New and Improved Romie Futch, zips between various genres, from Southern gothic to sci - fi satire, in a clever, wildly imaginative romp through the landscape of the South and the neural pathways of one man's brain.

ExtraGuy — «DLC Quest is a pretty clever little bit of satire and is worth a look if you've ever been peeved by the price of horse armor these days.»

Sometimes it's hard to know if things you encounter in the climate debate are real, or clever works of fiction or satire.

Steyn and Simberg (who are not scientists) made comments about Mann that were intended to be humorous and clever in the context of political satire, rather than seriously argued professional assessments of Mann's research.