Sentences with phrase «comedic actors»

Many comedic actors have tried to transition into serious roles to laughably poor results.

Entire scenes consist of Robin Williams ad - libbing his way in and out of conversations, with his supporting cast of comedic actors following his lead.

Born on August 26, 1970, in Plainfield, Illinois, Melissa McCarthy grew up in the suburbs of Chicago but went on to be one of the most popular female comedic actors of her time.

The box office success of films such as Bringing Down The House, Cheaper By the Dozen 2, and Father Of The Bride Part II have established him as one of Hollywood's most popular comedic actors.

While the comedic actors are equal - opportunity satirists, there are a few source movies that they won't touch — docs that are «too grim,» in Armisen's words, for starters.

Still, since 1957, comedic actors and actress have been nominated and won Oscars for their work in film.

Over the years, many great comedic actors like Charlie Chaplin in 1949's «The Great Dictator» have been nominated for best supporting or best actor awards, but the list of comedians who have actually taken home the top prizes at the Oscars is surprisingly short.

The cast includes a variety of great comedic actors like Nick Offerman (Greg's Dad) and Molly Shannon (Rachel's Mom).

Over the past couple of years, Jason Bateman has become one of my favorite comedic actors.

Meanwhile Rose Byrne, Dax Shepard, Kathryn Hahn, Connie Britton, Adam Driver and Corey Stoll give authentic performances that nonetheless don't particularly stretch them as comedic actors.

It's as charming and genial as you're ever likely to find in a movie, with a smart premise, very good locale work, and an ensemble of talented comedic actors who are cast perfectly.

The report states that comedic actors Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly have been cast to play Laurel & Hardy, respectively, and will begin filming later this year.

If you'd like to know the essence of the comedic approach employed in Epic Movie, it's that they've hired a bunch of comedic actors who look or act similar to those found in the big - budget movies, give them funny names similar to the characters found in those movies, then proceed to find a way for them to get hit in the face, stomach, or in most cases, their testicles.

Sasha Baron Cohen is one of the only comedic actors that has the guts to take on a few sensitive issues and despite dabbling a little gross out humor, he always delivers over his American counterparts when it comes to comedy.

Melissa McCarthy has been positioning herself as one of the great comedic actors of the 21st century for quite some time now.

As funny as those films are, what they all have is some inspiration in their plots, and a good cast of comedic actors all around for Murphy to play against.

Sad when so many comedic actors have trouble making a comedy funny; a sequel to an iconic film that they already starred in.

In a cast widely composed of recognizable comedic actors, few are allowed to do anything amusing.

Like many comedic actors he recycles a formula that makes his characters indistinguishable from one another.

and Adam Brody also star, but I'm just as excited for the supporting performances from comedic actors like Alia Shawkat, Aubrey Plaza, and Zach Woods.

Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis are great comedic actors, so their involvement is a huge plus, but the casting for the bosses might be even better.

For such a ribald farce, when there are laughs, they are mild, and hardly the knee - slappers you'd expect from a game cast of comedic actors.

Anyone familiar with the modern day comedic actors on film or television will probably recognize almost everyone, and they all are incredibly funny.

The uniquely «meta» film, an extended and higher - budgeted remake of an unreleased short film Rogen and co-star Jay Baruchel (Goon, Fanboys) had made about six years prior («Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse»), casts the large ensemble of real - life comedic actors, all playing satirical versions of themselves, while reacting in hilarious ways to the over-the-top craziness that surrounds them.

Matheson probably shouldn't get all of the blame for the terrible comedy of this film, as it appears that the cast of mostly comedic actors had free reign to ad - lib as much as they wanted, though rarely do they have something funny to say.

You have Julie and Billy and Maggie, who are not typically comedic actors, but are so devoted to making things real that I felt like lending that to this movie would give it an original spin.

The film is elevated by the central performances of Anna Kendrick and Sam Rockwell, both established comedic actors who display their instantly loveable charisma and comedic timing, a pair who thankfully share genuine chemistry on - screen.

It contains several familiar comedic actors and the premise sounds intriguing.

The comedic actors do manage to portray their respective characters well enough, but nearly all of them are underwritten, relying on one character trait to define them in an instant — the dumb one says dumb things, the fat one (Frost, Hot Fuzz) only wants sex, the lesbian only is there for lesbian jokes, the bureaucrat only wants death to pirate radio, etc..

So we have a solid bunch of comedic actors, a solid, if carefree, premise, and a couple of hours of running time.

Steve Carell adds himself to the long list of distinguished comedic actors who have made the crossover to dramatic acting with terrific results, Alan Arkin yet again shines as one of the all time great character actors and Toni Collette excels as the emotional core of the film.

I've always gravitated toward comedic actors to work with... hell, to live with... to be friends with.

The jokes are without any humor value, the script is a shamefully lazy patchwork of derivative ideas, and the character model of Garfield continues to look grotesque, while voiced in a terrible, grating fashion from one of my favorite comedic actors, Bill «Not interested in Ghostbusters 3, but Garfield 2 is OK» Murray.

Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, and DeVito himself star in it, and they're certainly fine comedic actors.

Are we supposed to take away that by casting all of these comedic actors that can also do drama that it's funny and ironic that they are the ones going into war to save the art?

As I preface with every movie I review starring Kevin Hart, it must be said that I don't understand the hate for the guy, and genuinely think he is one of the more gifted comedians and comedic actors on the scene today.

Writer - director Rawson Marshall Thurber has gathered together a team of talented comedic actors for his first film and given them one joke to stretch to feature - length.

When he has strong comedic actors around him who have more than bit parts he's funnier.

The Emoji Movie was dead on arrival in theaters in 2017, and remains among the more perplexing and hated movies of the year, despite the star power of Stewart and comedic actors T.J. Miller, James Corden, Maya Rudolph, Jennifer Coolidge and Steven Wright.

Also open to comedic actors.

Hader and Wiig have been comedic actors for so long, it is refreshing to see them shake off their origins and tackle something with added bite.

The best comedic actors are often relegated to a very particular box, one that pushes us to act totally dumbfounded when they happen to deliver a great dramatic performance.

In the past, both actors have proven to not only be great comedic actors, as Scott has starred in Step Brothers and Party Down and Robinson has had major roles in Pineapple Express and This is the End, but also talented dramatic actors.

Not that you'd really want it any other way, as you know you're going to get more jokes per minute than nearly any other comedy out there, and one of the funnier deadpan comedic actors in Leslie Nielsen (Nuts, Soul Man).

«And we were just lucky to put together a group of actors who got that and understood it wasn't to be made into a comedy, but their experience as comedic actors gives them a take [on the material].»

During their brief stopover in San Francisco, we talked everything from Community getting renewed for a fifth, improbable season, to winning the aforementioned Academy Award, to the differences between adapting source material from another medium and writing an original screenplay, to character development, and casting The Way, Way Back with some of the better (if not the best) comedic actors of their (and our) generation.

show of now successful comedic actors, Freaks and Geeks) and starred Cameron Diaz in a role that promised us a side of her we'd never really seen before.

The main cast has great chemistry, and they're aided by several well known comedic actors in supporting roles.

Given these well - known restraints, the film could have simply been a platform to mock vampire films, but instead has incredibly talented comedic actors to sell the humor.

There are plenty of great comedic actors throughout, including Bobby Moynihan as a profoundly uncool friend who spirals into a hilariously manic drug haze.