Sentences with phrase «comedic films»

I don't think I'm good at making comedic films and work mostly in the more dramatic kind of fare.

It's often difficult to find real, meaningful character development in comedic films.

It is a delightful little picture about dreadful, vile people, easily one of the more watchable and entertaining comedic films of the year.

The one exception has been Tyler Perry, whose more comedic films have passed the $ 50 million mark and even rose as high as $ 90 M with his drag act Madea in a title role.

Raising Arizona is directed by the Coen Brothers who are just amazing when it comes to comedic films, except their most recent which I am not a fan of Burn After Reading.

He first gained national exposure on Saturday Night Live and later went on to star in a number of critically and commercially successful comedic films, including Caddyshack (1980), Ghostbusters (1984), and Groundhog Day (1993).

Suddenly, every comedic film was being compared to The Farrelly Bros., and screenwriters rushed to fill their scripts with gross - out humor.

Allison Janney's performance as Tonya's unapologetically abrasive and filthy - mouthed mother (LaVona Golden) is reason enough to view the dark, yet comedic film.

Below, we present twelve overlooked comedic film performances.

2015 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL: There's a point during Patrick Brice «s darkly comedic film «The Overnight» where the humor goes from infectiously enjoyable to awkwardly unnerving.

And even though it's a comedic film, I had to tone down the «funny» in order to play this bad guy.

Directed by Mark Pellington, best known for the psychological thriller «Arlington Road,» this darkly comedic film follows a depressed man, Henry Poole (Luke Wilson), who buys a house in the mediocre suburbs of Southern California.

Nevertheless, audiences find these moments utterly hilarious when we see them happen again and again in a comedic film.

Draft Day would appear to be the least comedic film he's directed to date.

The A.V. Club's own Ignatiy Vishnevetsky called the The Lobster, the latest surreal, darkly comedic film from Dogtooth director Yorgos Lanthimos, «funny,» «unsettling,» and, «occasionally gruesome» when he watched it at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

But while Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi has already expressed interest in doing a comedic film centered around Black Widow, the studio should probably opt to make the movie a, pre serious espionage thriller, and it already has the perfect directorial team in Joe and Anthony Russo.

10:15 am — TCM — The Man Who Came to Dinner A rare comedic film for Bette Davis, though the film mainly focuses on Monty Woolley as an acerbic newspaper critic forced to take up residence with a midwestern family when he breaks his hip outside their house.

8:00 pm — TCM — The Man Who Came to Dinner A rare comedic film for Bette Davis, though the film mainly focuses on Monty Woolley as an acerbic newspaper critic forced to take up residence with a midwestern family when he breaks his hip outside their house.

He has gone on to direct films in a variety of genres like his horror film Prey, the comedic film True Memoirs of an International Assassin, and the action thriller Non-Stop.

Alright, so this probably won't get Nats Oscar ® number two for best supporting actress, nor will it go down in history as the greatest comedic film of our time — but what it will do is make you laugh.

Slapstick violence is a staple of this comedic film with characters being hit, electrocuted, run over, dragged behind vehicles and attacked by piranhas.

Adventurous French director Bruno Dumont will be going to Cannes for the sixth time with this comedic film set in 1910; if it's like his other work, it'll be divisive.

No other comedic film - maker in the past decade has been as prolific, influential and just as damn ubiquitous as Judd Apatow.

Not one comedic film has won an Academy award since 1977.

Not exact matches

Singh's videos, usually filmed at home, take the form of personal comedic monologues and skits about banal but relatable topics.

Known best for his comedic work, Keaton faced a near universal fan backlash when announced for the 1989 film.

In honor of the comedic genius and award - winning actor's birthday, we look back at 10 of his most poignant statements in life and film.

The ad's breakout huckster, Maxime Talbot, ended up filming more commercials for this car dealership based on the success of his comedic performance.

Falstaff is far from the only comedic pole of the film — in fact, Hal's rival and foil Hotspur, sometimes played as a dashing, formidable opponent, is something of a buffoon in Norman Rodway's portrayal.

«What an audience expects of a contemporary Western is that it will either largely conform to the classic pattern of extolling the heroism of the cowboy, often a lawman cowboy, who has to defend the right in a wild setting, or, that the film will seek to undermine this pattern by means comedic or serious.

An established actress in film and television, she performed in dramatic and comedic roles for more than ten years.

I will admit that I have yet to fully see the 1st Thor film, but Ragnarok is comedic gold... Here's why...

The pure, comedic aspirations of the middle block of this film are totally unique for a horror film.

I love anime, regular cartoons, video games, comedic sitcoms, and films, including comic based ones.

Directed by Wes Anderson who co-wrote the film with Owen Wilson, the movie breaks new comedic ground.

Instead, the film closes on a positive note of contentment, not comedic catastrophe, displaying a gentle nature that lasts longer than any act of piercing punctuation.

The macabre comedic undertones are reminiscent of a Coen brothers film like «Blood Simple.»

Let the Sunshine In, the closest thing to a rom - com that Denis has made since Friday Night (a film that's tender yet tormented, and not particularly comedic), feels, thematically and formally, like an epilogue to her favorite theme.

In order for that relationship to develop without contact, the film provides each participant with someone approximating the usual romantic comedic confidant.

It's clear almost immediately that filmmaker Shawn Levy just doesn't have the right sensibility for this material, as the director, known for his fluffy, decidedly comedic offerings, has infused This Is Where I Leave You with a terminally lightweight feel that grows more and more problematic as time progresses - as the absence of authentically heartfelt moments ultimately proves disastrous (ie the film possesses the feel of a glorified sitcom, for the most part).

Universal in theme, the film explores the bonds that unite families in touching, dramatic, and comedic ways.

While Day - Lewis gave a dramatic, and at times humorous, portrayal of Lincoln, several of the film's supporting cast, including Tommy Lee Jones, James Spader and John Hawkes, also gave the movie emotional support and comedic relief.

Ferrell has become a forced comedian, he just never looks at home in this film and the comedic moments are too predictable.

And Gordon's got Jeffrey Combs in one of the great comedic performances (undoubtedly so, as Jim Carrey aped Combs in most of his films to box office success) but he's also got a very difficult role for David Gale.

Neil LaBute's debut film was an adaptation of his own darkly comedic 1992 play, and its provocative, Mamet-esque dialogue marked the writer - director as a rising star in indie film world in the late 1990s, while also launching the career of star Aaron Eckhart, here playing one of a pair of coworkers seeking cruel revenge against women.

But given that the film requires little of him other than comedic timing, that's not really a fair criticism.

Lauded documentary filmmaker Morris (The Fog of War, The Thin Blue Line) makes the jump to narrative films with this darkly comedic adaptation of We Froze The First Man, the memoir by TV - repairman turned cryonics pioneer Bob Nelson.

Often reviled in his native United States but worshipped as a genius throughout much of Europe and especially France, Lewis took slapstick comedy to new realms of absurdity and outrageousness, his anarchic vision dividing audiences who found him infantile and witless from those who applauded the ambitions of his sight gags, his subversions of standard comedic patterns, and his films» acute criticisms of American values.

Aside from the undercurrent of pathos, it's James Franco's impeccable comedic timing that is the film's ace in the hole.

This is a pointless romantic comedic with a bad cast (aside from J.K Simmons, who's wasted here), this film is terrible.