Sentences with phrase «comedic tone»

The strange, comedic tone of «Body» won't be for everyone, but it's an interesting piece of art regardless.

It just feels so powerfully dated and yet incompetent when it comes to maintaining a consistent comedic tone or building interesting characters.

Like its predecessor, the»90s version wins you over with a clever premise, compelling characters, and easy - to - embrace comedic tone.

All this is portrayed in a dark comedic tone with operatic style music punctuating the action.

Neither Gillespie nor writer Steven Rogers has the sensibility to lucidly, subtly navigate the black comedic tone for which they reach.

The film provides an endless slew of impressive, punk tracks, most notably a dangerously clever usage of Dead Kennedys» «Nazi Punks Fuck Off» which adds as much to the film's comedic tone as it does the foreboding sense of threat all around these characters.

Even though a lot of the scares weren't as effective for me in this film because of the more comedic tone, I could definitely see the impact and effect they had on the audience, so I'm sure those segments work.

David Shrigley's distinctive comedic tone draws on everyday situations and human interactions to create self - reflexive artworks.

It's got a pretty impressive cast to go along with it while presenting a dark comedic tone while likely presenting some real emotional depth through the poetry the main character writes and the apparent conflicts he faces within the timeline of the story.

With a ludicrous plot and a light - hearted, comedic tone in the midst of serious, epic film series, it should've been a train wreck the way similar entries have been for Superman and Batman.

Despite some heavy handed moments in the story, the dialogue didn't actually veer too far from the optimistic, often comedic tone of the original Advance Wars and other Intelligent System produced games.

THR's sources say that the «heavy comedic tone» of the Channing Tatum - led film led the studio to moving it from February 14 (the same weekend Deadpool debuted in 2016) to a more traditional summer movie date.

Starlet is a unique film with just a touch of blackly comedic tones over the usually quirky May - December friendship plot.

Melfi strikes a too comedic tone over the indignity of Johnson's challenge in merely using the bathroom though.

Ben Stiller is phenomenal, Elizabeth Marvel has the best comedic tone and timing in the bunch, Dustin Hoffman kills it as the patriarch, Emma Thompson's Maureen is wonderful, and even Danny's daughter Eliza is very good.

Steve spoke with us about the project's origins, the film's unique comedic tone, finding his actors, the film's unique mix of genres, and more.

The film's often comedic tone gives it a quirky charm, but seriously diminishes its ability to frighten.

Severe memory loss is often played for drama and suspense, but Samantha's re-evaluation of her life maintains an utterly comedic tone.

In a film like this, that heavily relies on its script and quick wit and humor, Brice, who both writes and directs, relies far too much on the physical comedic tones rather than focusing on strong characters with a clearly defined destinations.

Which is why the jaunty, decidedly urbane Family Plot is such a surprise, a gentle caper entangling a fake spiritualist and a fiendish diamond thief, its essentially comedic tone took Hitch back to»30s British larks like Young and Innocent or The Lady Vanishes.

While that film had a broadly comedic tone, it showed enough of a handling of actors and themes enough to bode well for his inevitable big screen debut.

BD: In terms of the tone, are you staying in line with the largely comedic tone of Army of Darkness, or do you plan on reverting to the more horror - oriented feel of the first two films?

Does the trailer's comedic tone suggest a game more like Dead Rising?

For one, the first half enjoys a much broader and livelier comedic tone.

II spends only a little time with the teenaged Joe, continuing the mostly comedic tone of Vol.

With his easygoing approach to narrative and free - wheeling comedic tone, Richard Linklater might be the patron saint of Texas filmmaking.

The hook with Baywatch is the self - aware comedic tone inherited from the 21 Jump Street reboot and its sequel.

Mixing comedy and tragedy is nothing new, but what writer / directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Bad Santa) have concocted is a dizzyingly fast paced story of hyper camp, criminal, love - bird misfits whose obliviousness to their own ridiculous tragedy is shot in such a bright comedic tone it feels almost cruel to watch.

Euston is known for casting projects with a similar comedic tone like «Girls,» «GLOW,» and Lyonne - starrer, «Orange is the New Black.»

An effervescent Jennifer Lawrence elevates the sly comedic tone of David O Russell's eccentric film.

He brings much of that sense of humor and mirthfully dark comedy to Better Off Dead, which toys around with more serious issues without ever losing the light comedic tone.

While the idea makes for some amusing scenes and a varied approach to zombies, it's wasted on a misguided film that has a devastatingly odd comedic tone.

Agents of Mayhem is a spinoff of Saints Row and includes characters and the same comedic tone that made that series great.

Kung Fu Panda Year: 2008 Directors: Mark Osborne, John Stevenson Like Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle, DreamWorks» Kung Fu Panda punctuates its light - hearted, comedic tone with surprisingly poignant moments along with nonstop homages to a giant list of truly classic Kung Fu films, often scene by scene.

Fantastic differs by opting for a lighter, more comedic tone and, by delaying a specific plot until its final act, reveling in the wonder of colorful personalities and their acquisition of strange powers.

Scafaria begins her end - of - days scenario with a darkly comedic tone.

He is rare among today's American filmmakers in being able to maintain a consistent comedic tone of not - so - dumb crassness.

THR says Fox believes Gambit, which is said to have «a heavy comedic tone,» would fare better as a summer movie than a late winter / early spring release.

The frantic pace, built - in tournament support and comedic tone of Western Press caught the eye of Twitch during development and it can today be revealed that it will be the first round game of the streaming broadcaster's super serious, super salty PJ Saltan of Stream tournament.

Each of these people gets a chance to state their peace, and they're joined by an eccentric supporting cast of caricatures that includes Jeff's supremely dumb best friend (Paul Walter Hauser as Shawn Eckhardt), Tonya's very presentable skating coach (Julianne Nicholson as Diane Rawlinson), and the former «Hard Copy» reporter who helped turn Tanya's story into a national pile - on (Bobby Cannavale, whose hair alone helps to cement the movie's comedic tone).

HISHE Studios turns its attention this week to Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok for the latest edition of «How It Should Have Ended,» playing up the hit sequel's dark, comedic tone, and having some fun at the expense of the god of thunder.

The film debuted at the Toronto Film Festival where its performances — especially from Janney and Robbie — were given high praise, as well as the way the movie balanced its comedic tone with the way it portrayed the facts and still grounded Harding in humanity.

His crimes --- the subject of an equally unconvincing trial — sit uneasily with the comedic tone.

This film was deemed to be a Comedy horror film; the comedic tone of the film is flat and virtually nonexistent and the film's material has a much darker tone in retrospect.

Despite an abundance of mostly tepid jokes that keeps the comedic tone at a quiet simmer, «Bridget Jones's Baby» doesn't jell.

The film is very much a festive follow - up to director Michael Dougherty's vastly underrated 2007 Halloween film Trick r» Treat (which I stupidly didn't spotlight in my October Horror series) so fans of that film's darkly comedic tone should be right at home here, although, in my view Krampus is not quite as good as that earlier effort.