Sentences with phrase «comedy about a woman»

First impression: This looks like a quirky comedy about a woman (Anne Hathaway) who discovers she's the force behind a giant monster that's terrifying Seoul.

Acquired after its World Premiere at the 2016 Telluride Film Festival, «The Wedding Plan» is an Israeli romantic comedy about a woman with an elaborate wedding in the works and no groom in sight.

Jackson is among those cast in Brie Larson's directorial debut, which is described as an indie comedy about a woman who moves back in with her parents...

Apatow is smart enough to realize that having LeBron James and Tony Romo in speaking parts, will offset the disinterest males might have buying a ticket to a mainstream comedy about a woman.

Adult Life Skills is an off - beat comedy about a woman who's lost, finding herself.

Maggie's Plan (R for profanity and sexuality) Greta Gerwig plays the title character in this romantic comedy about a woman who has second thoughts about having a baby with a married professor (Ethan Hawke) three years after stealing him from his wife (Julianne Moore).

Lebanese writer - director Nadine Labaki keeps the details general in her sharp black musical comedy about women trying to keep the peace in an isolated village populated by equal numbers of Muslims and Christians.

Here's a movie with an impossible setup — a romantic comedy about a woman who decides to get an abortion — that works brilliantly thanks to tactful, confident direction by Gillian Robespierre and a fearless performance from Jenny Slate.

Man Up (R for profanity and sexual references) Romantic comedy about a woman (Lake Bell) unlucky at love who finally finds Mr. Right (Simon Pegg) after being mistaken for his blind date.

According to reports, Imogen Poots will star in a new comedy about a woman whose life gets shaken up by the news of her father's death.

But before you start praising the film for casting someone who's more classically beautiful, I just want to remind you: the Barbie movie is a subversive comedy about a woman who doesn't fit in, in the land of Barbies.

Here's a quick trailer for the upcoming time - loop horror - comedy about a woman who must perpetually relieve the day of her murder until she can deduce who the culprit is.

This back - and - forth leads to a frustrating experience because the girls» story is infinitely more fascinating than their parents, maybe because teen sex comedies about women remain so rare.

Melissa McCarthy is on the loose and up to no good in the new trailer for «Tammy,» her upcoming comedy about a woman who experiences a particularly awful day and then hits the road with her hard - drinking grandmother, played by Susan Sarandon.

Mr. Right (R for violence and pervasive profanity) Romantic comedy about a woman (Anna Kendrick) who becomes smitten with an intriguing suitor (Sam Rockwell) unaware that he's a professional hit man on the run from miffed mobsters.

Spaghetti Code: Abby Koenig's comedy about a woman so desperate to have a baby that she persuades her husband and best friend to procreate.

Not exact matches

Even though Christopher Hitchens» Why Women Aren't Funny is now a few years old, it remains emblematic of his generation's beliefs about a conventional, biological and historical inability to create comedy and humor.

«Fast Money's» Karen Finerman spoke to Kathy Griffin about women in business, in comedy and her investment strategies.

Moira Buffini's comedy speculates on that most provocative of questions: What did the world's most powerful women talk about behind closed palace doors?

If you look up the definition of «badass» in the dictionary, we're pretty sure you'll find a picture of Alison Brie, the star of GLOW, Netflix's hit comedy series about a women's pro-wrestling circuit in the 1980s.

Director: Fred Cavayé Cast: Dany Boon, Lawrence Arné, Noémie Schmidt In this comedy about taking obsession too far, France's maestro of laughter, Dany Boon returns to the screen as François, a middle - aged violinist and compulsive «penny pincher», whose parsimonious ways are upended by the surprise arrival of two new women in his life.

The Real Life of a RomCom Protagonist is a sketch series about Maisie, a real woman who happens to be caught inside the logic of a romantic comedy.

She is also a regular relationship / lifestyle columnist for LA Weekly, Playboy Magazine, Women's Health, MSN and the LA Times and has written about sex and relationships for Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, Showtime, ABC, and Soapnet.

At the amFar New York Gala, Chris Rock joked about Brian Williams» suspension from NBC and about rumors he was dating co-star Rosario Dawson... Rumors have swirled since Chris Rock revealed in a comedy routine he cheated on his ex-wife with three different women, including a big star.

Costarred in Hope Springs, a 2009 BBC comedy - drama series about women ex-cons; and Sirens, a 2011 BBC comedy series about paramedics.

A romantic comedy about lazy rich people on holiday in Italy in the 1930s, it stars Helen Hunt as a gold - digging woman «of a certain age» who's stalking a young married couple — for third - act catharsis reasons you can see coming — and causing snippy, gossipy society people to make snippy, gossipy comments.

Director Ron Howard brings his usual light touch to the proceedings and manages to hold the viewer's interest even through the narrative's oddly action - packed final third (ie once the truth about Hannah's character is revealed, the film becomes more of a thriller than a cute little romantic comedy and there's even a chase sequence as the army attempts to capture the mermaid / woman).

Synopsis: Set to the intoxicating rhythms of Brazil, «Woman on Top» is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music.

For the most part, in the projects that he scripted or co-scripted, he unveiled a propensity for a lightly satirical take on American life.From a qualitative standpoint, Fleming did much to cement his reputation with his much different follow up to Bad Dreams, the 1994 Threesome, a critically favored Gen - X romantic comedy (which the director also scripted) about a ménage - a-trois that «accidentally» transpires in an all - male dorm when a sexy young woman named Alex (Lara Flynn Boyle) is mistaken for a young man.

Set in the back streets and sometimes hidden clubs of Hollywood, Swingers is an ensemble comedy about five guys, all in their twenties, all coping with the mysteries of life and women.

Monroe and Bacall are charming and charismatic as ever, but in an only occasionally amusing (yet outdated and rarely really funny) story about three women trying to catch a rich man to marry - a plot that, let's be honest, may not be everyone's idea of a good, fun comedy.

Great screwball comedy about the transformation of a plain and repressed girl (splendidly played by Irene Dunne) into an eccentric and loving woman.

Too much time is afforded the wheezy old plotline about two World War I aviators (Buddy Rogers, Richard Arlen) in love with the same woman (Jobyna Ralston), while the comedy relief of El Brendel is decidedly not to everyone's taste.

Greta Gerwig who wrote and directed «Lady Bird,» which won Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, noted that «it's been such an incredible year for women in film both as actors and also writers and directors and producers and people who are really coming to the forefront to tell their stories about the world as they know it from where they are standing, and I think that the response to these projects and the support that these projects have gotten and the way that audiences are going to see them or watching them in their homes, I think all of this just makes it so much easier for the next crop of filmmakers who want to tell stories about women.»

We don't get a whole lot of the comedy in the trailer, which makes the film seem like a fairly straightforward drama about a woman's spiritual battles.

Although there have been many films about pregnancy and the fears involved in having a baby, there are angles here not often taken before in comedy, including what goes through a man's mind when having sex with a pregnant woman («I don't want that to be the first thing the baby sees», etc.) that is funny (because it probably actually does go through a man's mind).

Programmed titles could be serious violent dramas or light - hearted family comedies, women - centric or about a wild guy's night out.

If you are looking for a comedy about a group of women who behave well even when things go badly, try Moms» Night Out.

The Brothers Solomon (R for sexuality and profanity) Dysfunctional - family comedy about a couple of romantically - challenged brothers (Will Arnett and Will Forte) in search of a woman willing to mate with one of them in order to fulfill their dying father's (Lee Majors) wish for a grandson.

While other dumb comedies would have made this into some sort of rape scene, the boys decide to play Boggle instead, though the blind Master Wong indulges with a comment nearly under the radar talking about how the «woman» he was with gave him the time of his life.

Co-created by Rae and Larry Wilmore, the HBO hit comedy about the two women navigating work and relationships in south Los Angeles explores the black female experience not really seen onscreen since UPN's Girlfriends.

Some of these movies include «Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping,» a comedy film starring Andy Samberg, which is now in theaters and the longevity of which at the box office remains to be seen; «Central Intelligence,» another comedy which stars Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson and which will be released on June 17; and «The Shallows,» a movie about a woman trying to escape a shark which stars Blake Lively.

The second of 2015's collaborations with her real - life director boyfriend Noah Baumbach, Mistress America was one of the best films at the Sundance Film Festival, an old - school screwball comedy about a young woman who befriends her dad's new girlfriend.

We've already championed the buzzy «Dope,» praised Jason Segel's turn as David Foster Wallace and caught Kristen Wiig, Lena Dunham, Mindy Kaling and Jenji Kohan in a panel about women in comedy.

The result is the best female - fronted Hollywood comedy in years, and a movie that just happens to almost incidentally be about women, if that makes sense.

The actress» debut as a writer - director, «In A World...,» was a movie about Hollywood voiceover artists that was both a crackerjack romantic comedy and a subtle critique of how women are treated in the workplace.

Joseph Gordon - Levitt and Zooey Deschanel star in director Marc Webb's wry, nonlinear romantic comedy about a man who falls head over heels for a woman who doesn't believe in love.

If this mildly amusing screwball comedy about mistaken identity has a conservative slant of glorifying housewives it's due to the zeitgeist: It was made in 1945, at the end of WWII, when men were coming home and women sent back to the kitchen.

This largely comes from the unconventional pairing of Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway in the leading roles, an unusual duo who bring a surprisingly wonderful chemistry to the table in this light comedy about working in the modern age, seen from two unique viewpoints — the modern working woman who is looked down on by misogynistic men, and the older male seen by many as past his usefulness simply due to his age.

PRETTY WOMAN stars JULIA ROBERTS and RICHARD GERE have reunited with director GARRY MARSHALL to reminisce about the classic romantic comedy, 25 years...