Sentences with phrase «comedy about a young woman»

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.

With this charming comedy about a young woman's challenging personal transition, she's made her own successful transition from talented actress to successful writer / director.

Chris Evans, Anna Faris, and Joel McHale lead a diverse cast in this comedy about young woman searching for Mr. Right.

Save the Date (R for sexuality, profanity and brief drug use) Romantic comedy about a young woman (Lizzy Caplan) who turns to her sister (Alison Brie) for support when she rushes into a rebound relationship right after declining her boyfriend's (Geoffrey Arend) marriage proposal.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

The Color Wheel (Unrated) Dysfunctional family comedy about the sibling rivalry which surfaces during a road trip when a just - jilted, young woman (Carlen Altman) enlists the assistance of her obnoxious brother (Alex Ross Perry) to move her belongings after a bad break - up with her college professor boyfriend (Bob Byington).

This must - see romantic comedy tells you the amazing story about a college student cha Tae Hyun who meets a very sassy young woman named Jun Ji Hyun.

Set in the 1950's, The Dressmaker is a bittersweet comedy about a glamorous young woman who returns, after many years in Europe, to her small home town in rural Australia in order to right some wrongs from the past.

Paper Heart (PG - 13 for profanity) Romantic comedy revolving around a jaded young woman (Charlene Yi) who meets the guy of her dreams (Michael Cera) while traveling across the country interviewing people for a documentary she's making about the meaning of love.

Her university thesis film, The Forest For The Trees (2003), is a cringe - comedy character study about a young woman, new in town, who's eager to make friends and completely indifferent to societal standards regarding personal boundaries.

Army of One's romantic subplot illustrates why King of Comedy was better off not being weighed down by a half hour of scenes featuring Rupert Pupkin's arbitrary love interest (played by, I du n no, Maria Conchita Alonso) about how, as a woman of a certain age who's been banged around by life a bit, she's lucky to have a good - hearted, if someone eccentric ambitious young show business striver like Pupkin in her life.

«Girls» was named best comedy and Dunham, who stars as Hannah Horvath in the series about young women in their 20s navigating young adulthood in New York City, was named best comic actress.

The comedy is about a young woman (Laurenzo) who comes home for Thanksgiving with some life - changing news.

Adapted from Waller - Bridge's one - woman stage show, Fleabag is equal parts comedy and tragedy — an uproarious, filthy satire about a young British woman's chaotic existence and sexual misadventures that gradually lets her violent self - loathing peek through.

A smart and sharp comedy with a streak of insightful social commentary, «Maggie's Plan» is about the conflicting choices young women face these days.

Alas, poor Jennifer Aniston — she spent last year being chased around by Gerard Butler in the pitiful «The Bounty Hunter,» and now she's kicking off 2011 as the female lead in an Adam Sandler romantic comedy about an apparently dignity - free woman who agrees to pretend she's the ex-wife of her boss (Sandler) so he can woo someone younger.

Instead, director Martin McDonagh gives us over-the-top situations, events and people, acting «movie cute», saying «movie cute» things to form a comedy about the rape / murder of a young woman.

Tallulah Comedy drama starring Ellen Page about a young drifter who takes a baby from a negligent mother, with Allison Janney starring as a woman who thinks she's the baby's grandmother.

The film, which won Tribeca's top narrative competition prize, lacks Offside's sense of reckless comedy, but it's similarly specific and intriguing about the role of young women within a single culture — not just Israel's, or even the military, but within this particular Army base, with its complicated relationships and low expectations — while commenting on gender as a larger construct outside these individual walls.

Kicking off a season of coarse comedy is actor Joseph Gordon - Levitt's directorial debut «Don Jon,» which was released Sept. 27, about a young, attractive man who struggles to connect with women due to his porn addiction.

It's refreshing to see a film about an older man and younger woman that doesn't involve some sort of icky, Woody Allen-esque romance, because although «The Intern» isn't technically a romantic comedy, it features many of the same tropes reworked to fit Ben and Jules» platonic relationship.

Serious Moonlight (R for profanity and threatening behavior) Battle - of - the - sexes comedy about a high - powered attorney (Meg Ryan) who duct tapes her adulterous husband (Timothy Hutton) to the toilet to prevent him from leaving her for a younger woman (Kristen Bell) only to have further complications ensue when their home is invaded by burglars.

She's next up in Isn't it Romantic, with Liam Hemsworth and Priyanka Chopra, about a young woman who mysteriously finds herself trapped inside a romantic comedy.

Laughing Gas is the pilot episode of a situation comedy titled SHE MAD, a television series that Syms initiated in 2015 with the work Pilot for a Show about Nowhere, which in its early stages took the form of an installation of documents, images, and research materials filtered through a semiautobiographical account of Syms's life as a young black woman trying to «make it» as an artist in Los Angeles.

FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (1994) Blithe British comedy about a young man (Hugh Grant) who can't commit until he meets an unattainable woman (Andie MacDowell).