Sentences with phrase «comedy pratfalls»

Not exact matches

The comedy is as you have come to expect from Lester with these films, both silly pratfalls wise and the various subtle little dubbed gags.

Gratuitous sex, pratfalls, and goofy violence come with the territory in this over-the-top guys» comedy.

The comedy, however, is also heavy on slapstick, pratfalls and crazy disguises.

In his determination to lighten the heavy subject matter, Silberling also, to a certain extent, trivializes the movie with too many nervous gags and pratfalls: to the point where his heartfelt drama comes perilously close to tasteless comedy.

The story takes a couple of sharp turns, ultimately revealing that it isn't a romantic comedy after all, but a shambling drama with a few mildly amusing pratfalls.

Comedy today is less about punch lines and pratfalls and more about eliciting that laugh - gasp hybrid.

The interconnectedness of all things and the nature of destiny are tough pitches for comedy — philosophy and pratfalls often don't mix especially well — but as Jeff deals with his odyssey for wood glue and Sharon is confronted by a secret admirer and Pat discovers Linda has things she wants too, the movie becomes a philosophical comedy.

It relies heavily on pratfalls and physical comedy, earning only the occasional light chuckle from either.

Yet, Rogen and Goldberg avoid all the major pratfalls of first - time comedy filmmakers, combining the loose, Apatow - inspired interactions with impressive visual set pieces that create a sense of scope and escalation.

Actually, there's a very good article by A.O. Scott on the art of the pratfall in which he explains why some of the greatest modern comedy (from «Little Miss Sunshine» to «Borat») is of the well - executed physical variety.

No, this 1983 Hollywood comedy doesn't begin with Chevy, Eddie or Bill Murray making a pratfall accompanied to their star billing, but rather the words: «Jerry... Who Else?».

Deanna's remarks are funnier than her pratfalls this time around, and she faces actual human emotions that are unexpected in this sort of summer comedy.

It's amazing how the Duplass brothers think that pratfalls are appropriate in a comedy as «realistic» and occasionally dark as Table 19, but they're seemingly as essential element to the film's laughs.

Actually, there's a very good article by A.O. Scott on the art of the pratfall in which he explains why some of the greatest modern comedy (from «Little Miss Sunshine» to «Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan») is of the well - executed physical variety.

While many comedy actors can do a pratfall or smear bodily fluids on their face for a laugh, Leslie Nielsen possesses an enriched talent that's really too good for many of the cheaper parodies he's been a part of.

Even though the bloom may be slipping in the aged romantic comedy star, he can still do dumb stunts and pratfalls while keeping the love - light glowing.

There is little reliance on obvious pratfalls or photogenic animals to provide the cuteness that marks and sometimes hinders a number of the studio's other live action comedies.

No doubt some of this was improvised, but the script, by Ike Barinholtz and David Stassen, is also efficient and light, revelling in its broad comedy, complete with bathroom humor and pratfalls.

The pratfall reveals an innate human truth, and comedy is exactly about incorporating such folly, or potential for failure, into our actions.

«Pratfall Tramps,» a group show about women, comedy, and performance, closes at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center on Saturday, April 11.