Sentences with phrase «common denominator comedies»

If the broad lowest - common denominator comedy Last Vegas is The Hangover of oldster party movies, then the indie feature Old Goats is that genre's Best in Show.

Not exact matches

Sniggeringly mining the lowest common comedy denominator, Lucas and Moore happily poke fun at insatiable moms - to - be, dangerously pneumatic porn stars and vulnerable babes - in - arms (whose response is projectile pooing in Dave's face).

With Louis C.K. as the common denominator — he serves as co-creator and producer on both Baskets and Better Things — Zach Galifianakis was able to bring a weird little comedy to the screen.

Daniel Mecca, The Film Stage Too often the filmmakers rely on lowest - common - denominator prison rape jokes and lazy plotting to allow for action - comedy set pieces, resulting in a poorly - constructed scene at a White Supremacist stronghold and a sloppy third act that feels like an afterthought.

Seventeen years later, indie filmmaker Miguel Arteta has delivered the film version, and while the novel's cult may prove hard to please, Youth in Revolt is a pleasant diversion from the lowest - common - denominator, airbrushed Hollywood teen sex comedy.

Otherwise serious scenes are punctuated with lowest - common - denominator jokes; important character moments are completely undone by ham - fisted attempts at non-sequitur comedy.