Sentences with phrase «contemporary movie comedies»
In the landscape of contemporary movie comedies, Kitchen Stories is like a rejuvenating blast of crisp Nordic air.
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Still, part of me can understand and appreciate how the movies have done so well; nearly everyone can find something entertaining about them, from the spoofed fairy tale setting to the contemporary brand of comedy.
Somebody obviously likes David Byrne and Brian Eno, but to have every song of the movie sung by them felt like a bad 80's comedy starring Dudley Moore, not a contemporary movie about the financial crash that had such a great impact on all of our lives.
Burn After Reading is in many ways a cruel movie, but that is not what separates it from most contemporary American comedy, which is, after all, largely predicated on pain and humiliation.
It's not that the interesting story of Noah's Ark can't be applied to contemporary life; it's just that the movie's notion of religious comedy leaves lots to be desired.
As so often seems the case with contemporary comedies about unmarried women, the movie spends much of its running time heaping humiliation and indignity upon its protagonist.
While delightfully contemporary, Tangerine throws back to road movies and buddy comedy.