Sentences with phrase «crass comedy»

Adam Spunberg says the Hollywood Foreign Press Association embarrassed themselves with the selection of the crass comedy over» (500) Days of Summer» and other contenders.

As a straight up basic, somewhat crass comedy, Hot Tub is mostly effective and decent performances from John Cusack and Craig Robinson certainly balance the humorous elements in this story, with its more serious take on youth, and the decisions we make that shape our lives.

Instead, it's the kind of crass comedy where a slimy dance instructor (played by Marlon Wayans) talks about the Bible and his desire to «turn the other cheek,» then walks away so we can see his bare ass.

Coming at things quite differently from those other two titles, The Bronze isn't an inspiring true story of tenacity and courage, but rather a repugnant crass comedy masquerading as the kind of bold and daring indie character story that Sundance eats up every year.

But if sperm gags and foul - mouthed stuffed toys are your thing, Seth MacFarlane's crass comedy will float your boat

GIRLS TRIP: A lot has been made about female - driven crass comedies this year, seeing as we were #blessed with four of them.

Owned by conglomerates and beholden to Wall Street, these once - proud institutions have sold themselves body and soul to sequels, superhero comic book movies and crass comedies.

Not exact matches

Only at the end of the movie do you realize there were no sex jokes, no romps through strip clubs, and no crass profanity - bread and butter for success comedies in the last decade.

Joan believed, as I believe, that Movie Stars should look like Movie Stars... and while Joan's comedy was often crass, her fashion and overall style were always pure class.

«Rice on White» is a crass yet heartfelt romantic comedy with an un-PC take on how Asian - American men are perceived in today's dating scene.

Dude comedy of the crassest, highest order full of breasts and feces and a ridiculous premise.

A typically crass and sexist gangster comedy from Eddie Murphy that's nowhere near as good as A Rage In Harlem (which is only average itself...)

The three brothers re-teamed for a follow - up (as co-producers and co-screenwriters, with Keenen directing) for the crass 2006 comedy Little Man, a kind of Clifford remake that revamps the adult - in - the - child's - body concept.

Each character has their own little quirk that is pretty predictable and highly cliched in a typically rude crass British kind of way, nothing wrong with that of course, you expect it right from the start but its seen in virtually every British comedy.

Despite their supposedly good intentions, the comedian - filmmakers broach the doc's central subject with crass and offensive standup routines that wouldn't be out of place on the Blue Collar Comedy Tour.

You can make a movie that's both sweet and crass; just look at Judd Apatow's comedies.

He has been more widely praised for his work in the latter category than the former, and «The Campaign» reflects a certain political seriousness under all the crass humor and comedy of ignorance.

Smart without being smart - mouthed, shrewd without being calculated, and quite obviously the work of a filmmaker with something important to say and a clear and impish way of saying it, Jerry Maguire is a triumph of nuanced social satire masquerading as a commercial romantic comedy, a movie that can both make fun of and wallow in its celebration of the crass spectacle American sport has become.

Starting with a timeless premise — young people are stupid — and spinning it into a broad, crass, and relentlessly amusing mid-summer surprise, «Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates» may not be the first Apatow - era comedy about twentysomethings coming to grips with the fact that they won't live forever (and it's certainly not the deepest, as it lingers in your memory for about as long as a Snapchat), but it might just be one of the funniest.

First, as crass rocker Jackie Q opposite Russell Brand in Get Him to the Greek followed by (arguably her most famous) Helen in Bridesmaids, Byrne has solidified her ability to seamlessly weave in and out of serious and silly, perhaps inadvertently becoming the good gal of comedy who is just as powerful as her louder, brasher fellow comedians.

What's New In Crass, Juvenile Comedy These Days?

It sounded like a good idea for a unapologetic misogynistic - but charming - comedy, but the fractured storyline has many more lows than ups, the so called humour is as scarce as crass.

But I digress, the problem this film has, outside of some very ugly, vile, crass attempts at humor, is the fact that it just isn't funny enough to be considered a comedy.

The Bronze then changes from an oddball black comedy full of crass humour and filthy language into a sort - of redemption story (with crass humour and filthy language), although neither choice ever really works.

Kevin Smith is known primarily for his crass but literate stoner comedies.

Unlike most other modern sex comedies, this one plays more toward older couples than it does to young men, which makes it a bit of a rare breed in this era of crass and sophomoric gags.

As crass as these visual gags are, they didn't offend me nearly as much as the apparent need for continuous slapstick in every scene, I suppose just to remind us that this is a comedy.

The best way to describe the over usage of genitalia humor is this; it's as if they believe they have discovered an untapped well full of crass penile themed comedy and they are unveiling it to the world.

Crass gross - out and empty nostalgia fuel this garbled road - trip comedy to the vaunted Walley World.

McFarlane is of the clown - car brand of comedy, stuffing and cramming as much pop culture knowledge, immature guffaws, and crass politics into each minute of screen time available to him.

Crass, self - reverential comedy is hardly new to the Smith oeuvre («Clerks,» «Dogma,» «Zack and Miri Make a Porno»), but it proves especially misguided here.

Thanks to movies like The Hangover and Bridesmaids, more and more screenwriters seem to think comedy can't be funny unless it's crass.

Even as American comedy has become almost wholly Apatowized and Ferrellified, growing louder and crasser and more self - consciously buffoonish, the Coens have gone the opposite way, ratcheting back their own zaniness.

Melissa McCarthy rocketed to fame as the crass and loud - mouthed Megan in 2011's Bridesmaids, and since then, the actress has perfected her brand of broad comedy to the tune of an $ 18 million paycheck in 2017.

I would argue that his looks are a great benefit to the film as a whole, as the fact that he seems like a sweet and geeky guy definitely makes his character feel much more realistic, and even when the comedy takes a turn into areas that one could easily consider crass, Carell's charm allows him to effortlessly retain his likeability in a way that Rob Schneider could never in a million years do.

The casting would suggest there would be something funny in the film, as Seth Rogen is known only for doing crass but witty (usually) comedies.

A sub-Farrelly gross - out comedy for guys that masquerades as a chick flick, this crass romantic comedy follows the amorous and erotic misadventures of three single San Francisco roomies.

GETTING SCHOOLED: «Ballers» is followed on Sunday by «Vice Principals» (10:30 p.m., HBO), an outrageous, crass, and unapologetically insane new comedy starring Danny McBride and Walton Goggins.

Not that I'd want to help the «creative geniuses» that came up with an idea this foul, but having the events of the film take place on a Wednesday would have been far better than a weekend, since they could have properly called this crass sex comedy, Hump Day.

Most teen comedies bite anyway, and this one sounded like it'd follow in the sordid and crass footsteps of flicks like 2000's Road Trip.

While the film seems at first glance as if it is going to go down familiar tubes of crass and crappy comedies, there's a core intelligence to its characterizations and situations that allows the story to stay afloat during the sloppier passages, and unlike may other dumb sport comedies, the action on the ice is quite well shot and edited.

Beneath the copious profanity and deliberately crass instances of nudity, this really is a screwball comedy with pace and attitude that just don't quit.

Of course, plenty of crass jokes and dialogue are to be expected, and while Super Troopers 2 is primarily centered on a rivalry between the familiar squad and some Canadian Mounties soon to be out of a job, using that rift to pepper the comedy with some zingers on both sides rooted in current events (Americans have a go at how high the Canadian drinking limit is while Canadians fire back lambasting the United States» gun control issue and gross levels of obesity), the proceedings aren't concerned with getting political or forcing social commentary down anyone's throat.

For a goofy comedy that includes plenty of crass sexual innuendo and a strong sexual expletive, the script has some unexpected (although also brief) moments of insight.

It smothers it at birth in this crass and clumsy comedy co-written by and starring Jason Segel.

The female twist to this comedy merely reduces the women to the crass level of the male characters

Hotel Transylvania - Standard - issue CG family comedy is a notch below the competition and bogged down by crass jokes and random 3D action.

Rarely does this kind of broad, sometimes crass studio comedy hit its mark so often.

It's definitely rated R with plenty of crass moments, but it never tries to go over the top and make itself too much of a raunchy comedy.

The humor is somewhat crass, often relating to scatological or reproductive functions or body parts generally kept under wraps — the type of comedy that might be most appealing to a junior - high - age male.