Sentences with phrase «deadpan humor about her»

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A fable - like story about a young African girl banished from her village for alleged witchcraft, it blends deadpan humor with light surrealism, vivid visuals and left - field musical choices.

While this quirky mockumentary about the making of a stage musical didn't strike it big at the box office (earning less than $ 3 million worldwide), it soon became a cult classic for its deadpan humor and oddly lovable characters.

What The Weather Man needed was a change in its weather — a certain kind of humor, to be precise, something like the deadpan but human satire of Alexander Payne's About Schmidt.

Nielsen, with his expert deadpan and sense of comic timing, creates the illusion of humor — for about 15 minutes.

The animation is lively and unusual, and the script is full of grace notes and genuinely funny moments, but what really makes the movie work is the characters, who are voiced with such intelligence, compassion, and deadpan humor that I found myself truly caring about them and whether or not they would survive their adventures.