The way he handles it — the way he handles the role in general — shows how hard it is to
do light romantic comedy, and how easily it comes to him.
Not exact matches
Marriage, Not Dating It's not a
light romantic comedy, but it
does not contain really sad parts either.
So Montana has some catching up to
do in writer - director David E. Talbert's «Baggage Claim,» a
romantic comedy so
light and brainless you almost expect it to float away.
So
light, in fact, it still confuses me how it's the runaway smash it is, but it
does a lot of things right that so many
romantic comedies, and even most
comedies in general, fail to
do.
All in all, Running Mates
does deliver well for people looking for a
light romantic comedy, and fans of the two leads shouldn't be let down by their fine performances.
Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (The Lives of Others), who adapted the screenplay (based on the French film Anthony Zimmer) with Christopher McQuarrie and Julian Fellowes (or maybe he just
did the last rewrites in a long - gestating development process), makes Venice look like the most gorgeous city on Earth and shoots Jolie with the same admiring, idealizing perspective, but has no facility for
light comedy,
romantic sizzle or breathtaking action.
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.