Sentences with phrase «far as romantic comedies»

As far as romantic comedies go, this is just about watchable.

Not exact matches

He proved ridiculously endearing as a grizzled, broken - down, beer - swilling little league coach with a marshmallow heart in The Bad News Bears (1976), and further expressed his comic persona in such comedies as 1993's Dennis the Menace, in which he played the cantankerous Mr. Wilson, and the romantic comedy I.Q. (1994), which cast him as Albert Einstein.Though many of his roles were of the comic variety, Matthau occasionally returned to his dramatic roots with ventures such as the crime thriller Charley Varrick (1973) and The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3 (1974).

The game - show climax is as exciting and riveting as one might've expected, however, and Starter for 10 finally (and ultimately) establishes itself as a perfectly watchable (yet far - from - memorable) romantic comedy / coming - of - age story.

Later that year, Macdonald appeared in Mike Figgis» The Loss of Sexual Innocence, playing the young girlfriend of the film's protagonist; and in Gregg Araki's Splendor, a romantic comedy in which she played the blue - haired best friend of the film's heroine.After a slew of similar supporting roles, including a memorable turn as the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Colin Firth in My Life So Far, MacDonald was given possibly her biggest break since Trainspotting when Robert Altman cast her as a lead (albeit one of many) in Gosford Park (2001).

The men in this summer's slate of indie films are far from ordinary: Colin Farrell stars as a neurotic in the wonderfully weird romantic comedy «The Lobster» and Daniel Radcliffe is a dead guy in «Swiss Army Man.»

Romantic comedies as of late have been taking themselves far too seriously.

But his previous work as a feature director, 2005's «The Baxter,» was another sweet and off - kilter romantic comedy; both films are far less caustic and a lot more compassionate than most of his other comedy work.

As far as modern romantic comedies go, No Strings Attached is at best passable, and yet, when lined up against the greats of the genre, it falls embarassingly shorAs far as modern romantic comedies go, No Strings Attached is at best passable, and yet, when lined up against the greats of the genre, it falls embarassingly shoras modern romantic comedies go, No Strings Attached is at best passable, and yet, when lined up against the greats of the genre, it falls embarassingly short.

A surprisingly decent romantic comedy that doesn't necessarily go as far as to be at the same level as Twilight.

While Warm Bodies falls far short of the greatest romantic comedy with zombies, Shaun of the Dead, it is harmless fun that would serve as a fine date night for the younger crowd.

So far the Hollywood movies screening at Cannes — Woody Allen's romantic roundelay «Cafe Society,» starring Kristen Stewart, Shane Black's hit - man comedy «Nice Guys» starring Ryan Gosling, and Jodie Foster's Wall Street thriller «Money Monster» starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts — have played out of competition, more as red - carpet plays and marketing junkets than surefire Oscar launches.

Few and far between are the romantic comedies that play out quite so naturally, the ones that don't suffer because of the strict parameters that make up the rom - com blueprint — we're of course reminded of those limitations within the final scene, that grand gesture that just has to happen in front of as large a crowd as possible.

As usual, after getting a little feedback on the first draft of the romantic comedy, I realized it was far from done.