Sentences with word «farcical»

However, every now and again they like to dabble in farcical screwball comedies that always meet a mixed response.

From the duo that brought you the TV show, «Spaced», comes Shaun of the Dead, a mix of farcical comedy and gory horror movie.

A great 2 - act comedy with farcical elements for upper KS2 / lower KS3 pupils.

United Russia's insistence on fielding «locomotive» candidates was a testament to farcical nature of Russia's «virtual politics `.

Scott's quest does not turn out to be easy, however, and the backpackers become embroiled in many farcical situations as they hop from country to country.

Gone is her witty tongue that once offered an almost farcical look at the recklessness of human nature in the face of extermination, now replaced by pitch - black melodrama with Dodge and Penny's budding relationship at its center.

Amy Jump has written a 1970s American crime drama shot just outside Brighton which looks as farcical as it does violent.

The main dilemma Hacker must deal with is surprisingly adult: it is initially distasteful, quickly feels out of place, and is only rescued by farcical extension which is, alas, just that - extended.

This excuse seems farcical in view of your Dec. 21 SCORECARD item, «Have Finals, Will Travel,» the Division II and III playoffs and the expansion of the I - A basketball playoffs.

Indeed, it's a witty exploration of family and societal dysfunction that sometimes borders on farcical.

Powered by a vigorous, image - shedding lead turn from James McAvoy as a coked - up Edinburgh detective on the fast track to either promotion or self - implosion, this descent into Scotch - marinated madness begins as ugly comedy, segues almost imperceptibly into farcical tragedy, and inevitably — perhaps intentionally — loses control in the process.

This true crime story aims for farcical lunacy, but garners few laughs and falls short on creating persuasive action sequences.

There's a funny, farcical scene with an early version of the Klan (the joke is they can't see out of their hoods), but Django doesn't spike to full Tarantino fever until it gets inside the big house of Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), a wily plantation owner.

And this becomes farcical if the threatened school is itself a free school.

«52 Tuesdays» instead attempts to explore the fluidity of gender identity in more delicate, less penetrating ways, from Billie's own experimentation to a whimsical scene of her family donning pirate garb and facial hair for more farcical role play.

Comedic looks at westerns have been done before, from the all - out humour of Mel Brooks» Blazing Saddles to Quentin Tarantino's darkly satirical Django Unchained, efforts A Million Ways to Die in the West tries, in its own farcical way, to emulate.

Winning the lottery I guess, because for he is he earning and what he is delivering he sure is stealing a living... and to come up all teary eyed and talk loyalty about a player who held ye club to ransom for improved package is just farcical, a joke!!!!

And the tone of the piece, because it goes from farcical comedy to high drama in a heartbeat and it was hard to adjust the tone to tell the story in a way that the audience could follow it and not be whiplashed back and forth emotionally.

To avoid a repeat of that slightly farcical episode, the Labour leader got in an accountant to oversee this year's return - only for the professionals to (apparently) leave his party leader's salary off the return.

Writer - director Holofcener keeps the characters authentic even as she indulges in some rather farcical plotting.

Even the Household Survey looks farcical with March printing — 37k after +1.2 M in Jan - Feb..

Not exactly subtle, this British comedy is full of broad, farcical performances and actually has two — two!

Russian Orthodox Church leadership continues to promote Putin's farcical attempt to be a savior of Christian values.

In this Audible Studios production, Noah provides something deeper than traditional memoirists: powerfully funny observations about how farcical political and social systems play out in our lives.

In some ways, the story of Tonya Harding is like another sensational scandal, now being filmed: the tragi - farcical tale of British MP Jeremy Thorpe.

Everything about England was a bit farcical at this summer's Euros.

Thus, the UK has experienced farcical events such as the collapse of the bidding process for train franchises.

People often tend to have a romanticized, farcical view of love which is shallow.

The first leg was held at the Camp Nou and though Juventus took the lead in farcical fashion, Pierluigi Casiraghi took advantage of a miserable backpass, a brace from Hristo Stoichkov and a third from Andoni Goikoetxea — which was enough to give Barcelona the win and, crucially, a margin to take to Italy.

Gray confirms: «I came across a rather farcical sight of some farmers digging a well next to a castle; a moment I will always savor as a photographer in a place like China where castles are not in huge supply.»

Through calculated exaggeration and espousal of the absurd, Okay Mountain creates farcical caricatures of a national identity.

These divisions have at times reached farcical levels.

After a slightly farcical Monza weekend in which 150 places worth of grid penalties were split among nine drivers, F1 chiefs said that the whole system of punishment for penalising component changes needed overhauling.

«A most farcical cover up has been attempted by this government in the BOST contaminated fuel corruption scandal.

And then there was an almost farcical round robin of screwups that included the hiring of Leo Apotheker as CEO in September, 2010 only to fire him a year later, largely due to the Autonomy deal which degenerated into charges and countercharges of fraud between HP and former Autonomy execs.

Great company & good products, it is just that one could never stop making farcical comedies just using their PR as an inspiration...; --RRB-

In the book, he and theologian Jay Richards argue, according to the book's Web site, that «the universe is not «pointless» (Steven Weinberg), Earth merely «a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark,» (Carl Sagan) and human existence «just a more - or-less farcical outcome of a chain of accidents» (Steven Weinberg).

Hopefully Gov. Brewer will veto this bill and this whole farcical sideshow will simply disappear.

Enemies, for example, will be more than happy to attack you from both sides, and they spam their projectile attacks to almost farcical levels at times.

And while the film is indeed funny, the main plot device concludes in a somewhat odd fashion, which I won't spoil here other than to say I became a bit thrown off by the third act's more farcical aspects, however funny they may have been; the tonal shift is sharp and somewhat abrupt.

After an absence of 16 years, John Updike's most farcical alter ago, Henry Bech, returns for a new series of stunts...

Tarantino's movies work best when you know what to expect of them, and to appreciate its random assortment of monologues and reference points for what they truly are: a lively collage of familiar ingredients enlivened by farcical style and characters who follow suit.

When you see the poster for this film, with a moustachioed Ryan Gosling sitting on his sofa, grinning from ear to ear and accompanied by a sex doll, you be forgiven for entering into this and expecting some form of farcical sex - comedy.

I did not buy the romance, and the plot points were so farcical this film was almost unwatchable.

Unwarranted spontaneous and exhuberant laughter, Percy's often jester - like performativity, and the oscillation on the part of the military between farcical silliness and faithful adherence to military mores sometimes jarred, though perhaps these incongruities are easier accepted if viewed from the perspectives of the young Bill and Percy.