Sentences with phrase «for pratfalls»

The backdrops — including the Louvre's Cour Napoléon and the Bastille — aren't exactly known for pratfalls.

Plaza doesn't stray too far from her brand — Tatiana is unsurprisingly droll and cutthroat — but the actress continues to prove that she's more than just her affectations, and her performance is backboned by a heartfelt riot of inner chaos and an uproarious talent for pratfalls (seriously, she has a gift).

Having demonstrated his comedic talents to an worldwide audience, Benigni seemed an inspired casting choice for the pratfalling offspring of Inspector Clouseau in Blake Edwards» 1992 Son of the Pink Panther.

Research for Pratfall Tramps was supported by: Independent Curators International The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta

Not exact matches

For all his bumbling, fumbling, stumbling, bobbling, unforced errors and outright pratfalls, Mr. de Blasio managed this spring to push through what may be his most significant accomplishment in office: rezoning New York City.

Alain E. Kaloyeros resigned as president of the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute on Tuesday, marking not only the fall of one of the state's most powerful and best - paid employees, but also a very public pratfall for a university system that has been a ready lever of power for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

Themes from the 2,185 video clips — collected from various online sources for the study — included births and babies, weddings and proposals, death and suffering, spiders and snakes, physical pratfalls and risky stunts, sexual acts, natural disasters, wondrous nature and awkward handshakes.

As in the first «Sherlock Holmes» movie, there are plenty of pratfalls and bare - knuckle brawls but no sleuthing for us to share.

Here are all the things you will discover in Show Dogs: embarrassingly bad CGI; pratfalls; a dog biting FBI butt; dog farts; testicle humor (multiple instances); a giant movie - long promo for a major hotel on the Vegas Strip that I won't name because they didn't pay me to promote them; denigration of cat ladies; horrible clichés and stereotypes.

Deadpool assembles a team of mutants (except, hilariously, a guy named Peter, who has no obvious superpower) that he dubs X-Force for a daring, pratfall - filled and mostly ill - fated rescue before facing off against a rather more ordinary but still plenty nasty villain, the headmaster of Broadstone House, a reformatory for mutant children, who has the mien of a bureaucrat and the soul of a sadist.

That leaves two potential demographics for the movie, with a wide age gap in between — older audiences who recall the original black - and - white Stooges shorts and features, and small children who will be receptive to the barrage of silly slapstick gags and pratfalls.

They all get together for a long weekend where not much happens, aside from pratfalls in the woods, plenty of public urination, and an eventual moment of confession which is nothing short of cringeworthy.

The interconnectedness of all things and the nature of destiny are tough pitches for comedy — philosophy and pratfalls often don't mix especially well — but as Jeff deals with his odyssey for wood glue and Sharon is confronted by a secret admirer and Pat discovers Linda has things she wants too, the movie becomes a philosophical comedy.

While none of the characters are ever hurt from the pratfalls, and the mean - spirited antagonist is too stupid to be scary, the attitudes of the rebellious Miles and the disobedient furry critters do not offer good examples for little ones.

So if you have a problem with a slapsticky pratfall involving scads of semen, followed by a wildly inappropriate joke about sickle cell anemia, followed by a crass Kardashian reference (and it's a loooong way to go for that punchline), then you should probably look elsewhere.

A heavily trailed scene involving a lavatory door, a dropped cigarette and a fumbled gun has deadpan, Keatonesque charm, with Gosling demonstrating a hitherto untapped talent for perfectly timed pratfalls.

In between, she landed a small comedic part in Mike Nichols» Primary Colors (1998), performing a pratfall that caught the attention of Aaron Sorkin, who promptly reached out to her to audition for a part in his upcoming White House - set NBC drama series The West Wing.

Since none of the children exhibits a whit of charisma, the only thing that makes the movie even slightly bearable is Lewis Black's game performance as the exasperated Mr. Porter, a role which called for a combination of pratfalls, popping his cork and wide - eyed reaction shots.

full of pratfalls and Cate Blanchett reflexively making sound effects for her toy weapons rounds out the extras.

Jane's dad Henry's pratfalls in The Lady Eve are the perfect correlative for his psychological upheaval, and Blake Edwards and Dudley Moore did something delightful in the first few scenes of 10: They turned a man's 40th birthday into a harbinger of his ultimate defeat at the hands of time and gravity.

Purportedly «based upon» Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey's novel Cheaper by the Dozen (and characters conceived by Craig Titley), Cheaper by the Dozen 2 reunites the Baker clan for more pratfalling hijinks, wanton destruction, and syrupy lessons.

Actually, there's a very good article by A.O. Scott on the art of the pratfall in which he explains why some of the greatest modern comedy (from «Little Miss Sunshine» to «Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan») is of the well - executed physical variety.

While many comedy actors can do a pratfall or smear bodily fluids on their face for a laugh, Leslie Nielsen possesses an enriched talent that's really too good for many of the cheaper parodies he's been a part of.

Someone who can take a pratfall has to be lovable for the audience to connect; God knows, when he turns on the charm, Denzel Washington makes lovable look easy.

Every scene and character is merely a set - up for more pratfalls, sight gags, and non-stop goofiness to evoke laughs and little else.

When anyone's not delivering the groaners that pass for zingers, someone bumps into something and has a «hilarious» pratfall.

The result is an economy that has been the envy of the world for the past half - century and a democracy that has survived some notable pratfalls.

The conversation unfolds on levels that are excellent for laypeople outside publishing to hear but fully viable for us bookish folks who follow the predictions and pratfalls of the digital dynamic with excruciating, incremental care.

And for my part, this little blog chronicles my travels through 70 countries and 6 continents (pratfalls and all) with a combination of anecdotes and colourful photos.

This certainly isn't a valid reason to plop down $ 60 for the privilege of experiencing its unbelievable pratfalls, but as someone who has adored the series for over twenty years, Final Fantasy XV represents a chaotic struggle between ambition and pragmatism.

Only Ubisoft's Zombie U, built from the ground up for the Wii U, avoids such pratfalls.

The pratfall reveals an innate human truth, and comedy is exactly about incorporating such folly, or potential for failure, into our actions.

Be better prepared for your next interview by avoiding these pratfalls.