Sentences with phrase «funny farce»

A hilarious ensemble cast — led by Rachel McAdams and Jason Bateman — break all the rules in this wildly funny farce

There's a kernel of a funny farce in this, but nothing pleasant or funny develops from it (and certainly not a compelling or credible romance, inevitable though it may be).

Nonetheless, the biggest laughs in this surprisingly funny farce don't come courtesy of the predictable antics of the younger generation but from those of the nerdy babysitters who seize on a second chance in life to party with the beer and bikini set, especially Judi (Dratch) who flaunts her newfound sexuality, boasting «I mounted an Abercrombie model who's 19 years - old.»

A hilarious ensemble cast — led by Rachel McAdams and Jason Bateman — break all the rules in this wildly funny farce

In the premise of a grouch who can't ditch the local holy rollers, there's an opportunity here for a very funny farce or a comedy - drama in the vein of Capra or Sturges, but director Mark Pellington leans toward the maudlin, trite and sentimental when Henry meets his other neighbors: six - year - old mute Millie (adorable Morgan Lily) and her divorcée mother Dawn (radiant Radha Mitchell).

Not exact matches

But THIS farce, unlike the West End's is tragic, not funny.

This colorful spoof of pirate movies had all the makings of a classic farce and yet sank straight to Davy Jones» locker at the box - office, for despite it's all - star international cast of famous comedians, and despite the fact that it was largely co-written by «Monty Python» - veteran Graham Chapman and former «Fringie» Peter Cook, the darned thing just wasn't funny.

There are a couple of original shots and some funny moments, and in the gross - out, sadistic violence and celebration of crudity, it successfully does the horror movie as a Looney Tunes farce, although Joe Dante and George Miller have done that with finesse.

Fast and funny, filled with memorable characters, and able to balance slapstick and violence without spilling too far in either direction, this frenetic R - rated farce is that rare comic gem that lands on all the spaces without ever going to jail.

Tour de Pharmacy is a tour de farce of bad taste, unsophisticated humor, brief nudity and absolutely no redeeming values at all except that it's damn funny and oh, so badly needed right about now.

A breezy, passably funny spin on a children's classic, mixing slapstick and farce with character humour and delighting in demolishing stereotypes.

American Dreamz tries hard to be both important and farcical, but it leans a bit too much towards farce without being funny enough to pull that off either.

The filmmaker's attempt to balance social satire and farce doesn't always work, but While We're Young is smart and funny enough to overcome its flaws.

At this point, the movie becomes a full - out, R - rated farce: frantic, sometimes overly frantic, but often quite funny, as Diaz and Segel gingerly approach various iPad owners in the loop.

It joined a handful of other curiosities I was glad to catch at all: Peter Bogdanovich's labored sex farce She's Funny That Way, Saverio Costanzo's jaw - dropping vegan - momma horror story Hungry Hearts, David Gordon Green's messy Manglehorn and its confirmation of Al Pacino's embrace of grumpy old manhood, and (prior to its HBO airing) the two - part serving of Olive Kitteridge, a darkly comic, stingingly apt anatomy of depression across decades of marriage, as portrayed by Frances McDormand (Olive) and Richard Jenkins (long - suffering dear Henry).

This comedy is to this year's holiday season what Mrs. Doubtfire was to last year's, a mildly funny but utterly conventional and obvious farce.

Perhaps prodded by the success of Austin Powers and what someone thought was a funny script instead comes across as blandly directed, broad - based, overacted farce, an embarrassment for anyone associated with it.

As the farce becomes increasingly tangled, we begin to wonder when it will start to get funny.

Final thoughts: This looks like it could go one of two ways: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates could be a really funny R - rated farce or a forgettable raunchy misfire.

The cast is clearly having a field day with the material — it would be hard not to with this many funny women on the same set — but sadly we feel out of the loop watching on, trying to justify how a hotel staff could possibly overlook this kind of a farce, one that is happening right in front of their eyes.

Written and directed by and starring Second City native Jeff Garlin, this funny flip farce revolves around his winning performance as the picture's introspective, highly neurotic protagonist.

It's funny, often hilariously so, very silly and stylistic, but just sit back and enjoy it for the charming farce that it is.

The results are supposed to be funny, but the farce often comes up short in good taste.

Creative license soars to new heights in Deadpool 2, the opening credits are child - like crayon drawings that introduce the film, they're all a farce; as in the director card stating: «Directed by the guy who killed the dog in John Wick» as the funniest.

There's nothing funny about Funny Money, a woefully inept farce based on the London play by Ray Cofunny about Funny Money, a woefully inept farce based on the London play by Ray CoFunny Money, a woefully inept farce based on the London play by Ray Cooney.

Still, there are more than enough laughs and clever surprises in this broad and sometimes violent farce to warrant a recommendation, thanks to a solidly funny script by Mark Perez, some pretty neat camera moves and choreographed action / comedic sequences from directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein — and a likable and talented ensemble cast, led by two of my favorites.

Ryan Gosling is ripped, randy and risible in «Crazy, Stupid Love,» an ensemble romantic farce that has the «serious» actor let his funny flag fly.

What's wrong with writer - director Angelo Cianci's half - leaden, half - hysterical (and not in a funny way) farce is the way he takes the wrong things seriously and pokes fun of nothing worth laughing at.

It's a very funny zombie gore farce with pointed social satire and punctured political rhetoric.

While consistently funny, Claire's Camera never quite approaches farce, and though formally precise, never truly achieves high art.

Indulging shamelessly in sheer farce, and even some stinging satire, Tragedy Girls» metaphysical in - joke proves altogether stupidly and incisively funny.

His farce does not all that funny, and his obsessions never come close to tragedy.