Sentences with phrase «high school comedy»

This is the quintessential high school comedy for the current generation and will remain atop my list for a long time to come.

The update also allows you to search by genre or category, using phrases such as «search for high school comedies from the 80s,» along with follow - up questions to pare down your search, like «just the ones with Molly Ringwald.»

As high school comedies go this slice of satirical pleasure was far removed from what we'd typically expect from the usual slapstick school - based sub-genre.

Easy A gets an A + for keeping the teen high school comedy clever and quirky.

This is one of the funnier and smarter high school comedies in some time.

Glee: The Complete First Season Available on DVD and Blu - ray Theater geeks like me and millions of Americans came out of hiding this year to watch this sometimes brilliant high school comedy musical which incorporates pop and Broadway music into school life.

Paul Weitz, Academy Award nominated writer of About a Boy (2002) and the popular high school comedy, American Pie (1999) will be releasing his latest comedy / drama starring Tina Fey (TV's «30 Rock») and Paul Rudd (Judd Apatow's This is 40).

Whereas Brick was straight - up film noir that happened to take place in a high school setting, Assassination of a High School President is more along the lines of a John Hughes high school comedy, but with noir flourishes (and naughtier language).

This was clearly shot on higher quality film stock than most high school comedies and that results in the 2.35:1 picture boasting an extraordinary amount of detail.

Most of it is the same high school comedy we've been watching since John Hugh's heyday 20 years ago.

Mark Waters is behind the camera to oversee the action, but this is another step down for the director who brought wit and ingenuity to the fantastic high school comedy Mean Girls.

What separates Strangers with Candy from other high school comedies, or from most mainstream comedies in general, is the cast's total dedication to their parts.

Produced by its star, this aimiable high school comedy (there was one every week last year) features Drew Barrymore as a 27 - year - old blue - stocking big - city journalist making up for her sad schooldays when assigned to go undercover to report on teenage mores.

It's consequently not difficult to see why Election is now considered a classic high school comedy, although the presence of several decidedly adult themes (ie lesbianism, adultery, etc) ensures that viewers over a certain age will probably get a whole lot more out of the film than teens.

Also new: coming - of - age high school comedy Dude (2018, not rated) with Lucy Hale and Alexandra Shipp and romantic drama Porto (2016, not rated, with subtitles) featuring Anton Yelchin in one of his final performances.

All Night: Complete Season 1 (Hulu Original) If you're into high school comedies, we've got something for you.

Though the precise origins of the project vary from source to source, the makers of 1989's low - budget supernatural high school comedy Teen Witch all agree that they were united by a common desire to ride the coattails of the Michael J. Fox comedy Teen Wolf.

At the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, Yari Film Group premiered Brett Simon «s Assassination of a High School President, a film noir mystery set inside the world of a John Hughes - style High School comedy.

The first third of Clockstoppers is an interminable high school comedy ending with a DJ showdown, the second third of the film is Zak on the run from evil corporate drones led by Michael Biehn, and the final third of the film is an infiltration of the evil corporation ending in a ludicrous action sequence and capped by a Back to the Future resolution involving a shiny new car and a nubile young lass.

While all manage to stay afloat courtesy of stoner and high school comedy clichés, they're also peppered with logical issues.

A wickedly funny high school comedy for most of its running time, Rushmore is a bracingly fresh and original outing.

A decade after sharing a byline with Joe Swanberg, and a few years after co-writing two of Noah Baumbach's fizziest films, Greta Gerwig strikes out on her own with a loosely autobiographical high school comedy.

State of Grace was the third feature credit of director Phil Joanou, who had previously helmed the appealing high school comedy Three O'Clock High (1987) and the U2 documentary Rattle and Hum (1988).

But what really stands out about 21 Jump Street is that it's not just an enjoyable and hilarious time at the theater, it also tells a genuinely interesting and emotionally compelling story, developing its characters in a way you probably wouldn't anticipate from a raunchy high school comedy.

Coppola rebounded some with the hit high school comedy Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), which helped elevate his nephew Nicolas Cage to stardom.

During former Disney star Lindsay Lohan's less outrageous era of movie stardom she popped up in the Tina Fey penned high school comedy «Mean Girls».

«Alias Grace» will join high school comedy «Public Schooled» and documentary «The Carter Effect» in TIFF lineup

Nadine is the kind of whip - sarcastic type that tends to foreground high school comedies like these, but she's also miserable in more than the everyday Daria sense.

The art style is attractive and professional looking with a style I could easily see depicting a more - ages - friendly high school comedy if not for the tell - tale chest baggage.

Siri is able to search for movies by topic, bringing up content around a theme like «high school comedies from the 80s» or «movies about baseball» or «movies about dinosaurs.»

I thought about that image a few times during «Lady Bird,» a delightfully spry and smart high school comedy that marks Gerwig's solo directing debut.

These people have clearly never seen «Election,» Alexander Payne's brilliant high school comedy that tells its story from multiple points of view and supports them all equally.

Paul Weitz, Academy Award nominated writer of About a Boy (2002) and the popular high school comedy, American Pie (1999) will be releasing his...

A follow - up to his eerily unsettling 2009 debut The Loved Ones, a movie that took the John Hughes high school comedy and then gorily spun it on its ear, this horror opus, shown at the Toronto International Film Festival way back in 2015, has been well worth the wait, the psychological underpinnings driving things so unnerving I shudder just thinking about them again now.

But an upcoming film called Little Bitches proves that if you have a solid script and a talented young cast, the teen high school comedy will never go out of style.

Nothing about it is really that funny and most of it is just carried over comedy from different teenager / high school comedies.

Homework is a high school comedy featuring a star studded cast including Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Michael Angarano, Elizabeth Reaser with Rita Wilson and Blair Underwood.

Combining a disaster movie with a high school comedy while also animating it is a rather ambitious combination.

Those with a knowledge of comedy cinema may be quick to point out that the premise of Fist Fight is highly reminiscent of two films: the 1987 high school comedy Three O'Clock High and the 2001 Tim Allen flop Joe Somebody.

Describing itself as «somewhere in - between David Bowie, Lady Gaga, Freddie Mercury and Oscar Wilde, in the transgressive space of pop culture and dressed up as a high school comedy with wit, heart and a dazzling cast,» Freak Show follows the story of teenager Billy Bloom who, despite attending an ultra conservative high school, makes the decision to run for homecoming queen.

Fresh off of his Golden Globe win for his supporting role on Fox's Glee, Chris Colfer now has a director for his high school comedy, Struck by Lightning.

With a cast packed with soon - to - be stars like James Franco, Seth Rogen and Linda Cardellini, the high school comedy only lasted for one season, but it's still referred to as one of the greatest series ever more than 15 years later.

The high school comedy is often hilarious, while Michael Keaton as the Vulture steals the show as possibly the MCU's scariest cinematic villain.

A»90s - obsessed high school senior and self - confessed nerd who falls into a get - rich - quick scheme by accident while also pining for the older girl to whom he hopes to lose his virginity, the central character in Rick Famuyiwa «s «Dope» sounds like a stock role for a high school comedy.

If neither of those labels applies to you, I can't imagine what R»n' R HS can offer you that other, better films in the high school comedy genre couldn't.

«Trophy Wife» scribes Halpern and Haskins previously wrote «Lunch Lady» for Universal and had their high school comedy «Booksmart» optioned by 20th Century Fox.

I was hoping this was going to show aspects of that but unfortunately this is really masked as a cheesy teen - high school comedy / drama.