Sentences with phrase «in slapstick comedy»

Eric describes his approach as the straight man in a slapstick comedy, and nothing is funnier than a dramatic actor delivering absurd lines as if his life depended on it.

One moment, audiences may feel as though they're in a slapstick comedy, then a sad indie drama, or even a traditional rom - com.

This cartoonish comedy built around a murder mystery, relishes in slapstick comedy and poking fun at the local hicks.

Thanks to a complicated series of events involving a corporate embezzlement scheme, the two are forced to convince the world their boss is still alive in this slapstick comedy.

The women on the list, by contrast, earned their keep in slapstick comedies or awards - worthy dramas: Emma Stone in La La Land, Amy Adams in Arrival, Jennifer Lawrence in Mother!

And if you've only seen Lewis in the slapstick comedies he made as a young man, his dramatic chops will surprise you.

Carrey projects a warmth we haven't seen in his slapstick comedies, and Weir makes us question the voyeurism, surveillance and lack of privacy in our lives.

Not exact matches

The memory may have faded, but movie studios can still feel the sharp barb left behind by 2014's release of «The Interview,» the James Franco and Seth Rogen - starring slapstick comedy that saw the duo assassinate Kim Jong - un; hundreds of Sony's e-mails were leaked by hackers in the aftermath, causing their own controversies, while even the brief threat of all - out war seemed to hang strangely in the air.

Chaplin was a master of slapstick comedy in the early 20th century.

It's the lying and deception that can destroy trust in these situations more than almost anything else, and the second episode even makes it a point to try and get that across through slapstick humor, until it ditches that initial argument altogether and starts becoming a wacky comedy in full with all of the usual trappings.

In an event Daley said «had overtones of comedy slapstick,» another black American runner — John Woodruff, who died last week at 92 — won the 800 meters by stopping dead in mid-racIn an event Daley said «had overtones of comedy slapstick,» another black American runner — John Woodruff, who died last week at 92 — won the 800 meters by stopping dead in mid-racin mid-race.

Any Premier League season starring Jose Mourinho, Diego Costa and Zlatan in the same locker room would be more entertaining than The Three Stooges — and probably contain twice as much slapstick comedy.

The videos are slapstick mini-masterpieces for softball aficionados, with Butler and Woodward giving famed comedy duos through history a run for their money as a pair of buffoons — Butler the boisterous, over-the-top funny man; Woodward the perfectly droll, hyper - vocal straight man, filling in dead air with improvised lines — desperately trying to get into a bat to juice it up.

In conclusion this book is equal parts superhero movie; cutting - edge satire on the price of Internet fame; biting commentary on fanboy culture; and slapstick comedy this is easily David Wong's finest effort.

The movie's got everything from slapstick comedy, to jack - in - the - box spooks, to 17 - year - old Wynona Rider wearing gothic - black attire and it was an essential starting point for many of Hollywood's finest working artists today.

About Blog The Illustration and animation portfolio of Luís Moreira, a professional cartoonist in Love with the art of Cartoon, the Slapstick comedy of Looney tunes and The magic of Disney and Ghibli Animation.

Their comedy is, admittedly, rather hit - and - miss, ranging from welcome relief to being a bit too much on the slapstick side but it ultimately lends the film the more light - hearted nature it needs in comparison to the far more serious Lord of the Rings stories.

Even by modern day standards in which slapstick comedies aren't vogue, Chaplin manages to sell the most inane gags.

The slapstick and smart comedy in this film is hilarious and makes this film a great memorable example of a classic disney production made after Walt's death.

The concept could be fine in the realm of purely silly, slapstick comedy.

Often reviled in his native United States but worshipped as a genius throughout much of Europe and especially France, Lewis took slapstick comedy to new realms of absurdity and outrageousness, his anarchic vision dividing audiences who found him infantile and witless from those who applauded the ambitions of his sight gags, his subversions of standard comedic patterns, and his films» acute criticisms of American values.

Like this summer's other slapstick cause célèbre, «Pineapple Express,» it's a comedy with as high or higher a body count as the movies it purports to be parodying, and the problem isn't the violence per se but rather the fact that neither movie ever finds a satisfactory balance between tongue - in - cheek and guts - in - hand.

In Evil Dead 2, Sam Raimi made no bones about the film being a slapstick - driven comedy in which we were meant to empathise with the fall guy (AshIn Evil Dead 2, Sam Raimi made no bones about the film being a slapstick - driven comedy in which we were meant to empathise with the fall guy (Ashin which we were meant to empathise with the fall guy (Ash).

Though it's a loud, vulgar, and occasionally brutal comedy, it never succumbs to the fashion for facetiousness: Clint Eastwood always takes his work seriously, even in a relatively impersonal project like this, and there are moments of moving emotional candor amid the slapstick, flashes on loneliness, forgiveness, and loyalty.

REC 4 won't win any points for being scary or terribly original, as this is more of an action thriller than horror, but it is mostly successful due to the fact that it drops the slapstick comedy of REC 3 and goes for a more serious tone, and the setting make this stand out in the zombie genre.

Like Palka's mom - dog, the movie is a mess, clicking back and forth between shadowy horror, suburban melodrama, and the kind of slapstick family comedy in which I half - expected Eddie Murphy to burst through the front door in a fat suit.

Set in an average neighborhood that is anything but ordinary, The «Burbs blends slapstick comedy and spine - thrilling mystery and is superbly directed by cult filmmaker Joe Dante (Piranha, Gremlins, Matinee, The Howling).»

Now, Atari is taking the formula to a new level in the identically named but reimagined Warlords, which features soldiers, bosses and a healthy dose of slapstick comedy.

Summary: Steve Coogan knows this character backwards and excels in both physical slapstick comedy and in his comic timing.

Far more clever and witty than the knockabout silliness promised by the coming attractions, this is a film that is more interested in character comedy than slapstick and gives Melissa McCarthy the most appealing role of her career and allows Jason Statham to deliver one of the most unexpectedly hilarious comedic turns in recent memory.

Goldie Hawn, «The First Wives Club» Perhaps the biggest injustice on this list is that Hawn, a triple threat wildly gifted in the slapstick department, did not win any of the awards her character Elise owns in this classic 1996 comedy.

A common film formula found in 1980's slapstick comedies is the riches - to - rags storyline in which a wealthy character is subjected to living like a member of a lower class.

Will this movie, playing to young viewers who don't know the Stooges at all, look off - puttingly old - fashioned or so bizarrely slapstick - intense that it seems as up - to - the - minute in its comedy as anything from Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell?

Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill in ’21 Jump Street» As a feature film retread of a vapid»80s cop show re-imagined as an R - rated slapstick action - comedy starring that one kid from Superbad and that dude from G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, the comedy 21 Jump Street should logically suck.

A ribald but bumpy road - trip comedy that wants to be more than just a slapstick retread of «National Lampoon's Vacation» (which already got a retread last year in theaters).

Produced by Tamar Teifeld with live music by Jordan Katz, The Bad, the Sad, and the Broken - Hearted is described as «Greek tragedy meets slapstick comedy when Missy and her Chorus of Prostitutes spout wisdoms old and new as they battle love, loss and loneliness in the Wild West.»

As ever, the game is overflowing with goofy slapstick and visual comedy, with almost every cutscene stuffed with little vignettes in the background or subversions of the more serious comics material it's appropriating.

But it's still a cut above the majority of family entertainment, and director Paul King, who got his start helming the surreal cult comedy series The Mighty Boosh, continues to prove himself a confident and comparatively sophisticated stylist, employing cutaway sets, Rube Goldberg slapstick, animated sequences in different styles, and loads of visual gags to create the film's dollhouse - storybook world; the aesthetic influence of Wes Anderson is especially pronounced in the scenes set at the prison, where an early mishap involving a red sock and the prison laundry dyes the convicts» uniforms a Grand Budapest Hotel shade of lavender pink.

The film is a buddy action comedy in the vein of «The In - Laws» and «Midnight Run,» with a splash of 1930s movie slapsticin the vein of «The In - Laws» and «Midnight Run,» with a splash of 1930s movie slapsticIn - Laws» and «Midnight Run,» with a splash of 1930s movie slapstick.

Directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud excel in pleasing the fans of Despicable Me with much of the same spy action and slapstick minion comedy seen in the first film, only amped up to greater heights for this highly anticipated sequel.

As well as being a laugh out loud slapstick comedy rendered in gorgeous Lego visuals and crammed with DC Easter eggs and visual jokes, The Lego Batman Movie is one of the best character studies of the Dark Knight out there.

But in those the comedy is very lowbrow, slapstick, and often annoying.

And Jones» Briggs seems like he wandered in from a different movie — a slapstick, saloon comedy.

Case in point, The Fairy, a genre - blending adventure that's part romantic romp, part escapist fantasy, part slapstick comedy, and part song - and - dance musical.

«Harold and Kumar» is loaded with the kind of gross - out slapstick audiences can expect to find in more recent comedies, but it also includes enough clever humor to make even the most grounded individual respect the finished product.

See it cropping up in the character of Drew's widowed mother: in a flurry of manic energy after her husband's passing, Hollie (Susan Sarandon) proceeds to improve herself by learning stand - up comedy and tap - dancing — anything that will allow for slapstick comic whimsy (in learning to fix a car, the hood falls on her and she kicks her legs hysterically), which becomes as deadly as cancer during an ill - considered eulogy at a memorial service that stands as one of the most painful moments in movies this year.

As crass as these visual gags are, they didn't offend me nearly as much as the apparent need for continuous slapstick in every scene, I suppose just to remind us that this is a comedy.

That's The Death of Stalin for you, a slapstick tragedy — and for the funniest, fiercest comedy of the year so far — from the fertile mind of Armando Iannucci, the British political satirist behind the HBO's Veep and the sensational, Strangelovian In the Loop (2009).

Both parents and younger audiences found a lot to laugh about in this vulgar, slapstick, ironic comedy.

From the writers and directors of slapstick comedy «Vacation», comes another ridiculous film in the vein of Steve... Read More