Sentences with phrase «in the romantic comedy film»

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Chinese buyers are surging into Washington state, thanks to a top - grossing Chinese romantic comedy filmed in Seattle as well as direct China - Washington flights, reports The Associated Press (20 December 2014)....

The year's funniest movie is probably The Big Sick, a heartwarming romantic comedy written by Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon, who tell their own life story in this film about an interracial couple dealing with their cultural differences.

Many in Hollywood say they see the spiritual - memoir - turned - movie as the next hot genre, suggesting there are ongoing talks about turning Lauren Winner's «Girl Meets God» into a romantic comedy, Ian Cron's «Jesus, My Father, the CIA, and Me» into an action flick, Anne Lamott's «Traveling Mercies» into an indie road trip film, Kathleen Norris» «The Cloister Walk» into something really creepy involving monks.»

The film, which hits theaters February 16, is a modern twist on a romantic comedy (boy and girl meet, fall in love, but then break up, and are suddenly reunited, ending up in that awkward stage where they have to debate whether to wave hello while taking out the trash), but it's also a particularly female spin on the coming of age story, the likes of which we're only beginning to see onscreen as more women carve out a place for themselves in writer's rooms and director's chairs.

This year, I'm working on a series of eight short films, one of which is a romantic comedy in pre-production as we speak.

With the festive season in full swing, what better way to catch a breather than spending an evening on the sofa watching a romantic comedy film!

It's a Boy Girl Thing is a 2006 romantic comedy film directed by Nick Hurran and written by Geoff Deane, starring Kevin Zegers and Samaire Armstrong and A schoolboy was savagely beaten in an «honour attack» after he started dating a girl from a close knit family, a court heard.

It's a Boy Girl Thing is a 2006 romantic comedy film directed by Nick Hurran and written by Geoff Deane, starring Kevin Zegers and Samaire Armstrong and Dating is a stage of romantic relationships in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a

And while you may be comfortable in your Just Married is a 2003 American romantic comedy film directed by Shawn Levy, and was written by Sam Harper, and starring Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy.

My Big Fat Gypsy Funeral: Irish gangster «Fat» Andy Connors laid to rest in # 25,000 GOLD coffin Gangster «Fat» Andy Connors was shot dead in front of his She's Dating the Gangster is a 2014 Filipino teen romantic comedy - drama film based on the best Pop Fiction book of the same name originally published on

Director Tom Dey's film is yet another by - the - numbers romantic comedy where the same tired escapades ensue, including one character's climactic discovery of the other's secret (in this case, when Tripp finds out about Paula's career as a female Hitch), and their eventual reunion at the end.

In 1987, she made her breakthrough film performance in the romantic comedy Making Mr. Right, ideally cast as the high - fashion publicist Frankie Stone opposite the literally robotic John MalkovicIn 1987, she made her breakthrough film performance in the romantic comedy Making Mr. Right, ideally cast as the high - fashion publicist Frankie Stone opposite the literally robotic John Malkovicin the romantic comedy Making Mr. Right, ideally cast as the high - fashion publicist Frankie Stone opposite the literally robotic John Malkovich.

Although billed as a romantic comedy, this film is neither: it's a drama spanning about two decades in a marriage

A romantic comedy that's a hoot in every sense, worth a smidgen of disapproval and a whole lot of helpless laughter... The film works ridiculously well because it never stoops to being mean - spirited or (despite all appearances) authentically inane.

Directed by Peter Chelsom, this film is the English - language remake of Masayuki Suo's 1995 romantic comedy of the same name; the Japanese version earned a record - breaking 9.5 million dollars in United States box offices.

Following a substantial role in the independent romantic comedy Better Than Chocolate (1999), Crewson seemed to be on the verge of adding another hit to her resumé as one of Robin Williams» original owners in the fantasy Bicentennial Man (1999), but the film failed to live up to box - office expectations.

The Puffy Chair is the funniest, saddest and most emotionally honest «romantic comedy» to come along in years, even if I've yet to encounter many over the age of about 35 who like the film, or even get it.

I «m not interested in light - hearted films, such as most of the romantic comedys etc..

Kinney, of course, had aspirations beyond regional theater, and, in 1986, made his film debut with a small part in the romantic comedy Seven Minutes in Heaven.

Later that year, Macdonald appeared in Mike Figgis» The Loss of Sexual Innocence, playing the young girlfriend of the film's protagonist; and in Gregg Araki's Splendor, a romantic comedy in which she played the blue - haired best friend of the film's heroine.After a slew of similar supporting roles, including a memorable turn as the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Colin Firth in My Life So Far, MacDonald was given possibly her biggest break since Trainspotting when Robert Altman cast her as a lead (albeit one of many) in Gosford Park (2001).

Along with acting in Broadway and off - Broadway plays in the late»90s, Williams also played the young Sharon Stone in the film version of Sam Shepard's Simpatico (1999), joined the ensemble cast of the romantic comedy Just a Little Harmless Sex (1999), and starred as a contemporary young woman transported to fairytale land in the splashy NBC miniseries The 10th Kingdom (2000).

Wintry symbolism has never felt so forced — and in a film that ought to have been played as a romantic comedy, it's never been more out of place, either.

Moving on to films, Loughlin appeared in the horror sequel Amityville 3 - D (1983), the romantic comedy Secret Admirer (1985), the thriller The New Kids (1985), and the Frankie Avalon - Annette Funicello retro - romp Back to the Beach (1987).

From their first film to their newest, the Farrellys have shown a keen grasp of not only the subtle comedic principles involved in semen gags, but also the nuances of the traditional Hollywood romantic comedy.

The film's big weakness is, ironically, its premise — as a straight romantic comedy in the Woody Allen / Nora Ephron vein this could have been one of the finest films of the decade, not just the year.

Add to it a soundtrack (featuring The Cure, The Smiths, and Tears for Fears, among others) that is the English equivalent to an 80's John Hughes film, and you have a film that will have all post-punk, 80's nostalgic fans tapping their feet while delighting in the chemistry of this pleasant romantic - comedy.

Luckily, Martin is surrounded by a nice supporting cast, with Kline almost outdoing Martin for the least convincing French accent in the film, Kline has played Frenchmen before, most notably in the romantic comedy, French Kiss, although he seems to have lost his ear somewhat for the inflections.

Enough Said is a romantic comedy - drama from Nicole Holofcener, the writer - director of other critically acclaimed films exploring the daily travails of mostly upper middle - class affluent women (and men) in such as Lovely & Amazing and Friends with Money — something that invites comparisons to the works of Woody Allen often.

However, underneath the high - concept themes of the film, Rumor Has It remains a routine romantic comedy with serious moments thrown in, and will likely only please viewers considered to be regulars of the genre.

Though it isn't as laugh - out - loud funny as you might expect from a film starring a Seinfeld - alum, Enough Said still emerges as a warm and insightful romantic comedy that sees its characters as flawed but well - meaning people looking for happiness in their interactions with others, but ultimately finding it within themselves.

Although billed as the «ultimate romantic comedy», Curtis takes a strange stance on relationships in this film.

Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012) Anderson delivers a beautifully quirky romantic comedy drama, in what is destined to become one of his best films in recent years.

Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes (in what feels like a rare turn) have palpable chemistry, and the film is shot with the sweeping air of off your feet romance that we desperately want to see in our romantic comedies.

Shane Meadows» previous film «Once Upon a Time in the Midlands» (2002) was, as its title would suggest, an attempt to transplant the American western onto English soil — but the hybrid which emerged was a disappointing romantic comedy that almost ruined the director's reputation (carefully built upon the improvised do - it - yourself naturalism of his 1997 debut «Twenty Four Seven» and his 1999 follow - up «A Room for Romeo Brass»).

The film is a romantic comedy set in 1990's Los Angeles that also features Academy Award and Grammy winner Jennifer Hudson, Kevin James, Terry Crews, Lamorne Morris, Nick Swardson, Rob Schneider, Jane Seymour and Grammy winner Aaron Neville.

It may not be a film that relies on intelligent jokes, but it's a film that understands how to make its audience fall in love with its characters, and sometimes, in a romantic comedy, that's all that's needed.

In spite of several lines about how romantic comedies have given people seriously messed - up expectations about the way the world works, it's unsurprising that Tropper is already working on adapting the book as a feature film.

The men in this summer's slate of indie films are far from ordinary: Colin Farrell stars as a neurotic in the wonderfully weird romantic comedy «The Lobster» and Daniel Radcliffe is a dead guy in «Swiss Army Man.»

Book Club isn't just a romantic comedy but a film that manages to team up four of the greatest female actors of their time in the same movie.

But in revising the romantic comedy by refusing to unite the couple, Coppola's film remains mysterious and unresolved.

(This is his second film; his first was a wonderfully corny little romantic comedy called «Big Eden,» which came out in 2000.)

Indeed, you are unlikely ever again to see a romantic comedy with one of the pair spending half of the film in a coma.

Steve Carrell is a sweet, shy middle - aged geek and the last American virgin in The 40 - Year - Old Virgin (2005), the feature debut of director Judd Apatow (who wrote the film with Carrell), an oddly sweet mix of romantic comedy and adolescent shenanigans, albeit with a slightly older cast.

This award - winning film features the voice talents of Sarah Silverman, Dermot Mulroney, David Carradine, Martha Plimpton, and Justin Long in an outrageous romantic zombie comedy that tells the story of a teenage couple murdered on prom night, who return for revenge.

With another big film, Rebel in the Rye (directed and written by Danny Strong and co-starring Nicholas Hoult) coming to theaters this fall, a recent wrap on The Year of Spectacular Men (written by her sister Madelyn Deutch and directed by their mother), and production starting on the Netflix romantic comedy Set It Up, a work drought does not seem to be in Zoey's future.

The 54 - year - old director left a successful run in British theater and television to tackle a striking range of genres on film: horror, romantic comedy, family drama, thriller, dark comedy, among others.

As a female, I naturally like romantic comedies, and I have been sorely disappointed in the films from this genre that have been coming out for a couple of years now.

The films in Next, the festival section devoted to innovation in storytelling, are writer - director Michael Tully's «Ping Pong Summer,» a coming - of - age comedy that was the recipient of a $ 70,000 SFFS / KRF postproduction grant, and writer - director Gillian Robespierre's romantic comedy «Obvious Child,» the subject of a January 2013 SFFS «Off the Page» screen - writing workshop.

Strangely, even though this side story is a superfluous toss - in that has next to nothing to do with Google or the competition, their romantic comedy interplay represents the best moments of the film.

Unlike the appropriately sober (if aesthetically half - assed) UK poster, this U.S. one - sheet for «Chéri» does much the same thing as the trailer in selling the film as an effervescent romantic comedy.