Baumbach and Stiller have a comfort level with each other that helps a lot, though credit goes to the entire cast for getting so many
laughs out of the material, particularly Adam Driver in one of his best supporting roles in cinema to date.
Carell and Fey manage to wring a few
laughs out of the material just by being themselves, but, really, the only big laughs in the film come from the numerous cameos.
A supporting cast filled with names like Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Justin Timberlake (The Social Network), Lucy Punch (St. Trinian's), Phyllis Smith (The Office), John Michael Higgins (Best in Show), Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family) and Molly Shannon (Year of the Dog) also eke
laughs out of the material through broad flamboyance.
It also used to mean something to see the name Ivan Reitman as director, helmer of such classic comedies as Ghostbusters, Stripes, and Meatballs, although without Bill Murray, Reitman can't seem to get in sync with the pacing of the comedy to get any big
laughs out of the material.
Not exact matches
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Even those who get a few
laughs out of the title character's multidirectionally insulting repartee, delivered with relish by Woody Harrelson in the title role, may wonder what's so special about the source
material.
It's never feels like Ostlund is playing any
of his
material for
laughs, instead letting them come naturally
out of everyday situations.
There's nothing great here (I did
laugh out loud at some lowbrow
material in the extended Chris Cooper rap), but I'm surprised that all
of it hit the cutting - room floor — an indicator
of discipline in the edit, I guess.
In her sophomore feature effort, director Penny Marshall handles the
material terrifically, getting good mileage
out of the
laughs and never fumbling in moving from comedy to drama.
It is deeply refreshing to meet a family in a movie that does not play on tired sitcom tropes or rehearsed indie cleverness — even when the
laughs come from a child swearing or the exercise perils
of an
out -
of - shape man, the movie admirably handles the
material without winking or hysteria.
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