Sentences with phrase «leaned on comedy»

In his promising career so far, Nichols hasn't leaned on comedy too much, and while this film certainly cribs from Spielberg in some regards, it doesn't carry over any of his whimsy.

Not exact matches

NBC is already leaning on its stable of TV stars to create some of Seeso's original content, including a variety sketch show produced and hosted by Parks star Amy Poehler and a «fantasy roleplaying» comedy show hosted by Community creator Dan Harmon.

The script leans heavily on pop culture references — a plague of just about every recent comedy — but it isn't entirely lazy, with successful sight gags and one painfully realistic failed round of Celebrity.

This ensemble comedy follows a group of single parents as they lean on each other to help raise their 7 - year - old kids and maintain some kind of personal lives outside of parenthood.

The buddy comedy is yet another trope that Get Hard leans on and it simply doesn't work.

John Belushi, Chris Farley, Kevin James, Josh Gad: there is a long list of plus - sized actors who have leaned on physical comedy to propel them to stardom, always game to play the chaotic sidekick or the goofy best friend.

This movie leans heavily on the comedy, which surfaces both in chatty, eminently quotable exchanges and indelible characters.

«Bad Moms» continually seems confused as to just how to lean in, lurching between outlandish comedy set pieces based on public meltdowns and misbehavior that would likely get one arrested or injured in real life while also wanting to create some semblance of an emotional reality for its characters.

The comedy in this one scene is hardly indicative of tone of the film as a whole, as it leans further on slapstick than the natural give and take charm of its actors.

Zombieland leans heavily on the comedy side of the horror - comedy equation.

Most of these lean heavily on either action (Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Red, Knight and Day) or comedy (Austin Powers, Get Smart, Date Night).

If I were pressed to describe the thematic intention of this seemingly random, vulgar comedy, it would be to make the opposite of the «inspirational teacher movie» like Stand and Deliver, Lean On Me, and Dangerous Minds, by setting the film, not in the inner city, but in the suburbs, and making the teacher a morally challenged person rather than one of great character.

Who we want to win: We genuinely find Tony Gilroy's writing on Michael Clayton to be the most worthy nominee in this category, but our hearts have us leaning towards Diablo Cody and the quirky comedy of Juno.

They take «Get Out» seriously, because Peele, having laid the groundwork for the movie in multiple sketches on Comedy Central's «Key & Peele» that pulled humor out of racism, leaned into the horror classics that brought Grand Guignol wit to their dark themes: «Rosemary's Baby,» «The Stepford Wives,» and «Scream.»

They mastered the art of leaning into the absurdity of those puzzles, using comedy as a way of highlighting the absurd cartoon logic they relied on.