Sentences with phrase «long for a comedy»

The movie is 2 hours, which is too long for a comedy.

This is classic Apatow - very funny and very naughty.Rudd and Mann make a good couple and the daughters are adorable.But Apatow needs to learn that sometimes less is more as this movie would have been better at 105 minutes than it is at 130 minutes.As funny as it is it seems very long for a comedy.

Nearly two hours is way too long for a comedy of so few jokes per minute.

Not exact matches

He's worked in comedy for so long.

I approached Del Close [the comedian] back in 1983 because I thought there had to be something more for long - form improvisation in comedy.

But after the horrific reviews for the 2015 holiday comedy he penned, «Love the Coopers,» he knew he couldn't go on much longer working like this.

Molly Shannon's been goofing around in niche comedy lanes like Wet Hot American Summer and Children's Hospital for several years now, and placing her atop the reboot of The Office would be a long overdue return to prominence after her run on SNL.

Alternative media like art, or TV shows, or comedy, have long been vehicles to examine society and religion and all sorts of things in a more effective way that head - on debate can provide — look at Stephen Colbert for one example — any, any restraint on those media is a direct assault on freedom itself.

One does not need to watch for long to note the similarity of formats used and the development of identifiable sub-rituals: news, current affairs, sports, soap operas, situation comedies, drama, and the mini series.

Chris McGrath, the GOP candidate for the Republican ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos» Long Island seat, is drawing heat from women's rights groups and others for bankrolling two R - rated sex comedies that include gratuitous nude scenes — «Surf School» and «Death to the Supermodel.»

Chris McGrath, the GOP candidate for the Republican ex-Majority Leader's Long Island seat, is drawing heat from women's rights groups and others for bankrolling two R - rated sex comedies that include gratuitous nude scenes — «Surf School» and «Death to the Supermodels.»

Tom Benson, National Comedy Center Project Chairman added, «We are thrilled and proud to host this important event for our close long term partners, Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau, Chautauqua County and the Jamestown Chambers of Commerce.

He is of the view that the President is fully aware Ghanaians will no longer mandate him the reason he is resorting the to grooming himself in readiness for standup comedy.

Holdren's speech framed an array of activities AAAS has organized around the March for Science, including hosting a comedy show after Holdren's address that went a long way in banishing the idea that scientists are solely serious creatures.

I have been pretty swamped focusing on building up my social consulting business + designing a new site for it (stay tuned... I am perfecting the design hehe), being a boss lady ain't easy... let me tell ya haha However, one of my highlights of the long Labor Day Weekend (other than the amazing sales) was being able to meet up with some of my blogger friends — I have been out of commission for a little bit since I've been drowning in work + the blog, but heading to a comedy show + some brunch was the perfect way to catch up with some of my favorite gals!

My story started a long time ago it is a comedy and a chick flick for sure.

I like going for long walks, going to the gym, playing sports, watching a good action, drama or comedy movie.

i like thick woman im a down to earth guy who do nt like drama i was in a long term relationship and i know that drama brings more drama so as long as we can get to chill and have some funhit me up if thats what your looking for i like playing pool cards cooking watching action movies comedy up...

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There's the potential for «Superbad» - style comedy when Denis and his pal go on the run with Beth and friends, but the pace is slow and lines fall flat thanks to long pauses and hammy delivery.

The cast of the popular BBC sketch - comedy series reunites for a feature - length comedy, but the concept doesn't translate well to the longer form.

Gelbart was probably best known, however, as the producer and frequent writer for the long - running and highly distinguished comedy - drama M * A * S * H.

Despite some obvious flaws, «Step Brothers» remains a hugely enjoyable, well - constructed slice of lowbrow Saturday night entertainment, leaving Ferrell's position as the reigning king of US comedy secure for a while longer.

No longer was the film a soulful animated comedy that was targeted at children, while having the makings of something that anyone could enjoy; instead it was a film that got too big for its own good.

A 33 - year - old actor and comic best known for his long - running role as Maurice in the Britcom «The IT Crowd,» Ayoade has an evident gift for the kind of slightly offbeat comedy that's about the differences between a character's self - perception and the way the world sees him.

Favreau has a gift for tart comedy but is only another action director, and the long climax has so much faceless military hardware zipping about and lighting up the night sky, it feels like watching an anxious teenager's screen capture of his top - scoring video game.

This time I'm POSITIVE we're not going to see a holiday comedy this sour and cynical and profoundly unfunny for a very long time.

The big - studio romantic comedy has become so intractably set in its ways that there's no longer hope for true innovation; competent replication of clichés is now a best - case scenario.

Blockers sells itself as a parents - first warpath comedy, but the true treat here is watching a trio of young women navigate sex - comedy narratives that boys have dominated for far too long.

Grainger was also recognized for her character of Charlie Cooper in a one - off television adaptation of Kate Long's novel THE BAD MOTHER»S HANDBOOK; Grainger starred opposite Catherine Tate, Anne Reid, and Robert Pattinson in this popular comedy drama.

Tandy Cronyn's earliest film appearance was in the obscure agit - prop comedy Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition (1970); she has since been seen in such productions as All Night Long (1981), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), and the made - for - TV The Story Lady (1991), in which she co-starred with her mother, Jessica Tandy.

The Farrelly Brothers haven't been making comedies for that long, but suddenly they, too, seem to be obsessing over what, for them, usually comes as second nature.

Writer / director Jean Renoir's comedy was for a long time available only in a shorter, English - dubbed version called Paris Does Strange Things.

Littered with low points — lame comedy, dubious history, fumbling drama and a love story so inept as to make a pacifist long for war.

Starting with a timeless premise — young people are stupid — and spinning it into a broad, crass, and relentlessly amusing mid-summer surprise, «Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates» may not be the first Apatow - era comedy about twentysomethings coming to grips with the fact that they won't live forever (and it's certainly not the deepest, as it lingers in your memory for about as long as a Snapchat), but it might just be one of the funniest.

«We're very happy that our movie is coming out in a year where Hollywood is having a lot of difficult conversations with itself, and we're amplifying voices that have been silenced for too long,» Kumail Nanjiani said as he accepted the best comedy award for «The Big Sick.»

The odds: Given festival juries» general resistance to comedy (Cannes and the Oscars are similar in more respects than one might think) and a director few perceive as particularly ripe for the honor, «The Source» looks, on paper, like a long shot for the Palme.

WHY: It's been seven years since Tina Fey and Amy Poehler teamed up for the comedy «Baby Mama,» and quite frankly, it's been seven years too long.

His long takes, tracking shots, use of natural lighting, admiration for shooting on celluloid film and blend of comedy and drama have distinguished his films as pictorially attractive and thematically inimitable.

Like much of what passes for mainstream American comedy nowadays, the movie (which Gluck wrote with Rob Lieber) seems to anticipate a mirthless reception by laughing long and hard at its own jokes.

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

Now that we've got over the fact that «Shaun of the Dead» director Edgar Wright is no longer occupying the director's chair for this Marvel superhero comedy, perhaps we can begin to assess «Ant - Man» on its own terms.

The veteran actor has been appearing in the long - running comedy show as the president for quite some time now.

IndieWire is pleased to debut the very first trailer for «Ghost Team,» a supernatural comedy directed by Oliver Irving and starring Jon Heder, David Krumholtz, Melonie Diaz, Paul W. Downs, Justin Long and Amy Sedaris.

I've been a sucker for french comedies for a while now; perhaps it's because I haven't practiced my french in a long time, or maybe it's because they make so many good movies.

Frances McDormand, in an F - bomb laden speech («The awards convention is too f — king long»), accepted the best female lead award at the Spirit Awards for the dark comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, while Timothee Chalamet won best male lead for the drama Call Me by Your Name.

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane's very R - Rated comedy / parody of the western genre A Million Ways to Die in the West arrives this May, though his fans won't have to wait too long thereafter for his next directorial feature.

Perhaps that's why they programmed a special screening of one of the most purely enjoyable romantic comedies in a long time and a world premiere of a wacky, broad, gigantic ensemble laugher that equally allowed moviegoers to leave the real world behind for 90 minutes.

3 Toni Erdmann German writer - director Maren Ade filters screwball comedy through the sober aesthetic of the Romanian new wave — long takes, no score, epic running time — for this demented tale of a fractious father - and - daughter relationship.