Sentences with phrase «makes decent comedies»

The director is Ivan Reitman, who makes decent comedies, the cast includes Oscar winner Emma Thompson and always versatile Danny Devito, and the premise and script are pretty decent.

Not exact matches

Michael Ritchie's 1985 mystery comedy has the pleasant, modest feel of a Fox B picture from the 30s — a Charlie Chan with a sense of humor... It does make for a decent evening's entertainment.

I enjoyed the concept and the visual storytelling but the lack of decent characters and the humorless comedy make this commendable but not great.

There's a decent premise to this action - comedy, but the filmmakers can't be bothered to put in the effort to actually make it funny or exciting.

As a straight up basic, somewhat crass comedy, Hot Tub is mostly effective and decent performances from John Cusack and Craig Robinson certainly balance the humorous elements in this story, with its more serious take on youth, and the decisions we make that shape our lives.

Imagine if the monkey - faced Ecce Homo were instead a halfway decent portrait of a macaque, and you'll have some sense of what makes this mystifyingly competent grab - bag of lame»80s comedy plot points, terrible gags, racist fears, and disturbing sexual subtexts unique.

Jonah Hill brings the piece enough of his stellar comic timing to make the comedy a decent one to catch on cable on a rainy day, but can't save a film that needed a few more rewrites and at least one more trip to the editing bay.

There were so many directions this film could have been taken in that would have made it not just tolerable but perhaps a decent comedy as well.

John Michael McDonagh (writer of Ned Kelly) makes his feature directorial debut with this crime thriller that apparently has a decent amount of comedy as well.

Gringo is a slick dark comedy, not the weed comedy it was originally made out to be, but a decent caper about a bunch of assholes trying to screw each other over.

Actually, as far as off - color comedies go, Soul Man's smart - ass attitude and energy makes it a fairly decent example of the appeal of 1980s teen comedies, even if it crashes and burns as it nears the end.

She's made two comedies that weren't terribly well received (Your Highness and No Strings Attached, though I'll go to bat for the latter as a decent rom - com), two Marvel movies playing Thor's girlfriend, an inscrutable Terrence Malick movie (Knight of Cups), and her directorial debut, A Tale of Love and Darkness.

There's a fine documentary on the making of the # 1 film from this year, Les Blank's Burden Of Dreams, decent prestige films like Gandhi, Sophie's Choice and An Officer And A Gentleman and some very good comedies: Tootsie, Airplane II: The Sequel and Fast Times At Ridgemont High.

I actually think a decent parody comedy could be made from this very premise and in a few rare moments, Epic Movie seems capable of pulling it off.

It sounds like a strong start for a decent comedy with characters criss - crossing, making fools of each other and generally getting up to no good.