Sentences with phrase «modern screwball»

Willis energetically interprets the backbiting that dominates this modern screwball comedy in which the secret male lover of a professional basketball star finds himself on the outside after his lover marries a basketball groupie.

Julie James» The Thing About Love is a modern screwball comedy about two FBI agents assigned to work undercover on the same case — and things get heated.

I yearned for the laugh - out - loud fluidity of, say, Russell's Flirting With Disaster — a rare example of modern screwball done right.

Maybe not in the Coen brothers» top tier, this modern screwball is nonetheless severely underrated, with charismatic, goofy performances from George Clooney and Catherine Zeta - Jones and a twist - heavy script that acts as a showcase for the Coens» indebtedness to Preston Sturges.

Not exact matches

JUMP TOMORROW (Grade: B): This story of a shy, buttoned - down, Nigerian - born man who falls for an impulsive young Spanish woman is an old - fashioned screwball road - trip romance with a modern flair and a funky lounge score.

It is also pleasing to see that in an age in which the romantic comedy is such an unfashionable genre in the cinema that filmmakers are, at least, attempting to go back to basics and call to mind a style of filmmaking in the screwball comedy that is all too rarely visible in the modern era.

Sharp, fast and witty, it's old school screwball comedy with a cool modern twist.

An emblematic screwball comedy, the film was a jumping - off point to dissect the genre commonly referred to as the «Chick Flick»; charting some of its history, analysing its place in our modern world of female action stars, and questioning the generally held belief that the style has outplayed its usefulness.