A screenplay, adapted or original, which has four or
more credited screenwriters.
Not exact matches
But it's when the devilish old Carrey materializes that the movie — which Mark Waters directed and is
credited to three
screenwriters — dares to be
more than a greeting card.
And this is all the
more satisfying because when you see a hefty team of screenwriters in the credits, in this case, Zack Stenz, Ashley Miller, Scott Alexander, and Larry Karaszweski, it usually doesn't bode well... Read More&ra
more satisfying because when you see a hefty team of
screenwriters in the
credits, in this case, Zack Stenz, Ashley Miller, Scott Alexander, and Larry Karaszweski, it usually doesn't bode well... Read
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It should be noted that Cohen had been the
screenwriter for the original film, though one wonders if he is merely
credited for Aguirre - Sacasa's retool
more so than in adding anything new of his own.
If anything, some of their individual problems could stand a little
more attention; maybe additional details were elbowed out by the four
credited screenwriters.
The
screenwriters, along with directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, are in it for the long haul — from the chief's speech to an end -
credits sequence that imagines this series some 30 sequels into the future, with each successive one making a flimsier and
more ridiculous excuse to get these two characters into the same shenanigans over and over again.
At its best, the story (
credited to five writers, including
screenwriter Meg LeFauve) evokes Jack London, but
more often it feels like the proverbial camel — the horse designed by committee — with downright weird choices like a Western - themed midsection featuring Tyrannosaurus ranchers (most notably Sam Elliott) right out of City Slickers.
I'm not sure if I'm
more surprised that it took three
credited screenwriters to come up with a script this inept than I am that Ramis actually shot film with a script at all.
Although the novelist and BBC
screenwriter already had
more than 20 young adult, horror and thriller novels to her
credit, Pinborough drew a complete blank when it came to plotting her big stateside break.