Sentences with phrase «more pratfalling»

Purportedly «based upon» Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey's novel Cheaper by the Dozen (and characters conceived by Craig Titley), Cheaper by the Dozen 2 reunites the Baker clan for more pratfalling hijinks, wanton destruction, and syrupy lessons.

Even baseball fans will be sorely disappointed in how the game is depicted, with almost no adherence to any known rules (the Benchwarmers only field three players), while the games themselves have no real rooting interest, concocted merely to show more pratfalls, players getting injured, and bats flying out of the park into vehicles or people.

This new take on the material reverses the genders of the leads, but mostly tells the same story — with more pratfalls.

Every scene and character is merely a set - up for more pratfalls, sight gags, and non-stop goofiness to evoke laughs and little else.

Not exact matches

The pitiful misadventures presented here spotlight pratfalls more than biting wit, which is a dodgy endeavor considering that the median age of the double bill is 77.

Deadpool assembles a team of mutants (except, hilariously, a guy named Peter, who has no obvious superpower) that he dubs X-Force for a daring, pratfall - filled and mostly ill - fated rescue before facing off against a rather more ordinary but still plenty nasty villain, the headmaster of Broadstone House, a reformatory for mutant children, who has the mien of a bureaucrat and the soul of a sadist.

Chevy Chase returns as dimwitted dad Clark W. Griswold in a pratfall - down funny romp bouncing from the casino to a Hoover Dam tour to Vegas shows and more.

Comedy today is less about punch lines and pratfalls and more about eliciting that laugh - gasp hybrid.

With the exception of a second - act revelation that pushes the story in an interesting direction, «Table 19» is a largely ineffective Sundance wannabe that's unable to balance its pratfalls and dick jokes with the more serious moments.

Plaza doesn't stray too far from her brand — Tatiana is unsurprisingly droll and cutthroat — but the actress continues to prove that she's more than just her affectations, and her performance is backboned by a heartfelt riot of inner chaos and an uproarious talent for pratfalls (seriously, she has a gift).

Writer - director Thomas Bezucha is often less a filmmaker and more a shepherd of pratfalls.

Wiig's first starring vehicle, «Bridesmaids,» is a made - to - order showcase: It features her as sympathetic leading lady, insecure Fey - like nut job, and, best of all, a talented farceur whose elastic face and ever more elastic body bring to mind no less a pratfall genius than Lucille Ball.

It isn't hard to see why that is, because it avoids all the pratfalls embraced by conventional, more commercial horror fare.

>> Growing up, I was obsessed with watching Robin Williams pratfall his way through Mork & Mindy so I'm more than a little excited to hear he's coming back to TV after a three decade absence with a new show called The Crazy Ones.