Sentences with phrase «not slapstick»

SKIP THIS MOVIE IF: you prefer your action flicks to focus on action and not slapstick comedy OR you are already convinced Channing Tatum is less talented than Jason Statham despite his appearance in most movies these days (admitted exaggeration)

It's not the slapstick that's the problem.

Like the trailer, the game will be tongue - in - cheek — not slapstick, but not dark either, Dead Island 2 seeks to play up the idea of Venice Beach, California as a zombie playground.

It's not slapstick, but you can't take yourself too seriously when the superhero of the movie shrinks down to the size of an ant and has ants that he can manipulate to help him out.

A tender story of (then) modern love, it was Allen's first onscreen appearance that was not slapstick, and an important part of his story.

But this movie wasn't a slapstick comedy.

Not exact matches

It terms of being vulgar, I don't think you need to be violent unless it's slapstick, violence to yourself.

After seeing some of the slapstick stunts the San Francisco secondary pulled against Minnesota, it isn't hard to guess what part of the Niners» defense Favre will attack.

I'm sure it won't be a slapstick comedy, but I wonder how «lighthearted» the approach to the subject might be.

Childbirth class is not a big, slapstick group exercise of pushing out the baby like I thought it might be.

There is an element of slapstick, too: the giant clapping mouth, and not much room for a brain case — these are endearing features.

«Our film should not have made light of Peter Rabbit's archnemesis, Mr. McGregor, being allergic to blackberries, even in a cartoonish, slapstick way.»

I like mild humiliation scenarios and spankings, watersports (but not scat), slapstick, forced...

In fact, you can look forward to seeing all three of these in the latest Matthew McConaughey / Sarah Jessica Parker vehicle «Failure to Launch,» but here are a few things you won't expect: Terry Bradshaw's bare - naked ass, a mockingbird receiving mouth - to - mouth resuscitation, and plenty more I - can't - believe - that - just - happened slapstick set pieces.

Even by modern day standards in which slapstick comedies aren't vogue, Chaplin manages to sell the most inane gags.

The film's bouts of slapstick and sentiment sit slightly oddly with its downbeat tone, but if Wilson isn't entirely consistent as a character, Harrelson is consistently funny — and if anyone can make a sociable misanthrope believable, he can.

But there's still not quite enough going on here, either in terms of humor or excitement; small children are likely to be disappointed by the paucity of silly slapstick or bathroom gags, while their older siblings will probably fidget at the lack of scares.

Their characters are both evil and slapstick and it's not a combination that fits the tone of the film.

This movie will please young kids with its stupid cat and mouse slapstick humor, but others will not find it funny.

The film tries to pack in a little bit too much in its running time, and there isn't a comedic moment until well into the film, a strange choice in a movie for kids, but The Wild Life has its moments of charm, hilarity, and slapstick that worked really well.

Like this summer's other slapstick cause célèbre, «Pineapple Express,» it's a comedy with as high or higher a body count as the movies it purports to be parodying, and the problem isn't the violence per se but rather the fact that neither movie ever finds a satisfactory balance between tongue - in - cheek and guts - in - hand.

It's not low - brow comedy or slapstick at all, but a very well - written and acted show, which slowly makes you really love the characters, mostly for their flaws.

Honestly, if you think this is the best kung fu movie ever made, your brain will explode if you watch Drunken Master the original and there are a lot better kung fu movies than that, that don't constantly resort to slapstick without a moment of seriousness.

I suppose I'm an easy mark for low - brow humor and cringe - inducing pun play, but who doesn't appreciate a little slapstick from time to time?

Not since «Dumb and Dumber» have I laughed my Ass Off with such blatant moronic slapstick.

When Curly (Will Sasso) tells Larry (Sean Hayes) that the latter's smacks, kicks, and eye - pokes just aren't the same as Moe's (Chris Diamantopoulos), it may come across as some weird compromise between classic Stooges slapstick and feature - film semi-seriousness, but this is Farrelly territory, so you'd better believe it.

Downey has a perfect ear for the Chaplin accent, the way it climbed from Cockney to minced posh, and a perfect boot and fist for the slapstick; the one thing he doesn't have is an eye on his own brilliance.

It isn't superlative slapstick, but it is oddly watchable if only for the perverse curiosity toward how much more ridiculous can circumstances get.

Not only does he genuinely look like Charlie but he manages to mimic the moves, walk, facial expressions and even the comedic slapstick Charlie amazed us with in his movies.

REC 4 won't win any points for being scary or terribly original, as this is more of an action thriller than horror, but it is mostly successful due to the fact that it drops the slapstick comedy of REC 3 and goes for a more serious tone, and the setting make this stand out in the zombie genre.

The Guardian continues the praise for Whedon's direction, noting his «keen ear for comedy, a no - nonsense approach to ditching the gags that don't work, a deft hand for slapstick and an eagerness to use it.»

It was Steve Martin who said, «Comedy isn't pretty,» but it's Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, the writer - directors here, who prove it; this is the Dawn of the Dead of slapstick.

But my main issue was that the story didn't draw me in enough, the uselessness of the Warriors Three, and the borderline slapstick humor mid way during the film.

What transpires from there can only be described as a series of attempts to keep upping the ante on gross - outs, one liners, animal gags, and slapstick that doesn't add up to any kind of elaborate comedy.

The Nice Guys is a prototypical Shane Black film, saturated with all his earmarks as a filmmaker: Southern California, Christmas, private detectives, slapstick violence, explosions, people falling off of things, and a loosey - goosey plot that won't really hold up if you look too hard at it.

Based on this trailer, this is definitely something different from Scorsese (we're not sure we ever expected to see a shot of a dog reacting to a slapstick pratfall from the director of Mean Streets), though he's never been the sort of director you could pin down to one genre.

As the plot is thin, there's a lot of filler with side characters, including Octavius (Coogan, Philomena) and Jedediah (Wilson, The Grand Budapest Hotel) falling through an air vent and ending up in a replica of ancient Pompeii, Lancelot (STevens, The Guest) crashing a West End stage production of «Camelot» starring Hugh Jackman, and lots of not - too - funny broad slapstick involving Larry trying to corral an energetic caveman he's named Laaa who happens to be his spitting image.

Whereas a hit like Wedding Crashers struck such a balance somewhat awkwardly — structured so that the first half was for boys - boy rowdiness, and the second half for girly - girl romance — Apatow's latest tackles both exigencies nearly simultaneously, a considerable feat aided by the writer - director's adept ability to wring laughs not from outrageous farce and slapstick but, instead, from real - world situations and dilemmas.

But considering the film's Sugarplum Fairy demographic, destigmatizing strangers through the requisite Home Alone - ization of cops (Williams is subject to all manner of slapstick punishment) is not just irresponsible, but morally reprehensible, too.

Goldie Hawn, «The First Wives Club» Perhaps the biggest injustice on this list is that Hawn, a triple threat wildly gifted in the slapstick department, did not win any of the awards her character Elise owns in this classic 1996 comedy.

Plenty of screwball comedy, slapstick, sight gags, stupid word play, and overall silliness is all you will get for the 85 minutes duration, where nothing is serious, not even the end credits.

The slapstick humour isn't funny, the jokes aren't funny and, more embarrassingly, Harry and Lloyd aren't funny.

I'm really looking forward to this movie, especially since this TV spot shows the jokes won't just be foul language and slapstick.

This doesn't mean «Lincoln» is entirely free of heavy - handed moments — an early encounter between Lincoln and some young soldiers verges on the corny and there's some near - slapstick stuff involving spivvy lobbyists.

It's not brain dead comedy created solely for slapstick humor but has a self - depreciating way of portraying the life of its central characters and their actions.

It starts off pretty slow, not really hitting its stride until about the seventh level, but it's chock - full of the simple - but - enjoyable slapstick humor we've come to expect from the Lego series of games.

Will this movie, playing to young viewers who don't know the Stooges at all, look off - puttingly old - fashioned or so bizarrely slapstick - intense that it seems as up - to - the - minute in its comedy as anything from Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell?

Along the way there is nudity (and yes, I'm talking male nudity here in a particularly, uh, memorable can't - un-see-that sequence), foul language, slapstick and yelling.

Fans and young children will have a good time with this, but other moviegoers won't be as lenient with the repetitive slapstick comedy.

A broad slapstick gag involving a mishap with Brad steering Dusty's motorcycle is almost surreal in its over-the-top absurdity that one can't help but cackle.