Sentences with phrase «observational comedy»
If you're going to do observational comedy, it's really good to observe something worth observing.
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But it also evolves the genre — combining observational comedy about New York twentysomething narcissists with tenets of action thrillers — to a point that also forces you to open your eyes.
«Plays like a whip - smart, reflective, and uncompromised bit of observational comedy that's akin to laughing off a hellacious hangover.»
When I was researching BBC Two's new comedy Mum is a beautiful observational comedy, says star Lisa McGrillis If you loved Him & Her, you'll love Mum even more.
This riotous observational comedy stars the likes of Adam Scott, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Chris O'Dowd and Maya Rudolph.
This riotous observational comedy stars the...
Modern observational comedy — from George Carlin railing about the military - industrial complex to Jerry Seinfeld complaining about losing socks in the dryer — relies on an audience with shared values, a belief in rational argument, respect for common sense.
Undoubtedly, Woody Allen's observational comedy rings throughout the movie.
However, as you chuckle at a sharp piece of observational comedy, you wonder who that joke was aimed at.
BBC Two's new comedy Mum is a beautiful observational comedy, says star Lisa McGrillis If you loved Him & Her, you'll love Mum even more.
His ex still give BBC Two's new comedy Mum is a beautiful observational comedy, says star Lisa McGrillis If you loved Him & Her, you'll love Mum even more.
However, because the movie never reveals a true point, it feels like this is little more than observational comedy, rather than a film dissecting cinema.
In his elusive sui generis brand of anti-sentimental, observational comedy, the comic possibilities of character and situation are always restrained by a defining sense of plausible reality and authentic, self - revealing emotional experience.
Overrated Damsels In Distress Not nearly as clever as the film, or its adherents, seem to think, Whit Stillman's Damsels In Distress is a tone - deaf attempt to change gears from the observational comedy of his early films to a more stylized, absurdist mode.
Force Majeure is an observational comedy about the role of the male in modern family life.
It shows the dry, observational comedy that Miloš Forman cut his chops on before leaving Czechoslovakia for Hollywood.
At its core, this is an observational comedy about the contrast between old school and contemporary fatherhood — machismo vs emotionally open.
Indie filmmakers Jay and Mark Duplass have a deeply personal memoir out called «Like Brothers,» which mixes autobiography, moviemaking advice, observational comedy, old scripts and emails, and tips on keeping friendships in business.
It mixes autobiography, movie - making advice, observational comedy, old scripts and emails, and tips on keeping friendships in business.