Sentences with phrase «of classic screwball comedies»
Not that you'll be in a particular hurry to get there, given how entertaining it is to watch the talented cast perform Potter's rat - a-tat script (the speed and complexity of the dialogue are reminiscent of classic screwball comedies like «His Girl Friday»).
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Oscar - winners Cary Grant («The Awful Truth,» «North by Northwest») and Katharine Hepburn («The African Queen,» «On Golden Pond») star in this screwball comedy classic about a madcap heiress who upsets the staid existence of a straitlaced zoology professor.
Reminiscent in tone to classic dark screwball comedies like Ruthless People, director Seth Gordon (Four Christmases, The King of Kong) succeeds by keeping the energy high, the actors flowing naturally with off - the - cuff reactions, and by keeping the tone light, the performances spot on, and the quips lightning - fast throughout, even during the pitch - black comedy moments.
This is a classic screwball comedy made brand new, exactly the kind of movie Howard Hawks and Preston Sturges and Grant and Gable and Hepburn would be making today, with hysterical gags, slapstick moments, perfect timing, and dialogue so sharp it leaves teeth marks.
The philosopher Stanley Cavell has called the classic screwball movies like The Awful Truth (1937) and The Lady Eve (1941) «comedies of remarriage,» in which couples are rudely bounced from their Edenic connubial gardens and reunited (after a series of farcical / magical contrivances) in a spirit of wry realism: This time they know they'll live bumpily ever after.
This light, silly romantic comedy attempts to recall classic screwball comedies, not least, in the admirable feistiness of its lead female character.
Baseball has been at the foreground of a diverse group of great films, from the classic drama Pride of the Yankees to the screwball comedy Major League, from coming - of - age tale The Sandlot to Disney's own spiritual family dramedy Angels in the Outfield.
Film Adaption: His Girl Friday A brief look at the adaptation of the novel The Front Page into this classic screwball comedy.
A classic style New York romantic comedy with touches of classic screwball and a sprinkling of terrific cameos, the former escort reminisces to a reporter (Illeana Douglas) about her rags to riches fairy tale — a chain of events affecting the lives of everyone involved, including Arnold's wife Delta (Kathryn Hahn), leading man Seth (Rhys Ifans), playwright Joshua (Will Forte) and even Isabella's therapist, Jane (Jennifer Aniston).
It may be not be one of the classic examples of a Hollywood screwball comedy — might I recommend His Girl Friday to anyone interested?
And then there's The Color Wheel, a comedy that somehow marries the hectic, will - they - make - it - to - the - end - before - the - film - collapses mania of classic screwball with the warts -» n - all nature of contemporary American independent film.
The best scenes from Taylor Hackford's new movie, The Comedian, have the smart, punchy pace and content of a classic Hollywood screwball comedy: Robert De Niro's comedy club scenes have a fresh sparkle that suggests improv and show him in a...
In a classic screwball comedy — which this film resembles — such lines would have wit and sparkle: Ralph Bellamy would exclaim with gusto, «This food is of restaurant quality!»
So I wasn't surprised that, when given the freedom to create a personal story, Chris Rock would be more than capable — and Top Five is a very effective, often hilarious adaptation of Rock's stand - up in the tradition of classic romantic comedies (actually, structurally, the film is closer to screwball comedies of the 1930s and 40s — but more on that in a bit).
From film noir to screwball comedy to the roman - tic classics, here are some of the greatest films of Hollywood's Golden Age featuring cocktails in unforgettable supporting roles.
Here you'll find the directorial debut of Amber Tamblyn; a classic screwball comedy; a horror anthology film; a forgotten Nicole Kidman thriller; a recent highly acclaimed sci - fi flick; an intense indie drama; yet another incredible performance from Michael Stuhlbarg; and much more.
The birds, the bees and the bullets Not content with simply riffing on «Raiders of the Lost Ark's popular style of popcorn adventure, Robert Zemeckis took inspiration from another classic Hollywood source, the screwball comedy, for this likable South American romp.