Sentences with phrase «of dramatic comedy»

A priceless coming of age saga overflowing in life, energy and exuberance, there's just way too much about this fabulous little gem of a dramatic comedy to adore.

Those experiences — and the tension with his family over the intercultural romance — form the basis of the dramatic comedy.

Co-written by Pegg and Wright, the films» sharp and hyper - imaginative direction and well - crafted, sincere screenplays gave us all hope that the ancient art of dramatic comedy was undead, at least.

A very impressive romantic comedy, then again I wouldn't really call it a «romantic» comedy, more of a dramatic comedy.

There's a documentary, a couple of dramatic comedies, a zombie comedy, even a regular old comedy comedy — safe to say the late - summer doldrums are officially over.

Not exact matches

While they are rarely explicitly stated, they emerge in dramatic or narrative form in almost all forms of fictional and non-fiction programming: news, sports, drama, situation comedies, advertisements, soap operas, and children's cartoons.

Modernity has added a new genre of theater to the classic tragedy and comedy: the absurdist drama that displays precisely an absence of dramatic coherence.

I like a lot of horror and comedy animes, but I also find myself wrapped in dramatic or slice of life ones.

The comic aspects of this comedy - drama are overly broad and forced, while the supposedly dramatic ones are cloying and treacly.

As the lead actor and director of «City Lights», everything, down to the slapstick comedy, or the quiet and delicate dramatic moments, «City Lights» is a blast.

Lister - Jones is also generous enough an auteur to allow for memorable moments from others, whether it's hilarious bits from the likes of Retta (as Anna and Ben's unlucky marriage counselor), Brooklyn Decker, and Jamie Chung; the escalating weirdness of Armisen (who was, of course, a seasoned indie - band drummer before he turned to acting and comedy); or a knockout dramatic scene between Pally and the great comedian Susie Essman as Ben's mother, who provides some invaluable advice.

With its title tongue - in - cheekily evoking «I, Claudius,» another epic tale of madness and debauchery, the dramatic comedy «I, Tonya» revisits — with verve, intelligence, scathing humor and more than a touch of sadness — the bizarre 1994 attack on figure skater Nancy Kerrigan by goons associated with the camp of Kerrigan's athletic rival, Tonya Harding.

The most interesting part... lies in the sharp dialogues and in the central character that functions as the guiding thread of a story that hides dramatic trimmings within the same comedy... [Full review in Spanish]

A gender - bending role in the 1989 comedy Nobody's Perfect provided more exposure for the emerging actor, though it wasn't until his breakthrough performance in the 1991 - 1993 seasons of Life Goes On that audiences truly realized his dramatic abilities.

Luckily, it remains so by the end of this exquisitely judged romantic comedy, which maps out the transient pleasures, pitfalls and emotional culs - de-sac of mid-life dating with all the close human scrutiny and hot - blooded sensual detail of her sterner dramatic work.

Though McAdams» early screen roles found her specializing in the bitchy teen princess to maximum effect, closer inspection reveals a skilled dramatic actress who no doubt has the talent to move beyond the high - school trappings of such comedies as The Hot Chick and Mean Girls.Born to a truck driver and a nurse in London, Ontario, Canada, McAdams warmed to the spotlight early on by taking up competitive skating at just four years old.

He proved ridiculously endearing as a grizzled, broken - down, beer - swilling little league coach with a marshmallow heart in The Bad News Bears (1976), and further expressed his comic persona in such comedies as 1993's Dennis the Menace, in which he played the cantankerous Mr. Wilson, and the romantic comedy I.Q. (1994), which cast him as Albert Einstein.Though many of his roles were of the comic variety, Matthau occasionally returned to his dramatic roots with ventures such as the crime thriller Charley Varrick (1973) and The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3 (1974).

In this dramatic comedy, Zooey Deschanel stars as a struggling twenty - something actress who goes in search of her legendary, reclusive novelist father and must wrestle with his unconventional new family and their shared past.

I've way too dramatic and scary to be a comedy, way too funny to be a horror drama, it's not wonder a lot of people can't wrap their minds around this movie.

Dissatisfied with a mere taste of the theatrical arts and eager to extend acting into a full - time passion, Eigenberg subsequently moved to New York and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, working odd jobs on the side (construction et al.) to put himself through school.Scattered roles followed, including a guest appearance on The Cosby Show and a bit part in the awful 1989 generation - gap comedy Rude Awakening (co-starring Cheech Marin and Eric Roberts), but Sex and the City (which Eigenberg auditioned for out of innumerable hopefuls) represented the actor's first huge break.

As a result the second banana of this service comedy, the affable Harold Ramis, becomes its genuine dramatic center: his struggles to keep his buddy Bill in line have a strange urgency and poignance.

It feels the cup is a dramatic comedy full of sensitivity, in which the dramatic movements are strewn with tenderness and smiles.

His dramatic performance here is one of the best in his career, showing that he can do more than neurotic comedy.

It effectively mixes cheeky comedy with dramatic elements; the end result feels a lot like Adventureland, not necessarily in terms of plot particulars but in terms of tone.

A delicious combination of idiosyncratic character drama and increasingly violent and violently absurd comedy, this Netflix title opened the U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance this year and is an assured debut for Blair, the star of Jeremy Saulnier's Blue Ruin and Green Room.

United States of Tara breaks new ground when it comes to warped dramatic family comedy.

Shawn Levy's dramatic comedy follows four adult siblings who return home after their father's death to spend a week with their over - sharing mother and an assortment of spouses, exes and might - have - beens.

They like rewarding predominantly comic actors for taking a darker dramatic turn, even if the degree of difficulty isn't notably higher than in their comedy work.

Always the holy grail for Woody Allen, who has tried for many decades to write the great dramatic masterpiece, one that fully eliminates any of the comedy he is best known for.

Hader shows off dramatic chops you didn't even realize he had while Wiig completes her transformation from a comedian to someone capable of seamlessly slipping back and forth between comedy and drama.

A dramatic comedy from Naomi Foner (mother of Maggie Gyllenhaal and screenwriter of «Running on Empty»), «Girls» will star Olsen and Dakota Fanning as teenagers the summer after they graduate from high school.

One of the more low - key summer releases, we love the sound (and the cast) of this true - story - inspired heist comedy about a nightwatchman who plans a dramatic break - in.

From the trailers, I was expecting the movie to be a dramatic action / adventure flick, but I found the movie to be filled with odd moments of comedy, mostly at the hands of Samuel L. Jackson as the film's main source of comic relief.

While the films marks Olsen's screen debut and is certainly the most anticipated of her upcoming features, it's hardly the only place she'll appear: The 22 - year - old has already shot four other films, including the dramatic comedy «Peace, Love and Misunderstanding» opposite Jane Fonda and Catherine Keener, and she plays Josh Radnor's younger friend and love interest in the college - set «Liberal Arts.»

Gentle comedy, courtesy of Walters in fine lip - pursing form, underpins the anguished vacillations of the heart and stokes dramatic tension as Eilis dithers between her two paramours.

Prince Avalanche — a loose remake of the 2011 Icelandic comedy Either Way, starring Emile Hirsch and Paul Rudd as two incompatible outsiders stuck working a summer job together in a remote area — would actually find its initial nucleus via Explosions» drummer Chris Hrasky, who'd recommended the film's dramatic setting to Green as an evocative potential film location.

The dramatic comedy was directed by Tony Award - winner Matthew Warchus («God of Carnage») from a screenplay by Stephen Beresford.

First time director Jeff Baena tackles the zombie movie with a different kind of twist in Life After Beth, and the result is a comedy that mixes in dramatic elements alongside the impending zombie apocalypse.

The sprawling story tests Slate's dramatic chops (while feeding the former SNL star plenty of comedy gold), delivers newcomer Quinn a breakout role, and gives Robespierre the chance to whisk us around New York City with the cool of Woody Allen or Hal Ashby.

Every single character is given that over the top comedy feel to go for the laughs, stripping it of any dramatic heft it could have had.

More importantly though is that it is a very entertaining movie that infuses fantastic moments of comedy relief within its tension - filled dramatic walls.

With such a farfetched plot already in place, this is the sort of film that could have easily degenerated into a muddled farce with a one - note stand - up comic as the lead, but with a good comedic and dramatic actor like Kline at the forefront, he is able to keep the tone of the comedy and drama appropriate to each scene.

(Photo courtesy of Sundance Institute) Danielle Macdonald plays Patricia Dombrowski, a New Jersey teen with dreams of becoming a famous rapper, in the comedy Patti Cake $, which will screen in the U.S. Dramatic competition of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

It's not as if Amistad was completely shut out, either, picking up nominations in Supporting Actor (Hopkins), Original Dramatic Score (one of the few years where musicals and comedies were given a separate category), Cinematography, and Costume Design.

This is McConaughey's first real dramatic role in five years, following a string of comedies where it seemed he was content to ride his good looks and Texas charm until the horizon vanished.

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After catching the attention of critics and fans with acclaimed performances in the TV series Kingdom and the dark dramatic film Goat, Nick Jonas is turning to action comedy with Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,...

On the heels of The Avengers, arguably the perfect synthesis of action, comedy, and dramatic character moments, Joss Whedon was tasked with catching lightning in a bottle... again.

I feel like it had great potential to either be a hilarious comedy or a touching drama, but instead, it feels like two different movies awkwardly sewn together, instead of a seamless, singular whole; the comedic elements undermine the dramatic scenes, and vice versa.

In the first year of the Academy Awards, there were two awards for directorship: one for direction of a dramatic film, another for comedy direction.