Sentences with phrase «of low comedy»

Often using himself as the subject of his satirical paintings, photographs, and sculptures, Kippenberger dares viewers to laugh at the sardonic and provocative statements made in his own brand of low comedy.

In theory, the failings of a low comedy sequel should catch nobody by surprise these days, especially given the current standards for this material in the studio realm.

The folks at DreamWorks Animation are obviously counting on the audience bringing good feelings about Po and company into the theater with them, so they've taken the risk of lowering the comedy quotient and emphasizing new characters and plot elements.

Not exact matches

Low comedy usurped high drama in the opening stages of the World Series as the Mets and the A's traded victories — and absurdities

STANFORD»S BAND The musical kings of sophomoric humor have been banned from performing on the field at the next three Stanford - Notre Dame games after their Oct. 4 exhibition, in which, amid other bits of very low comedy, they parodied the Irish potato famine.

Brisport, who has performed for the last seven years with the political comedy theater group Political Subversities, has proposed that, if elected, he will lower his salary from $ 148,000 to the average income of Brooklyn, $ 47,000.

[10] Following the result (in which the national turnout was a mere 15.1 %, even lower than the Society's prediction), the Society branded the Government's approach to elections as a «comedy of errors», views that were reiterated by Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.

Last week, the newly - revamped Jewish dating site, JDate, held an evening to celebrate the «highs, lows and laughs of dating» at a well - known Hollywood comedy venue.

Comedy skits like the «Lowered Expectations» routine by MAD TV poked fun at the personals industry and the stereotypes of singles who «needed» to use dating services.

Also starring Andy Spiers, a few wigs and Bend Comedy presents: Speed dating is a low pressure, fun way to meet new people, and get all those first dates out of the way!

As a low - budget horror comedy outing, Severance is an impressive film that is original and lots of fun from start to finish.

A British low budget horror / gore / comedy which is probably suppose to be along the same kind of lines as «American Werewolf» and «Zombie Strippers» but alas it falls way short.

In the past dozen years, he has mostly got stuck in a loop of romantic comedies, deploying that low, indolent drawl of his as a tool of come - hither charm; it's no less effective in «Killer Joe,» but the snares in his voice are now baited with money and lust.

This is all very lightweight and low - budget stuff, but this pleasant comedy sort of grows on the viewer.

The film - which follows a trio of friends (Bradley Cooper's Phil, Ed Helms» Stu, and Zach Galifianakis» Alan) as they attempt to piece together just what transpired during a pal's drunken bachelor party (where it inevitably becomes clear that said pal has mysteriously vanished)- strikes all of the wrong notes virtually from the get - go, as screenwriters Jon Lucas and Scott Moore offer up a series of broadly - portrayed caricatures that could only exist within just such a low - rent comedy (with Galifianakis» aggressively off - the - wall turn as Alan undoubtedly the most apt example of this).

A pleasant sitcom - level mix of comedy, romance and soapy melodrama, plus low - key Bible - thumping (celebrity evangelist T.D. Jakes is a producer).

The movie is a surprisingly touching, low - key ballad of middle - aged male regret disguised as a kiddie comedy replete with poop and fart jokes and soccer balls launched at Popper's crotch.

There is a lot of talk — practical and philosophical — about comedy, and Crashing is very good with the details of low - level nightlife.

At Decatur, to be «Life of the Party» (which is the instantly forgettable title of this almost equally unmemorable campus comedy) is to clear a pretty low bar.

Todd Phillips (Road Trip, Old School) directed this low - brow but sporadically inspired movie, and it has already earned a reputation as the boundary - pushing comedy movie of the summer, thanks to word of mouth and clever preview trailers.

One of the most controversial standup comics since Lenny Bruce, Andrew «Dice» Clay has brought the vulgar comedy of hatred, obscenity, and misogyny to new lows or new highs, depending on one's age and feelings about such subjects.

A graduate of the Tuskegee Institute, Wayans entered the comic arena in the mid -»80s by stepping up to the mike and honing his stand - up act, but he later branched out into movies, by scripting the low - budget black satire Hollywood Shuffle (1987) and the aptly - titled comedy vehicle Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987), both for director pal Robert Townsend.

Writer - director Jeff Lowell could have gone many different ways with this idea — the screwball comedy of Heaven Can Wait, say, or even the wistful, unabashed romanticism of Ghost — but he takes the low road more often than not.

If one were to base one's judgment of David Schwimmer's talent on his low - key performance as the anxious, awkward but lovable paleontologist Ross on NBC's smash hit comedy Friends, one might never suspect that beneath the affable exterior lies a versatile, multi-talented actor and filmmaker.

More than anything, Killing Gunther demonstrates that Christopher Guest has a lot to atone for with his pioneering of the mockumentary, which has become the lazy, go - to style for low - budget comedies.

As in Tammy, yeah unto The Boss, and now to low - grade college comedy Life of the Party.

For the most part «Old School» opts out of the gross - out style of comedy used in the likes of «American Pie» and «Road Trip», but maintains a certain low - brow appeal that for some inexplicable reason still works fairly well.

It's a low - key sort of comedy that provides chuckles but rarely the bigger, memorable laughs.

Dahlbeck is most closely linked with the films of Ingmar Bergman, expertly etching characterizations ranging from low - life decadence to elegant high comedy.

For once a comedy in the Animal House school that knows what it's was about: the vulgarity of the gags matches the vulgarity of the subject, and this 1980 film becomes a fierce, cathartically funny celebration of the low, the cheap, the venal — in short, America.

A would - be black comedy written by Tracy Letts, based on his play, and directed by 76 - year - old William Friedkin, who has done little of note since he made «The French Connection» and «The Exorcist» during the Nixon administration, the movie stars Emile Hirsch as a low - level drug dealer who decides to kill his mom to pay off his superiors.

Low - brow, pretty standard plot line for a comedy: four buddies head to Vegas for a bachelor party and the time of their lives.

While the low comedy is undeniably effective, the film leaves behind a bad taste of snobbery and petty meanness.

When Damned first landed on Channel 4 two years ago, the social services comedy made a gentle splash on our screens with its blend of low - key laughs and gentle character work.

Unless you're one of those people that is taken completely by surprise when you see a flock of birds in a film and they end up pooping on someone, usually as the punctuation to a scene to embarrass or get revenge, this is scraping mighty low in the gag department to turn this into a comedy.

Hayek doesn't necessarily disappoint on any front — her energy and cuteness are a fine juxtaposition of «acting» in the film, and Nick Swardson's psychotic, heavily drug - addled school bus driver breaches into some low echelon of physical comedy.

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.

It's low - brow humor — kicks to the groin, random insults and numerous instances of bodily harm — are commonplace, but Sandler and company aren't aspiring to make the best comedy known to man.

Sony low - budget division Screen Gems released his first feature in 2000, «The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy,» which followed the lives of a group of gay friends living in West Hollywood.

Seven Psychopaths is one of those comedies where a bunch of low - life criminals go around cracking wise and shooting people.

As a comedy, it might make you smirk or lightly chuckle on a couple of occasions, mostly due to a few low - scale, size - related sight gags, but it's doubtful you'll be quoting the film for any hilarious one - liners once you leave the theater.

A common film formula found in 1980's slapstick comedies is the riches - to - rags storyline in which a wealthy character is subjected to living like a member of a lower class.

The biggest laughs therein result from pedestrian physical comedy that comes off like low - level Farrelly brothers, much of it involving a committed - as - ever Heffernan relishing his return to the land of Farva.

That sort of idiot humor never gets old but it's good to see R - rated comedies really pushing forward into even more and more inappropriate and offensive material involving wrongheaded violence, animals doing sex things you never thought about before and even lower depths of smart stupidity.

A low - key comedy about a couple going through divorce may not sound like the stuff of cinematic magic, but with its spot - on character observation and sardonic wit The Squid and the Whale is an unexpected delight.

For the true critically unhinged Stooges connoisseur (I have, at moments, been guilty of this level of adulation), it isn't enough to say that the Three Stooges put the low in lowbow comedy.

Half Magic, Heather Graham's feature debut as a writer / director, is a witty, agreeably low - key comedy about Finding Yourself that benefits from a keen sense of irony about Tinseltown.

Released: June 16 Cast: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Emmanuelle Riva, Pierre Richard Director: Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon (The Fairy) Why it's great: Fans of the La La Land's Technicolor whimsy, the bizarrerie of Amélie, and / or the low - key hijinks of Wallace and Gromit cartoons should seek out the latest from «Abel and Gordon,» an old - meets - new comedy starring the director couple as a Canadian woman desperate to find her missing aunt, and the free - wheeling tramp who injects himself into the search to varying degrees of helpfulness.

Though Martin is best known for his stand - up comedy, which mixes deadpan one - liners with quirky drawings and musical interludes, «Dean» showcases a more serious, meditative side to the comic that works well with his low - key brand of humor.

This part feels like it could have easily been Will Ferrell's but as Reilly has proven in the past five years, he can play in the lower levels of comedy and hit homers just as well as anyone.