Sentences with phrase «often in these romantic comedies»

Not exact matches

Enough Said is a romantic comedy - drama from Nicole Holofcener, the writer - director of other critically acclaimed films exploring the daily travails of mostly upper middle - class affluent women (and men) in such as Lovely & Amazing and Friends with Money — something that invites comparisons to the works of Woody Allen often.

The tone is light, although Ferriola often tosses in a bit more potty humor than should be called for in such a romantic comedy.

A genre that is unfairly picked on as being «lesser,» romantic comedies often don't receive a critical response they deserve, and, even more worrisome, it's a genre that the power players in Hollywood have begun to believe they can phone in, increasingly turning in sub-par material.

I agree with Mark, insofar as the supporting players performed fantastically (as is often the case in romantic comedies).

Maybe I'm just a sucker for romantic comedies with quirky characters and storylines that aren't the exact same as those we all - too - often see in Hollywood.

Despite a few chuckles every so often, usually provided by the supporting cast, No Strings Attached is a tired exercise in making a «progressive» romantic comedy that straddles he fence between offensive and just plain unbearable.

Extremely ambitious in scope — the movie takes on several genres at once, including fantasy, romantic comedy, action, adventure and more — «The Secret Life of Walter Mitty» does have good intentions, but the road here is often paved with cloying misdirection.

Mud is played by Matthew McConaughey in the latest in a series of surprising, intense and often very funny performances following his escape from the commercial romantic - comedy penal colony.

Anna Kendrick and Sam Rockwell have often been the lone bright spot in otherwise dismal movies, and it takes their combined charm to redeem Mr. Right, an at - times - excruciatingly quirky mashup of romantic comedy and hit - man thriller.

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).

What we don't often get, especially in romantic comedies, is the idea that marriage just might be the beginning of the love story, not its culmination.