Sentences with phrase «one's usual shtick»

feature film is a marked improvement upon his last two movies, but while it delivers all the usual shtick that audiences have come to expect from the writer / director, that's part of the problem.

The performances are better, though only Jonah Hill seems to be doing more then leaning on his usual shtick — and the «character» he comes up with isn't especially amusing.

The last of his films to truly leave a lasting impression was Match Point, and that was because it was such a departure from his usual shtick (though had echoes of Crimes and Misdemeanours.)

It would be easy to draw irony in the fact that Brooks is playing a screenwriter who has lost his edge, because this clearly isn't his best work, but I still think it's a worthwhile comedy for those who like his usual shtick.

Audiences and critics are in agreement that the product is a nice alternative to the usual shtick that one typically finds in cinemas during this time of year.

Rogen, especially, works wonders as his real life friendship with Reiser and job as co-producer have allowed him to explore extra dimensions to his usual shtick.

Lacking the bite of «Attack The Block», Stiller and co. are happy to fall back on their usual shtick, with director Schaffer providing barely enough juice to power the laughs.

Add to that a supporting cast full of veteran actors doing their usual shtick (Dominic West as another two - dimensional asshole; Mark Strong as another shifty, nefarious figure; etc.) and you have a cast that can't muster up the conviction to be second - rate.

Mostly, it's just Tarantino's usual shtick, and after five previous films, it has worn thin indeed.

Perhaps fans of the leads won't mind seeing them do their usual shtick within the course of a different setting than we're accustomed to seeing, there isn't much here to justify the time and money spent for anyone else.

Perhaps McBride and co-screenwriter Ben Best got high one day during a «Fantasy Films of the 1980's Marathon» and set to work on a script to incorporate a hodge - podge of story ideas to wrap their usual shtick around, then never bothered to polish the rough draft.

There are fine performances beyond Oyelowo, with Theron reveling in playing a calculating manipulator and Copley toning down his usual shtick as the morally conflicted Mitch, but any time Harold isn't the focus, the movie loses its much - needed energy.

In fact, it's hard to imagine any of the jokes working at all without such a good cast, because while Seth Rogen is resigned to his usual shtick (though he does it well), Rose Byrne and Zac Efron deliver some really funny performances.

The duo still earns its share of laughs with their usual shtick, but while the movie's goofball tone is successful to some degree, «The Campaign» would have worked even better as an edgier, darker comedy in the same vein as Alexander Payne's «Election.»

That's a welcome departure from the trio's usual shtick on «Top Gear,» which became stale by the end.

My usual shtick about popular self - help / personal growth books is, «if they actually worked there would only be a few of them.»