Sentences with phrase «pure comedy performance»
The Academy Awards will be a trickier game, considering how reluctant the voting body has been historically to reward comedic actresses; the last pure comedy performance to actually land a nod was Melissa McCarthy, for her supporting role in 2011's Bridesmaids.
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Pure comedy heroine: surprisingly strong lead performances, endlessly rewatchable writing, and constantly quotable dialogue.
From Mark Wahlberg's controlled verbal outbursts to Martin Sheen's earnestness to Alec Baldwin's schizoid vulgarities to Leonardo Di Caprio's compassionate toughness to Ray Winstone's quasi immobile fierceness to Jack Nicholson's beautifully pure excess, The Departed is indeed an performance - driven, fast - paced comedy of expertly timed thrills (or comedic thriller, depending on your point of view) peppered with several instances of acrobatic verbal witticisms, and topped with enough generic clichés and predictable screw - turns to make it palatable for all audiences (yes, even those who paid money to see Ashton Kutcher and Kevin Costner's The Guardian).
Director David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers) crafts a filthy - minded comedy that never descends to pure smut thanks to skilful performances from the two leads.