Sentences with phrase «pure comedy with»

Not exact matches

Scenes of Joe fighting with contractors or negotiating rectory politics are pure comedy of manners, while scenes that take place at «the Great Badger, the Discount House with a heart,» veer more toward social satire.

In pushing the film into gonzo - style comedy instead of melodrama or pure docudrama, Gillespie successfully navigates a very tricky line — this is, after all, a story filled with domestic abuse and violence, something that shouldn't be played for laughs but is also not the focus of the story.

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).

There's nothing wrong with making one of these movies a pure comedy, particularly when the comedy is so interesting and loose.

Though Punchline defies the Hollywood penchant for producing either pure comedy or straight drama, its view of those with the guts to stand before an audience and dare them to laugh is oddly uplifting.

What follows is a predictable underdog sports flick chock full of training sequences and bathroom humor with a few moments of true beauty and pure comedy.

He's heart - wrenchingly sorrowful, with bursts of comedy while entertaining − − a pure delight to watch.

That said, the film is very much your standard sex comedy filled with generic characters that are never fully developed, cheap gross - out gags and several moments of pure stupidity.

Major League — Baseball often transitions to comedy, with this film perhaps being the most successful pure comedic outing of the lot.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening May 8, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Next Day Air (R for violence, drug use, pervasive profanity and brief sexuality) Action - oriented crime caper about the comedy of errors which ensue after a couple of hapless hoodlums (Mike Epps and Wood Harris) are mistakenly delivered a large package filled with bricks of pure cocaine.

The network has unleashed trailers for a slew of new shows they're hoping will catch your eye, including a different kind of superhero show (MacGyver), another film - to - TV remake (Training Day), a new Jason Katims drama (Pure Genius), a new Joel McHale comedy (The Great Indoors), and two separate, unrelated comedies about working - class men forced to spend time at home (Kevin James «Kevin Can Wait and Matt LeBlanc «s Man With a Plan).

Oscar ® - winning Best Director Victor Fleming (Gone with the Wind, 1939) deftly orchestrates the script's tense drama and hilarious erotic comedy, helping Gable and Harlow turn Red Dust into pure gold.

«Hidden Figures» is a crowd - pleaser in the purest sense — it's a charming, heartwarming and inspirational tale that skillfully combines light - hearted comedy with racially - charged drama.

After breathing their own life last year into a genre that can feel staid story-wise at times with Spider - Man: Homecoming, longtime writers Jonathan Goldstein and John Frances Daley reunite to direct their first pure comedy since 2015's Vacation.

From director Trent Haaga, 68 Kill is a lurid black comedy which will take you on a murderous road trip; pure trailer - park trash with a sleazy punk rock edge, and plenty of violent shocks along the way.

Creators Drew McCabe interviews Princeless writer Jeremy Whitley, who discusses the genesis of the comic, the rise of all - ages comics, and who he would like to cross over with: «Just from a pure comedy and fun perspective though, I would love to have Adrienne encounter Marvel's Asgard.