Sentences with phrase «road comedy»

The Sitter (R for crude humor, coarse sexuality, violence, drug use and pervasive profanity) Jonah Hill stars in the title role of this raunchy road comedy about a suspended college student - turned - babysitter who takes the three kids left in his care (Max Records, Landry Bender and Kevin Hernandez) out for a wild night of debauchery all around the island of Manhattan.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 5, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS Due Date (R for profanity, sexuality and drug use) Robert Downey, Jr. and Zack Galifianakis co-star in this raunchy road comedy about an uptight dad - to - be who hitches a ride across the country with a wacky slacker in order to make it on time to witness the birth of his baby.

Comedian Katt Williams, in a small role as a chipper hitchhiker, injects about 15 minutes» worth of fun into «Father Figures,» an otherwise mostly dreadful road comedy in which Ed Helms and Owen Wilson play twins searching for a man to call dad.

A by - the - numbers road comedy with predictable signposts and not enough giggle - provoking pitstops along the way.

We're the Millers (R for pervasive profanity, crude sexuality, drug use and full - frontal male nudity) Raunchy road comedy revolving around a cash - strapped pot dealer (Jason Sudeikis) who enlists the assistance of a stripper (Jennifer Aniston), a latchkey kid (Will Poulter) and a teen runaway (Emma Roberts) to smuggle two tons of marijuana out of Mexico by posing as a family on vacation.

Away We Go (R for profanity and sexuality) Road comedy chronicling the misadventures of an expecting couple (Maya Rudolph and Jon Krasinski) traveling around the country to find the perfect place to put down roots and start a family.

If your into raunchy humour you'll love Todd (the hangover) Phillips» teen road comedy.

Equal parts road comedy and coming - of - age drama, director Taika Waititi masterfully weaves lively humor with emotionally honest performances by Sam Neill and Julian Dennison.

Mohamed Hamidi's La Vache (its English title is the overly literal One Man and His Cow) is a charming, old - fashioned story that, at its best, recalls the classic Hollywood road comedies, in the Frank Capra mode.

Fans of whimsical American indie movies will enjoy this ramshackle road comedy about a couple of losers who only come to life when they play their music.

In the opening minutes of Alexander Payne's wonderful road comedy Sideways, Paul Giamatti gives the first impression of an unkempt California layabout of Big Lebowski proportions.

A film whose reputation seems to grow with each passing year (it's shot up by 34 places since the last time we put together this list), «Midnight Run» comes on like just another buddies - on - the - road comedy thriller.

In 2003, the born - and - raised Texan wrote and directed the stoner road comedy «Rolling Kansas.»

Dirty Girl (R for profanity, graphic sexuality and frontal nudity) Coming - of - age road comedy, set in 1987, about an Oklahoma high school student with a bad reputation (Juno Temple) who runs away from home to L.A. to search for her long - lost father with the help of an equally - ostracized, gay classmate (Jeremy Dozier).

As Waititi and his three screenwriters (not an unusual number for a Marvel film) punt Thor back and forth between Asgard, Earth and a trash planet called Sakaar, we're gifted three buddy road comedies packed into one, each more weirdly enjoyable than the last.

The film shifts gears from road comedy to small - town comedy about halfway in, shortly after the so - called Wild Hogs encounter a real motorcycle gang, the Del Fuegos.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: Rudolph and Krasinski «s Road Comedy Arrives on DVD Verona (Maya Rudolph) is six months pregnant, but it doesn't look like she put any thought bringing a baby into the world, since she's repeatedly informed her slacker boyfriend, Burt (Jon Krasinski), that she'll never marry him.

Two people who can't live without each other, imminently face the prospect of separation in Paolo Virzì's lilting road comedy, The Leisure Seeker.

This gentle road comedy starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland depicts an ageing couple at the end of the trail.

The film is relies more on momentum and personality than narrative but that's just fine for this misfit crime spree road comedy.

The ultimate Italian road comedy, Il sorpasso stars the unlikely pair of Vittorio Gassman and Jean - Louis Trintignant as, respectively, a waggish, freewheeling bachelor and the straitlaced law student he takes on a madcap trip from Rome to Tuscany.

BANDITS (Grade: B): In this overlong and familiar but still mostly enjoyable road comedy, Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton play a Butch & Sundance - like pair of Oregon bank robbers who become folk heroes.

This bawdy adventure is a throwback to 1980s road comedies, as well as a candid exploration of aging, loneliness, and friendship.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening June 4, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS Get Him to the Greek (R for graphic sexuality, and pervasive sexuality and drug use) Intercontinental road comedy about the hijinks which ensue when an ambitious intern (Jonah Hill) is assigned to escort an over-imbibing, womanizing rock star (Russell Brand) from London to L.A. for a comeback concert.

Sex Drive (R for crude humor, sexuality, nudity, and drug and alcohol use, all involving teens) Raunchy road comedy about an 18 year - old virgin (Josh Zuckerman) who steals his big brother's (James Marsden) classic Pontiac GTO in order to drive with a couple of friends (Amanda Crew and Clark Duke) from Chicago to Knoxville where he expects to rendezvous with a temptress (Katrina Bowden) he met over the internet.

A flavorless, middle - of - the - road comedy with mainstream - appeasing intentions and not so many laughs, Wild Hogs arrives in a bland, conventional DVD that suits it fine.

Road comedy revolves around the pet and his owners» misadventures as the family relocates from Kansas to California.

Father Figures (R for pervasive profanity and sexual references) Road comedy chronicling a couple of fraternal twins» (Owen Wilson and Ed Helms) search for their long - lost father after learning that their promiscuous mom (Glenn Close) had lied about his dying when they were young.

Identity Thief is an on - the - road comedy that makes you wish that your car has four flat tires and a cracked engine block... and that would still be more fun than this movie.

(2005) was less a road comedy than a shameless, ninety - minute car commercial.

Father Figures Apart from Katt Williams» brief appearance as a chipper hitchhiker, this road comedy that sends a pair of twins (Owen Wilson and Ed Helms) on a search for a man to call dad is pretty dreadful.

Satirists have used the road comedy for their own purposes.

An astounding seventy years since the Hope / Crosby prime (well, astounding to me), the road comedy continues to thrive.

It's a Gift and the Road pictures can be seen as providing two major templates for many of the road comedies to come.

The road comedy has been around almost since the beginning of movies.

To discuss the elephant in the room between the two would be a disservice to the film, but suffice to say «Sun Don't Shine» isn't a road comedy.

Meera Menon's first feature, Farah Goes Bang, a road comedy about three young women's adventures as they campaigned for John Kerry's 2004 presidential run, won numerous festival awards, including the Nora Ephron Prize at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival.

(Unrated) Road comedy about an aspiring piano prodigy (Jesse Eisenberg) who finds his car commandeered by his mother's (Melissa Leo) miffed drug dealer (Tracy Morgan) on the day of his big audition.

Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (Unrated) Road comedy, set in Spain in 1966, revolving around a rabid Beatles fan (Javier Camara) who picks up a couple of hitchhikers (Francesc Colomer and Natalia de Molina) while en route to a movie set where John Lennon is rumored to be shooting a film.

The movie steals several tropes from past on - the - road comedies, including, most blatantly, 1988's Midnight Run.

Noobz (R for profanity and crude sexual references) Road comedy about four friends (Jason Mewes, Matt Shively, Moises Arias and Blake Freeman) who travel to L.A. to compete in a video game championship.

Tammy (R for profanity and sexual references) Melissa McCarthy plays the title character of this road comedy about a just - fired fast - food clerk who embarks with her foul - mouthed grandmother (Susan Sarandon) on a rip - roaring road trip from North Carolina to Niagara Falls after catching her philandering husband (Nat Faxon) in bed with a neighbor (Toni Collette).

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Buddies Travel Back to the «80s in Raunchy Road Comedy If the ostensible objective of each generation of raunchy road comedies is to up the ante in terms of debauchery, then Hot Tub Time Machine definitely deserves to be given its due, since this relentlessly - vulgar exercise in depravity easily outdoes many of the earlier examples of the shock genre.

All about Steve (PG - 13 for sexuality) Bradley Cooper stars in the title role of this road comedy as a CNN cameraman who thinks he's being stalked across the country by a crossword puzzle designer (Sandra Bullock) convinced that they're soul mates.