Sentences with phrase «road comedy about»

Search Party (R for drug use, sexuality, graphic nudity and pervasive profanity) Road comedy about two buddies» (T.J. Miller and Adam Pally) who come to the rescue of a just - dumped groom - to - be (Thomas Middleditch) left naked in the middle of the Mexican desert.

Search Party (R for drug use, sexuality, graphic nudity and pervasive profanity) Road comedy about the buddies (T.J. Miller and Adam Pally) of a jilted groom's (Thomas Middleditch) attempt to help him find the bride (Shannon Woodward) after she leaves for their Mexican honeymoon without him.

Soul Men (R for nudity, sexuality and pervasive profanity) Samuel L. Jackson and the late Bernie Mac co-star in this road comedy about a couple of R&B legends who reunite for a memorial concert at the Apollo in honor of their recently - deceased front man.

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).

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.

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.

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.

(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.

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.

Not exact matches

Many in Hollywood say they see the spiritual - memoir - turned - movie as the next hot genre, suggesting there are ongoing talks about turning Lauren Winner's «Girl Meets God» into a romantic comedy, Ian Cron's «Jesus, My Father, the CIA, and Me» into an action flick, Anne Lamott's «Traveling Mercies» into an indie road trip film, Kathleen Norris» «The Cloister Walk» into something really creepy involving monks.»

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Mayor Bill de Blasio took a ribbing from Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert about his planned trip to Italy while the threat of a possible Long Island Rail Road strike still loomed.

Click for showtimes and tickets — KU Prince Avalanche David Gordon Green's intimate indie about two guys (Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch) repairing roads in the Texas backwoods is more than just a return to poetic - ruralist form; the Pineapple Express filmmaker has finally found the perfect middle ground between his earlier introspective character studies and his recent stoner comedies.

He dropped out of film school in the early»90s to make a documentary about the notorious punk rocker GG Allin, and by the end of the decade he was making his first mainstream comedy, the American Pie - lite college romp, Road Trip.

Todd Phillips warmed up for The Hangover with Road Trip, an unpretentious — nay, cheerily simple - minded — shock comedy from the era of There's Something About Mary and American Pie.

Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise facing a world of unforgiving commerce.

That's not too surprising considering this is the end of the road for the series, and as such it makes sense Netflix would want to conjure up some sentiment about bringing this comedy and its core relationship full circle.

The Color Wheel (Unrated) Dysfunctional family comedy about the sibling rivalry which surfaces during a road trip when a just - jilted, young woman (Carlen Altman) enlists the assistance of her obnoxious brother (Alex Ross Perry) to move her belongings after a bad break - up with her college professor boyfriend (Bob Byington).

Even by Ben Wheatley's genre - busting standards, this film is a triumph, centring on comedy and romance in a road movie about two violent serial killers.

A sweet, shambling, supremely enjoyable road movie about two compulsive gamblers of very different stripes, Mississippi Grind could easily be confused for one of Alexander Payne's wounded comedies, albeit one with higher stakes and a lower thread - count.

Eleanor Coppola — wife of Francis Ford and mother of Sofia — makes her narrative directorial debut with this romantic comedy about a movie producer's (Alec Baldwin) wife (Diane Lane) who takes a road trip through France with one of his associates.

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).

Director Greg Mottola displays a good sense of balancing action and comedy during a chase through and around an abandoned warehouse, as Jeff becomes a frantic heap in the backseat, Karen worries about not having a seatbelt and tries to calm an argument between her sons over the phone, Natalie shows off her shooting skills, and Tim responds to it all like a frustrated father on a road trip that has gone on for too long.

No one gets high in We're the Millers, which seems a little weird for a drug - running road - trip comedy, but then it is also a movie about seeming artificially domesticated.

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This powerhouse comedy about two strangers who share a three - day odyssey of road trip misadventures will have you laughing'til it hurts.

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.

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.

By Sean O'Connell Hollywoodnews.com: Greg Motolla's «Paul» is a swiftly plotted and consistently funny road - trip comedy about Graeme (Simon Pegg) and Clive (Nick Frost), best friends and sci - fi fanatics who are touring all the alien hot spots from Area 51 to Roswell on their way back from Comic - Con.

The coming - of - age tale, the on - the - run road movie, the buddy comedy, the boy's adventure story — all genres that require a steady hand and a singular sensibility, and all of which you'll find in Taika Waititi's goofy, giddy mash - up about two fugitives fleeing authorities in the New Zealand bush.

So much of Life on the Road is about the sadness of David Brent, but this does not mean the film is not a comedy.

The film — a character study about two road workers who bicker and banter with each other as they tediously paint road lines in a burned down Texas state park — is a notably weightier comedy than most Rudd vehicles (this isn't one), striking some beautiful, poignant notes along with the funny dialogue.

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.

Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, and Emma Roberts set out together in this uneven comedy about a fake family's drug smuggling road trip.

Melissa McCarthy is on the loose and up to no good in the new trailer for «Tammy,» her upcoming comedy about a woman who experiences a particularly awful day and then hits the road with her hard - drinking grandmother, played by Susan Sarandon.

Dirty Grandpa (R for profanity, drug use, frontal nudity and pervasive crude humor and sexual content) Robert De Niro plays the title character in this unlikely - buddies comedy about a retired Army general who embarks on a raunchy road trip to Florida with his grandson (Zac Efron) for Spring Break.

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«Larrikins» would have starred Hugh Jackman, Margot Robbie and Naomi Watts in a comedy about a bilby — a marsupial native to the Australian Outback — who leaves his home under a rock to go on a road trip with a band.

A dramatic comedy about a spurned 1953 housewife who hits the open road, with her two sons in tow, in search of a new husband and a new life.

Fox has debuted the official theatrical trailer for the latest sequel in the comedy series Diary of a Wimpy Kid, this one subtitled The Long Haul, about a family road trip.

«The Curse of the Wendigo,» a story about a mysterious creature set during World War I, written by Mathieu Missoffe and illustrated by Charlie Adlard, the artist of «The Walking Dead;» «Josephine,» a romantic comedy by Penelope Bagieu, the creator of «Exquisite Corpse;» «Promethee,» a science - fiction story in the same vein as «Lost,» created by Christopher Bec, with an introduction by Mark Waid; «Iron Squad,» an alternate history sci - fi story in which new technology allows the Germans to win World War II, by Jean - Luc Sala and Ronan Toulhoat; «Spin Angels,» a tale of black ops and spies, a Catholic cardinal and the Mafia, by Jean - Luc Sala and Pierre - Mony Chan; «Come Prima,» a road story about two warring brothers, done in a style that pays homage to Italian films, by Alfred.

In Comedy Guys defensive driving classes, we dedicate a lot of time to discussing the proper following distance for a car on the road, but looking around at other drivers makes it pretty obvious that we can't talk about this too much.

In an apparent first for a movie studio, Open Road Films will allow fans to use Bitcoin to purchase tickets to «Dope,» an indie comedy about a high school geek that opens June 19.