Sentences with phrase «scattered big laughs»

Succeeding at neither, it winds up caught in the middle, despite some scattered big laughs.

The screenplay by Erin Simms and rookie director Bill Holderman — both longtime Robert Redford collaborators — is loaded with double - entendres while delivering some scattered big laughs and allowing all four actresses some moments in the spotlight.

Although there are some scattered big laughs, too many of the gags are labored or crude or both — such as an extended sequence in which Renee impulsively enters a sports - bar bikini contest — and the narrative detours into her romantic travails are more annoying than endearing.