Sentences with phrase «screwball capers»

The Grand Budapest Hotel is at its heart a screwball caper, wherein Gustave finds himself framed for Madame D's murder and on the run from the cops (led by Ed Norton, resplendent in his giant handlebar moustache) and Madame D's unscrupulous son (Adrien Brody, essentially dressed as Snidely Whiplash) and bodyguard (Willem Dafoe, clad in a black turtleneck with matching skull - emblazoned brass knuckles).

But they have been responsible for gushing founts of fake blood in the two projects they've made together: 2008's inspired hit - men - in - hiding dark comedy, In Bruges, and Friday's Hollywood - underbelly screwball caper, Seven Psychopaths.

Not exact matches

Can we all just agree that casting Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick in a screwball crime caper rom - com is a great idea?

A screwball - tinged heist flick that not so much feeds «eat the rich» feelings which might be surging in the zeitgeist at the moment as offer up a divergent, flight - of - fancy caper for the middle - aged, The Love Punch plays out like a reimagining of The Parent Trap by way of Ocean's Eleven, and minus the kids.

If ever one needed proof that the Coen brothers» twisted screwball alchemy isn't easily replicated, Suburbicon provides it: Though directed by one of the filmmakers» regular collaborators, George Clooney, from a script Joel and Ethan wrote themselves, this»50s - set crime caper often plays like a cut - rate Fargo.