Sentences with phrase «screwball genre flick»
Not exact matches
That philosophy came in handy once more when he decided to revive a long - dormant movie genre — the screwball romantic comedy — back when action flicks like «Lethal Weapon» and «Die Hard» were the rage, with 1990's «Pretty Woman,» an unlikely Disney fairy tale about a beautiful streetwalker who falls for her rich prince of a business - exec client that turned Julia Robert into a superstar.
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An emblematic screwball comedy, the film was a jumping - off point to dissect the genre commonly referred to as the «Chick Flick»; charting some of its history, analysing its place in our modern world of female action stars, and questioning the generally held belief that the style has outplayed its usefulness.