Sentences with phrase «unpleasant than funny»

Not exact matches

Some of the jokes are just plain unsettling (there's a running joke about «child molesterers» — not a typo — that comes across as more unpleasant than amusing), but for every awkward and squirmy wisecrack there's a comedy goldmine (the cameo by Waititi as a local preacher is one of the funniest scenes in years).

In recent years Harrelson has made a habit of making unpleasant characters charming, and he gives Wilson enough charm to sell his rambling speeches as funny (to us) rather than annoying, and enough pathos so that his sorrows are soulful instead of saccharine.

While handled by resourceful actors, the foibles of the supporting characters are less funny than they are forced and unpleasant.