Not exact matches
Many of the xtranormal videos that have caught on with a
big audience have followed a similar formula as this one: the
jokes that work tend to be those
whose humor relies on repetition and deadpan delivery, since characters say the same lines exactly the same way every time.
Equally - annoying, are the colorful supporting characters displaying an array of increasingly bizarre behaviors, ranging from Sheeni's uptight, Bible - thumping parents (M. Emmet Walsh and Mary Kay Place) to her rebellious
big brother (Justin Long)
whose idea of a practical
joke is to lace Thanksgiving dinner with hallucinogenic mushrooms which cause their father to smear mashed potatoes on his own face.
Rabbit's the
biggest victim of this: he's still the film's «rookie,» but he's a gormless innocent who, despite his visible middle age, gets a sexy subplot with French - Canadian ingenue Genevieve Aubois (Emmanuelle Chriqui),
whose character mostly exists as eye candy and a half - hearted conduit for more
jokes about French accents.
The real star of the movie winds up being Sudeikis,
whose sweetly id - driven take on Fred winds up scoring most of the movies
biggest laughs, including ending the movie on one of the greatest cut - to - credit
jokes ever.
Though there's a lot of great talent on display in Rob Marshall's
big screen adaptation, many of the actors are wasted, including Meryl Streep,
whose performance is so mediocre that it makes her recent Oscar nomination look like a complete
joke.
Beatty plays his part as a lovable dolt,
whose lack of sophistication completely bewilders the servants around the mansion, setting up the film's
bigger jokes.
The artist makes a trenchant
joke by choosing these
big paintings —
whose text is periodically underlined with impasto pink or gruesome, runny red paint that knowingly fetishizes her own hand — as her contribution to the loaded context of the Biennial.