Sentences with phrase «with wry comedy»
Seamlessly integrating classic Wonder Woman lore with her own updated take, Bardugo fleshes out Diana's backstory and the mythology of Themyscira, adds in sly commentary on feminism and equality, and leavens the package with wry comedy — Diana's dour obliviousness to contemporary culture will make readers guffaw.
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«The Square» is a wry and decidedly dark Swedish comedy about an art museum curator (Claes Bang) who is variously forced to contend with a stolen wallet and phone; with trust issues, particularly as they pertain to a one - night stand with a reporter (Elisabeth Moss); with a viral - advertising disaster; and with a formal dinner disrupted by a performance artist (motion - capture coach Terry Notary) who seems to have reverted to a primal state.
Blended with his black, wry comedy, the picture follows a truly unique journey.
The wry comedy, financed by Amazon Studios and K5 International, will team the rising star with Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani -LRB-» Body Of Lies»).
With her means of support rapidly dwindling, marriage is clearly the endgame for Lady Susan — as it is for all of Austen's leading ladies — but the romantic emotion that's supposed to go along with it proves to be little more than a social affect in this wry comedy of mannWith her means of support rapidly dwindling, marriage is clearly the endgame for Lady Susan — as it is for all of Austen's leading ladies — but the romantic emotion that's supposed to go along with it proves to be little more than a social affect in this wry comedy of mannwith it proves to be little more than a social affect in this wry comedy of manners.
Scored with wit by a pointedly wry Seventies soundtrack that crucifies its older generation protagonists, The In - Laws is ultimately that rarest of beasts: a modern comedy that knows its strengths and exploits them.
This Swedish film is so bizarre that it almost defies description: is it a deadpan comedy, a satire of Swedish history or a wry exploration of how people cope with imperfection and mortality?
The movie, which Nanjiani wrote with Gordon, alternates seamlessly between gentle pathos and wry comedy, then back again.
Packed with nostalgia, wry humour and a pumping 80s soundtrack, their directorial debut is a confident parody of the romantic comedy.
Filmed by Claire Denis» long - time cinematographer, Agnès Godard, Claudia Sainte - Luce's debut feature, based loosely on events from her own life, blends a wry and moving naturalism with moments of inspired comedy.
Writer & director Max Heller's heartfelt, ensemble comedy is filled with wry, sly, funny and sexy connections reminiscent of Nora Ephron, Neil Simon, Woody Allen, The Farrelly Brothers and Rob Reiner's romantic concoctions.
Not so much camp as a wry, underplayed little piece suffused with an undercurrent of loss and abandonment, Don Coscarelli's weirdly inspired horror comedy doesn't find a balance but does find a melancholy rarely experienced in such films.
Setting the film up with all the trappings of your classic, neurotic, New York relationship comedy, Faith wants to be a wry When Harry Met Sally... tale of opposites attracting and love conquering all.
The movie tries earnestly to blend wry humor with a no - nonsense charm deemed appropriate for its working - class characters, but the acting and scripting are too uneven for either the drama or the comedy to gather much steam.
Ultimately, Meet the Parents is one of the funniest comedies I've seen since Annie Hall, a film with which it shares a wry sensibility about modern romance.
Things acclaimed British director Mike Leigh is known for: wry comedy - drama poking at ordinary lives and the class system, a compassionate yet sharp take on the human condition, his almost unique working method that involves workshopping and improvising for months with his cast before a frame of film is shot.
Nonetheless, Judge has come up with a wry, perceptive, always - amusing comedy, highlighted by some memorable characters, chief among them the gangsta - rap - loving Michael Bolton; the ever - unctuous Lumbergh; and Milton (Stephen Root), a perpetually stepped - on (or, rather, completely ignored) soft - spoken co-worker.
Straight out of the John Landis school of horror with body transformations and wry comedy which infuse well in the horror shell.
It will be interesting to see how two such resolutely grownup stars handle the trappings of the romantic comedy, especially with Reitman's tart, wry touch governing proceedings.
Elle Directed by Paul Verhoeven France / Germany / Belgium, 2016, 131m French with English subtitles U.S. Premiere Paul Verhoeven's first feature in a decade — and his first in French — ranks among his most incendiary, improbable concoctions: a wry, almost - screwball comedy of manners about a woman who responds to a rape by refusing the mantle of victimhood.
Simonson's comedy of manners charms with its lovable and very human characters, as well as its wry wit and wisdom.
This energetic comedy is illustrated with an unconventional combination of sepia - tone photographs and wry cartoons.
«A wry black comedy drawing from British crime fiction and media, University of Life is a punchy and often - times very funny novel with a colorful cast.
Lowe's wry re-imaginings lead the viewer down a path littered with chaos, comedy, and failure.