Sentences with phrase «worked as a comedy»

If you portray things too positively it's not going to work as a comedy.

With enough humor to make up for any minor shortcomings, this story about the bumbling Pinot (Gérard Jugnot), a Parisian patrolman with a heart of gold, works as both comedy and drama.

I hate Poelvoorde and it is a torture to endure him in this complete failure that doesn't work as a comedy (it is simply not funny) nor as the clever, insightful parable that it (wrongly) believes to be, being instead dull, empty and pointless, while suffering from serious tonal problems.

That it works both as a comedy and a good - natured meditation on religion, tradition and their persistence in the modern world is a very thick layer of icing on the top.

The Promotion works as a comedy because, in the depths of our dark hearts, we enjoy seeing the woes that beset our comic antagonists.

David Koechner, as blow - hard Uncle Howard can be funny just by cocking an eyebrow, so it can't be his fault that being overcome by some razor - toothed Christmas cookies doesn't work as comedy.

Not exact matches

Images, particularly when combined with comedy, work well on a visually driven platform, such as social media.

He wanted to work on films, but those jobs were scarce, so he took a job as an assistant at a small talent - management company called BKEG, owned by former comedian and comedy manager Barry Katz.

If his life seems fairly unremarkable except for the bitterness of the exile and of his unfulfilled political hopes, it resulted in an overpowering single work, the Comedy (which was not known as The Divine Comedy until 1555, an apt editorial intervention that has remained with the poem to this day).

The fact that Paul Kerensa fell into comedy because nothing else worked out is as surprising as the slightly personal piece of information about him with which we launched into our conversation.

The actor (and now director) best known for his work in films including Juno and Scott Pilgrim and, of course, as George Michael Bluth on Arrested Development, will co-star alongside John Hawkes (Winter» sBone) in a new half - hour comedy from creator Charlie Kaufman.

Georgia spent the week watching Florida game tape, and watching farce / comedy doesn't qualify as work.

Before having children, Dani worked as a comic, performing across the country and participating in the HBO Aspen Comedy Festival with a solo show she wrote called «The Move.»

However, the study's findings indicate that the stereotypical «Mr. Mom,» who leaves the workaday world to become a full - time homemaker as depicted in Hollywood comedy, remains rare, and that fathers have not taken on more child - care duties to the degree that mothers have taken on added work responsibilities.

They are also masters at combining two seemingly disparate genres and making that strange synthesis work and Burn After Reading is no exception: as an espionage comedy, it's one of the most intelligent and quirky cinema releases of the autumn.

Whether it's going to see comedy or live music, or just meeting up with friends, he helps make sure my social calendar is organised with the same military precision as my work diary.

'' [Bloomberg] is doing extraordinary work in his stand - up comedy career, as we saw at the Al Smith dinner,» de Blasio said, referring to a joke Bloomberg made regarding de Blasio's frequent trips out of the city.

For example, he says, Honoré de Balzac's The Human Comedy was released in serial form as a work of «popular» fiction, but has since attained the status of a classic.

The SMILE study involved the recruiting and teaching of an employee to act as a «LaughterBoss» who worked together with a humour specialist with improvisation and comedy skills, a bit like «Clown Doctors» made use of in hospitals to assist recovery and elevate mood in kids.

I love to get down and dirty when working on cars, but I love staying in and watching a completely stupid comedy as well.

This year, I'm working on a series of eight short films, one of which is a romantic comedy in pre-production as we speak.

I'm a mathematics master student working as a graduate assistant tutoring students in math - related subjects who binges comedy anime in his free time.

am honest, faithful, trustworthy, cooperative and hard working.am a man who can listen to others and then work together.am down on earth with an open heart seeking for a serious relationship with some one who is read to love me as i am.am good at comedy, joks and love.thanks.

Despite an interesting premise and excellent cast, the film flopped, but Arquette continued to work steadily the following year, with lead roles in the black comedy Goodbye Lover; Stigmata, in which she starred opposite Gabriel Byrne as the unwitting target of a supernatural phenomenon; and Martin Scorsese's Bringing out the Dead, a film starring Arquette's then - husband Cage as a burnt - out paramedic.Following the weightiness of the creepy Stigmata and the disturbing Bringing Out the Dead, Arquette took things in a decidedly lighter direction with her next two projects.

It doesn't work too well as a comedy mainly this is sadly due to the fact that a lot of the funniest parts were in the trailer.

Based on an American bestseller for children originally published in 1938, this family comedy stars Jim Carrey as an ace New York real estate agent capable of persuading any owner to sell their valuable buildings to the ruthless property developers he works for.

It doesn't work too well as a comedy mainly this is sadly due to

The film is anchored by two excellent central performances; normally known for stand - up comedy, Dave Johns as the titular character delivers solid work in his film debut but it's Hayley Squires as the single mother of two who finds herself in some devastating circumstances that truly captures your heart.

Jones managed to work consistently in movies from then on, with bit parts in Mike Judge's comedy Office Space (1999) and Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia (1999), as well as a starring role in Barry Levinson's praised but little - seen nostalgia piece Liberty Heights (1999).

In this superlative comedy of the Eighties, Hoffman plays a fussy, underemployed actor who finds work only when he disguises himself (superbly) as a woman.

A team effort with longtime friend Romano would result in the straight - to - video comedy Grilled in 2006, with subsequent voice work in the animated family comedies Monster House and Barnyard arriving in theaters later that same year.James would maintain his position as a go - to guy for family friendly comedy over the coming years, appearing in films like I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Grown Ups, and Zookeeper and providing a voice in Hotel Transylvania.

It's as exhilaratingly honest and unshackled a work as many have come to expect from this auteur of cringe comedy, one that foresees, absorbs, and responds to all possible bile that might be directed its way, knowing full well of the muck it dredges up.

Howard's curiously deliberate sensibilities inevitably wreak havoc on The Dilemma's momentum, as the director's difficulties in sustaining a consistent tone ultimately ensure that the movie works neither as a comedy nor as a drama (eg it's not funny enough for the former or emotional enough for the latter).

As comedy writer on almost every major award show and laugh doctor to some of Hollywood's biggest stars, Get Bruce celebrates the career of one of show business's hardest - working unsung heroes.

And even more unfortunately, the improbable new romantic comedy team of Steve Carell and Keira Knightley works about as well as you'd guess — like oil and water.

Before it gets to that point, however, Ed tv comes off as a fairly affable comedy that benefits substantially from McConaughey's charismatic turn as the central character - with the actor's strong work heightened by an impressive roster of supporting players (including Woody Harrelson, Martin Landau, and Dennis Hopper).

However, Langella maintained a busy schedule of stage work, and in the 1990s, finally scored a breakthrough screen role in the comedy Dave as the deceitful political puppet master Bob Alexander.

Valletta's roles — given the actress» off - camera motherhood and intermittent magazine work — accumulated slowly over the next several years (in films such as the Nicolas Cage holiday vehicle The Family Man and the Danny DeVito - directed black comedy Duplex); as a result, Valletta only ascended gradually to top billing.

Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford make a great comedy double act as a pair of senior technicians working for a company that simulates horror movie scenarios as part of a sinister grand plan.

At first Donna doesn't know how to take their presence and all the comedy is derived from a series of misunderstandings, but as expected things work out because everyone is so sophisticated and amenable and allow the fairytale story to end happily.

She worked for a time as a designer and model before making her screen debut in 1931 in a comedy by Marc Allegret, who made his own debut as a feature filmmaker that same year.

Some of her more notable work included Clay Pigeons, a black comedy with Vince Vaughn and Joaquin Phoenix; Permanent Midnight, which marked another collaboration with Stiller; and the animated Kiki's Delivery Service, which featured Garofalo as the voice of a new age artist and mystic.

Sheen's next major success was also a comedy, the 1991 military - film satire Hot Shots, and while box - office blockbusters tended to elude him, Sheen worked steadily over the next several years, and racked up a respectable number of box - office successes.By this time, Sheen had developed a reputation as a hard - living star who spoke his mind regardless of the consequences, but his fun - loving image began to take on a darker hue in the mid -»90s.

But even if you don't want to read into all these undercurrents, The Odd Couple still works as a simple comedy.

That fall, she joined the cast of Saturday Night Live but exited before the conclusion of the season, publicly disheartened by the show's increasing drop - off in quality.After signing on as a correspondent on Michael Moore's news magazine TV Nation and hosting Comedy Product, a standup showcase on the Comedy Central cable network, Garofalo began work on her breakthrough role, co-starring with Uma Thurman in the 1996 romantic comedy hit The Truth About Cats andComedy Product, a standup showcase on the Comedy Central cable network, Garofalo began work on her breakthrough role, co-starring with Uma Thurman in the 1996 romantic comedy hit The Truth About Cats andComedy Central cable network, Garofalo began work on her breakthrough role, co-starring with Uma Thurman in the 1996 romantic comedy hit The Truth About Cats andcomedy hit The Truth About Cats and Dogs.

Murphy is phenomenal playing witty, fast talking smart arses but slowing down his pace here it still works amazingly as a comedy.

In subsequent years, Van Dyke continued his television work (he enjoyed a lengthy run on the sitcom Yes, Dear as Big Jimmy Hughes), did standup comedy bookings around the country, and emceed advertisements for various brands, products, and companies, including Big Lots.

Her performance, which perfectly displayed the hyperkinetic comic energy and sardonic wit that came to characterize many of the actress» portrayals, won her a «special recognition for acting» at Sundance that year.The year 1998 brought more independent work in the form of The Misadventures of Margaret, a romantic comedy in which Posey had the title role and a foray into mainstream features with a turn as Tom Hanks» book - editor girlfriend in Nora Ephron's You've Got Mail.

For all her warmth, McAdams can sometimes seem a little guarded in movies, as if she's protecting herself from the material — so I wasn't sure she would quite work in a comedy this antic and blue.

She also toured with the vaudeville burlesque show Able's Baggy Pants Burlesque and the Mercer Brothers» show Giggles Galore as a dancer as well as a comedy - skit performer.Smith also received a degree in elementary education from the University of Missouri and has worked extensively in the casting industry.