Word: slapstick
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Despite this fairly straightforward unfolding of events, the film remains entertaining. Amid the obligatory smattering of slapstick comedy scenes, whimsically amusing details highlight the differences between Earth and Planet 51. The aliens exchange “high fours,” alien children don astronaut costumes for the premiere of a new “Humaniacs” movie, and Chuck’s “Macarena”-playing iPod is labeled a dangerous and cruel weapon. Chuck’s mechanized companion, Rover, is a source of endearing robot humor that resonates with all audiences, despite being...
...least false personalities (Tina retreats behind a stutter, Sue adopts an aggressive mask as a bully). It’s a world where everyone is coping, and where performances are an escape. Yet with all the underlying sadness and frustration, the show achieves hilarity. The slapstick montage of the students getting used to their wheelchairs comes to mind, and this angsty episode saves room for some quiet, simple moments of joy, like Quinn and Puck’s adorable food fight...
...says Miyazaki's No. 1 American fan, Pixar creative boss John Lasseter. "It's so rare - especially in Hollywood, where everything is bigger, louder, faster and more of it - to be brave enough to let it just quiet down." That's Miyazaki. Rather than being stocked with high-energy slapstick, his films proceed at a dream walker's pace. They're not dialogue-heavy; they're image-buoyant...
...wife redo the den into a living room and paint it eggshell?” one Athenian gripes to another. “And what the fuck is a chocolate fountain?” While HRDC’s “Lysistrata” often succumbs to the slapstick humor, sexual obscenities, and explicit double-entendres that are inevitable in a battle-of-the-sexes plot, it manages to offer a humorous but sincere discourse on modern feminism...
...predecessor. So which film deserves the title of “Sunshine?”Surprisingly, the parallels between the two films work. Big Beach may be a one-trick pony, but the trick is excellent; the mix of quirky personalities, preposterous situations, biting sarcasm, and slapstick is every bit as effective as it was three years ago. The difference here is the increasingly somber tone of the plot. The “Little Miss Sunshine” pageant threatened a young girl’s self-image, but these characters’ decisions affect their entire futures...