Word: comicly
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Mattel will reward the winning college with a comedy show featuring Comic Relief performers...
Mattel, the maker of the Uno card game, is sponsoring the national event in conjunction with Comic Relief--a community service organization founded by Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal...
...very broad, if occasionally cliched cast of characters. As might be expected, clever retorts fly, the dialogue crackles and some characters come across as just plain silly. Jokes are set up in the beginning of the play, and recur later on, in different contexts, to great effect. The comic material Martin uses in Picasso succeeds in racking up the laughs, although it lacks the slight edge that elevated the best of his earlier into something more provocative and exciting. Still, Martin is no comic slouch, and there's never a dull moment during his play...
...many women who wander into and out of his life, by sharing a pair of boots with her: they are big enough for the two of them to wear together, he says, and proves it. The character of Frau Bast (Brigitte Mira), the nosy landlady, also adds comic relief to the tensions of the film: she is the woman consistently and rudely locked out during Biberkopf's romantic interludes...
...Leigh is perfectly cast in Agnieszka Holland's adaptation of Henry James's novel. An awkward young woman starved for affection is caught between a cynical, distant father and a spirited but selfish young suitor. Holland's camera work and sense of period is engaging throughout, and her trademark comic acuity leavens the somber arc of the story. Eventually, though, Leigh asserts herself just long enough to break your heart. Like its heroine, the film misses true magnificence, but its intelligent cast and sensitive storytelling are more than enough to recommend...