Word: slapsticker
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...original--where the man, on hearing of his impending fatherhood, says to his girlfriend, "I have the honor to ask you to have an abortion," and later has a sexual fling on the side--for more general, genial comedy. The movie also gets unwontedly frantic toward the end, with slapstick brawls and auto injuries. (Note to Hollywood: Can you outlaw funny car crashes, starting right now?) But the film has a cleverness that is as irresistible as it is predictable, and Grant eventually looks comfortable in the main role he has to play here: movie star...
...many ways, in fact, this is no ordinary Disney creation. It is not a children's movie. It does not feature talking animals, slapstick humor or a signature happy ending...
...movie Casper mines this same dark soil. On its face, it is a high-gloss update of the "friendly ghost" who starred in 55 cartoons between 1946 and 1959, a long-running comic book and a short-lived 1979 TV series. Director Brad Silberling mixes rude slapstick for the kids with pop-culture cues for their parents, including gag cameos by Clint Eastwood, Mel Gibson and Ghostbusters' Dan Aykroyd. The movie even has its own theme-park ride, a kind of human car wash. All jolly enough. But in its haunted heart, Casper is another invitation to kids to flirt...
...understand why Americans love their sitcoms. The characters are all transparent, and the plots are utterly mundane. Most of the shows follow a hapless person through a never--ending series of embarrassing situation. Still, any attempts at absurd humor falls flat and is generally replaced by ludicrous slapstick...
...Funny Bones" concentrates on solid, yet innovative, aesthetics, blending cinematic traditions of horror, black comedy, slapstick and absurdity provocatively and artlessly. It is this effortless, quirky creativity that the films currently touted as the next "cult classic" seek. Like a good comedy routine, it's born, not made; "Funny Bones" is a natural...