So What's Funny?

"...Payne Theatre on the UT campus -- is a modern farce and one of those rarities of theatrical comedy:..."

March 5, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mouth to Mouth

"...Jordi Bosch. Almodovar lite. Spanish filmmaker Pereira's throwaway romantic farce is set in modern-day Madrid where, as the film..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Go for Zucker!

As two German families collide, the film explores its characters’ shared history to unravel the challenges of political and personal reunification.

"...collide, the film – which is otherwise a pleasant Euro-farce with a mellow 1970s vibe – dredges its characters’..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Little Hours

Foul-mouthed nuns can't save this comedy

"...Middle Ages, the characters in The Little Hours speak modern English. Profanity, gossip, and ill will are common traits..."

July 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Names of Love

This French romantic comedy is a gratifyingly grown-up kind of love story.

"...The opening of this sex farce is cause for alarm, with strong evidence the French..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Thank You for Smoking

This snarkily playful little comedy gets so wrapped up in its own barbed witticisms that it fails to land even the lightest sucker-punches on the institutions it aims to skewer.

"...for Smoking eschews biting social commentary in favor of farce, and the film’s promised tone – one of outraged,..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Cast is excellent; movie is OK; men and women are soooo different.

"...(don’t ask). Movie cuts out a lot of the farce (no dry-cleaner hijinks or trip to Kenya) and fills..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Me, Myself & Irene

"...Marx Brothers. It's smart, pro-artistic comedy masquerading as insipid farce, a wolf in clown's clothing, and rigorously Dadaistic in..."

June 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

U-Turn

"...in terms of basic sensibilities. Using the already pitch-dark modern noir style of Red Rock West as a starting..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Spike & Mike's Festival of Animation '94

"...advantage when seen in the shadow of Park's fabulous farce. Still, the jewels compensate for it: Joan Gratz's Oscar-winning..."

Feb. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Three Musketeers

"...original is jettisoned and the film is updated for modern sensibilities. It was over 30 years ago that I..."

Nov. 19, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Snatch

Ritchie's second feature is part broad comic farce and part grisly charnel house humor.

"...Woo minus the thieves' code of honor, transposed to modern-day comic-Cockney London. In other ways, Snatch also updates classic..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Circus

Two generations of circus clowns, set against the bloody backdrop of Franco's Spain.

"...times, and an altogether more entertaining slice of pie-in-the-face farce. It's impossible to separate the political from the personal..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Just Visiting

"...(Clavier, who also co-wrote), who are magically transported to modern-day Chicago. On the eve of his marriage, Thibault falls..."

April 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Relax … It's Just Sex

"...its hysterical opening sequence, the film dabbles in sex farce, including hilarious rants on such dilemmas as whether to..."

June 25, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

Western

"...Almost falling into the realm of the French sex farce as seen from a whole new angle, Western slides..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sam Bass Community Theatre’s Flaming Idiots

Big heart propels the slamming doors and zippy one-liners of this production of Tom Rooney’s farce

"...Flaming Idiots, Sam Bass' latest show, is a modern-day farce penned by Tom Rooney and the directorial debut..."

March 24, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Five Live Celebrations of Desire

People who need people make for one helluva compelling show

"...Max Langert's relatable new modern farce, starring Summer Break Theatre's Maggie Meador, is for..."

July 22, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Exhibitionism

"...There's nothing like a good farce well done. And Noises Off by Michael Frayn has..."

July 18, 1997 Arts Review

Alamo World Domination Plan Continues Unabated

The Drafthouse announces a new distribution banner

"...(The Chron called it an “extraordinary combination of high farce and lo-fi filmmaking ... a textured and incisive examination..."

Sept. 9, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Alone Again, Unnaturally

The isolation of the lighthouse-bound old couple in Ionesco's The Chairs is supposed to be shattering, but while there are some startling images in the State Theater Company's polished and professional production, the terror of being alone takes a back seat to an effort to play the script's comedy.

"...what has since come to be acknowledged as a modern theatrical movement, The Theatre of the Absurd. Esslin recognized..."

July 27, 2001 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

My Old Ass

39-year-old Aubrey Plaza doles out advice to her younger self

"...premise, which threatens to be a heavy-handed Freaky Friday-esque farce. But while there are laughs to be had, they’re..."

Sept. 13, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Beta Test

Jim Cummings burns the film industry to the ground (and it deserves it)

"...ears perked, but it plays like more of a farce in practice. Amidst the violence and intrigue is a..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Blithe Spirit

Mirthless rewrite of Coward's classic can't raise a smile, never mind a ghost

"...classic play’s material, attempting to punch it up with “modern” jokes about bed performance and pill popping, but adding..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Holmes & Watson

The Step Brothers bros get literary

"...to Donald Trump, James Cameron’s Titanic, and the very modern mysteries of drunk texting and selfies. Combined with some..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Damsel

Austin's Zellner brothers head out to demolish myths of the Old West with Robert Pattinson

"...Zellners are cheeky about it without completely surrendering to farce. And while we don’t learn a whole lot about..."

June 29, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Everything Must Go

Will Ferrell stars in this offbeat drama that's based on a Raymond Carver short story.

"...an SNL-specific sub-subgenre working itself out here: the dramatic farce. Bill Murray did it first back in 1984 with..."

May 13, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tamara Drewe

Stephen Frears directs this romantic romp that combines the bedroom farce and the pastoral and stars Gemma Arterton.

"...on Posy Simmonds' 2005 Guardian comic strip, itself a modern-day riff on Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd,..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Time Out (L'emploi Du Temps)

"...of a Hollywood director, this would be a slap-happy farce (or worse, a by-the-numbers suspense film about Vincent's forays..."

June 28, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Roll 'Em

March

"...This award-winning Iranian film is set in modern Teheran and follows the relationship between an impoverished brother..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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