Witness the contagion of mirthless, forced laughter at cocktail parties.
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"Graduation," written and directed by Cristian Mungiu, is a mirthless farce.
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But it's hard to identify with a mirthless, expressionless chunk of granite.
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Ha. Ha. Arthur: Is that a nervous laugh or a mirthless chuckle?
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We get poor Jared, unable to hide his anxiety under Gilfoyle's mirthless interrogation.
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"What would you do if somebody offered you 'Hurricane'?" he asked, with a mirthless chuckle.
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If they weren't too angry, they were too passive; if not too camp, too mirthless.
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" Their reaction, Franken said, with a mirthless laugh, "is 'I'm going to die alone in the jungle.
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Or is it a show about Escobar, the mirthless, unstoppable murderer at the center of the first 20 episodes?
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It is a style of American Misery familiar from Mark Twain—the Scotch-Irish-American style, mirthless and Methodist and mercenary.
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A head shorter and directly to Trump's left, Bloomberg is trim, mirthless, and more deeply tan than any public official has a right to be.
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Here are a few suggestions to get you started on your path to enlightenment that don't involve you playing any ineffective, mirthless, "brain training" video games.
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The 52nd floor of the Viacom building in New York, where Mr Dauman's office is located, is a mirthless place, "like the gallows", says one former employee.
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Lore had it that the country's athletes were instructed by the KGB to appear as mirthless as robots, and rumors persisted about their use of performance-enhancing drugs.
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Yet her response to legitimate questions tends to be either to simply give her name, rank and serial number, or to offer a mirthless chuckle and a contemptuous eyeroll.
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The routine feels more editorial than comic now, a mirthless salvo about the power of language that, paradoxically, may make some modern pundits wonder whether speech should always be free.
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But when I asked my dad the next logical question—whether or not Iceland has ever qualified for the World Cup or the Euros – his response was a cold, mirthless laugh.
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The problem with Depp is not simply roles like the Mad Hatter, not anymore; his "quirkiness" has never felt more calculated and mirthless than here, but we've all been getting used to that for a while.
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It turns out this live-action adaptation of the popular children's stories by Michael Bond isn't a mirthless trip to the uncanny valley but a gentle, adorable family comedy about the virtues of kindness and generosity.
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What does interest me is how the man who directed "The Martian" (2015) could bracket that film, so wry and so fleet of foot, with a pair of such groaningly mirthless trips to yet more distant worlds.
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Yet not content with the notoriety he has already achieved, Huckabee has decided to push his mirthless wit to the limits, thereby going beyond the mere pathos of his normal work into the realm of the truly tasteless.
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Although Thewlis's mirthless cackle doesn't approximate the dead-eyed menace of Javier Bardem's Anton Chigurh in "No Country for Old Men" or of Billy Bob Thornton in the first season, Varga is another Chigurh type, a source of unrelenting and impenetrable evil.
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Though the "previously, on Zoo" segment preceding every episode spells out everyone's roles — Jackson is an "animal expert," Billy Burke's mirthless Mitch is an "veterinary pathologist," etcetera — the characters constantly reveal unexpected new areas of expertise every week, depending on whatever the story needs them to do.
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" On one hand, the Eastern European countries, some of which were now led by heroic former dissidents, wanted very much to join the military alliance; on the other, the Russians warned Talbott — "with a mirthless smile," as he later recalled — that NATO was to them a "four-letter word.
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At this Lena smiled again with that mirthless batrachian grin.
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His shrill, mirthless cachinnation followed Monica as she headed up-hill.
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Nachman recorded that Bowes, "a businesslike fellow with a mirthless chuckle who, unlike most emcees, had a gift for nongab," went out of his way to make contestants feel at ease, often taking them to dinner before their appearances. Nachman credits Bowes for featuring more black entertainers than many network shows of the time.
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Writing in the Daily Mirror, film critic Kevin O'Sullivan called Sex Lives of the Potato Men "one of the worst films ever made".Kevin O'Sullivan, The Daily Mirror, March 5th, 2004, (p.14) Novelist Will Self, in his review for The Evening Standard, called Sex Lives of the Potato Men "mirthless, worthless, toothless, useless".
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Ben, although extremely well-mannered, has an impeccable ability to lie and manipulate the people around him, even when he is at a physical disadvantage. He often speaks in a low, emotionless monotone when at his most unreadable, frequently sprinkling his speech with sarcasm or dry, mirthless jokes.Compora, Dan, (March 7, 2008) "Lost Review ", SyFy Portal. Retrieved on October 4, 2008.
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Siobhan Synnot of The Scotsman called it "mirthless" and "rudimentary". Russ Fischer of SlashFilm criticized it as an "ignominious" end to Connery's career, even compared to his previous film, the critically reviled The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Fred Patten of Flayrah called the CG "the ugliest that I have ever seen". Journalist Lisa Summers was also harshly critical of both the CGI and the story.
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The film has received generally negative reviews from critics. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 14% based on 86 reviews, with an average rating of 3.57/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Our Family Wedding is a mirthless, contrived affair that does little with its promising premise and talented cast." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 38 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".
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Helen Hunt is a real scene-stealer."CYNDI LAUPER IN 'GIRLS JUST WANT FUN': [Review] Maslin, Janet. New York Times 12 May 1985: A.55. The Philadelphia Inquirer said "Its main characters are appealing and well-acted" and has "a very clever parody of rock TV shows" but "degenerates into a mirthless comedy about young love and the generation gap, with a few feeble dance sequences thrown in to give viewers a chance to ogle young girls in leotards.
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Couples Retreat received generally negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 10% based on 163 reviews with an average rating of 3.77/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Despite a talented cast and some reliably pleasant interplay between Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn, Couples Retreat leaves viewers stranded in an arid, mirthless comedy." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 23 out of 100 based on 27 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".
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Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 16% of 134 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 4.1/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Insipid and mirthless, I Spy bares little resemblance to the TV series that inspired it." Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 35 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.
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During the last few days on set the conditions had become so extreme the crew began burning furniture to stay warm. Since at that point only exterior shots needed to be filmed, they burned nearly every piece of furniture left. Several actors went days without showering, and because of the freezing conditions, several caught colds and other illnesses. Campbell later described the filming process as nearly "twelve weeks of mirthless exercise in agony", though he allowed that he did manage to have fun while on set.
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The Colonel acts as a "straight man" comic foil to the show's absurd characters and sketches. He maintains a rigidly mirthless personality and is always dressed in olive green British Army uniform. He occasionally makes appearances in the show, usually breaking the fourth wall and disrupting sketches to pronounce them too silly for the public and, therefore, demanding that something else be shown. He often orders the show to proceed in a different direction (sometimes to the unshown director) and frequently makes offhanded insults to men with long hair.
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On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 1% based on 79 reviews, with an average rating of 2.28/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "A mirthless, fairly desperate family film, Daddy Day Camp relies too heavily on bodily functions for comedic effect, resulting in plenty of cheap gags, but no laughs." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 13 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.
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He highly praised the performances of the supporting cast. In reviewing the Madison Square Garden performance, David Rooney of The New York Times panned the production, calling it a "mirthless, low-concept pantomime" and feeling that Gettelfinger's performance as Cruela DeVil was a "watered-down facsimile of a classic villainess." He felt the Dalmatian costumes were substandard and lacking in innovation and that the actors on stilts seemed to be constantly trying to maintain their balance. In discussing DeYoung's lyrics, he considered them "late-’70s-style power ballads" that lacked "emotional connection [and] suspense" and did not add anything to the story's narrative.
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" Alicia Potter of The Phoenix bashed Furry Vengeance as "violent, coarse, and mirthless." Among criticisms the "wincing" performances, such as Jeong's "racist role of Asian corporate baddie," she also wrote, "The casting of live animals that communicate via thought balloons and CGI-enhanced facial expressions charms at first, but since there’s no imagination behind the boulder rolling and the poop bombs, the critters grow wearisome." In the opinion of Kurt Loder of MTV News, "Brendan Fraser runs through an alarmingly extensive repertoire of low-comic muggery — face-scrunches, eye-rolls and general dingbat gibbering." He also wrote, "In the end, of course, Dan finally gets it — the righteousness of the animals' cause and the error of his ways.
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Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune gave the film one star and said it "leeches the fun clean out of the first Hoodwinked", and Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post wrote that, "while the first film was lifted out of mediocrity by an utterly delightful storyline ... the sequel is a flat, plodding and largely mirthless affair." In sharp contrast with other reviews, Nell Minow of the Chicago Sun-Times gave Hoodwinked Too! three stars, praising the film's strong heroines and the script, stating "once again what we think we know about fairy-tale heroines, villains, mean girls, old ladies, witches and happy endings are deliciously turned upside down and inside out." As with the first Hoodwinked film, many reviews were critical of the film's animation.
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Brian Lowry of Variety called it "a marketing pitch in search of a movie" and a "punishingly flat effort that offers barely enough comedy to populate a three-minute trailer." Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter said "it's dreadful in every respect" and called it an "archly mirthless comedy". Despite his criticism he offers some small praise: "Although one would never have expected to find her in a film like this, Dawson, by dint of enthusiasm, is the only actor who rises above the material with her dignity intact." Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, who co-hosts the film review series Ebert Presents: At the Movies, said that "even though the movie looks hilarious from the trailer, it is only hilarious if you enjoy seeing Kevin James fall down a lot".
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From the Joker's debut in Batman #1 (April 25, 1940) The Joker debuted in Batman #1 (April 1940) as the eponymous character's first villain, about a year after Batman's debut in Detective Comics #27 (May 1939). The Joker initially appeared as a remorseless serial killer, modeled after a joker playing card with a mirthless grin, who killed his victims with "Joker venom," a toxin that left their faces smiling grotesquely. The character was intended to be killed in his second appearance in Batman #1, after being stabbed in the heart. Finger wanted the Joker to die because of his concern that recurring villains would make Batman appear inept, but was overruled by then-editor Whitney Ellsworth; a hastily drawn panel, indicating that the Joker was still alive, was added to the comic.
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The film received generally negative reviews: The Village Voice offered "for a film about a stand-up comedian to be mirthless is dispiriting" and expanded that The Stand Up did not compensate for its absence of humor with use of any legitimate drama. While the premise of a bereaved comedian dealing with the tragic death of a loved one had potential for drama and angst, the protagonist's "path to healing, though, is made Easy-Bake simple" by director David Wexler, whose use of father-finding-unhappy-son the perfect job where he then meets "perfect- match Veronica (Margarita Levieva)", then allows the protagonist of Zoe to become a "passive participant in his own healing, which Wexler leaves so uncomplicated that the story simply coasts along on a smooth path to happily ever after." It was concluded, "regrettably, it’s impossible for the film or its star to do little more than recall other recent comedies and performers: the superior School of Rock for one and, via the portly Sollis’s eerily similar voice, Jonah Hill." The Hollywood Reporter felt it was an "unconvincing indie effort" whose premise and role were more suitable as vehicles for Jack Black or Seth Rogen.
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