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Jones' teenage daughter has a sour look on her face throughout (which doesn't prevent one of the local yahoos from leering at her), and of course clumsy pop Dean Jones is a regular stumblebum on the slopes, leading to a lot of pratfalls in the slush.
Additionally, as I watched the film I was shocked how many pratfalls Stan took--I half expected his to drop dead from the exertion.
He also manages to radiate a sweet charm that belies his outrageous pratfalls.
Jokes, pratfalls and sight gags are supposed to be naturally funny.
Plus, Stan and Ollie were a lot older and seeing these geriatric men taking pratfalls seemed sad, not particularly funny.
I could not imagine how screen comedy could be possible without relying heavily on spoken word or numerous pratfalls.
How many other A listed actresses have subjected themselves to butt injury pratfalls since this movie?
But the first half-hour is near hilarious with the usual Skelton mugging and pratfalls, backed up by experts Rags Ragland and Ann Rutherford, along with clever quips galore, so stay tuned.
Unlike most comedies today, however --which pathetically attempt to garner laughs from the audience through the characters' mindless "schtick," pratfalls, and mean-spirited jabs at one other -- the humor in "With Friends Like These" derives organically from the situation the characters find themselves in, aided by their idiosyncratic personalities.
Easily my favorite movie with Woody that he did not direct, 'Play it Again, Sam' is a hysterically funny homage to Bogart, divorce, adultery, dating, an overactive imagination, meeting women in museums, and calling your office with all the telephone numbers you can be reached at..this is some great stuff and Woody's social awkwardness and pratfalls and neuroses will have you laughing throughout.
The actors and stunt men did an incredible job with a simple concept taking pratfalls and sliding across the ice.
So we get tedious stretches with Aherne doing pratfalls and Young baring her equine choppers in either hilarity or horror (often the expressions are indistinguishable).
There is almost a laugh or chuckle a minute, i.e. chase sequences, pratfalls and sight gags.
In addition, this film is almost pure slapstick--with tons of pratfalls, slapping, hitting, etc.
However, some might be put off by the scarcity of pratfalls and belly laughs compared to many of his other efforts.
Good grief, such an endless pile of heterosexual hogwash mixed with vaudeville pratfalls...Sorry, but I had to force myself to sit through this weak attempt at a comedy.
It's an endless parade of pratfalls and silly hypnotism.
It's easy to see how Grant became a full-fledged star with this film as his persona already seems fully formed from his droll one-liners to his acrobatic pratfalls.
While it is a bit light on the story, it does provide some extremely funny lines and some hilarious pratfalls.
There is a lot of screaming and pratfalls.
Ultimately, "X-Men" qualifies as the best superhero comic book movie ever produced, thanks to a stellar cast led by Shakespearean heavyweights Patrick "Star Trek: The Next Generation" Stewart and Sir Ian "Richard III" McKellen, "Matrix" style special effects which compliment rather than eclipse the plot, and a literate script that parries childish pratfalls.