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However, after that opening sequence the film takes a drastic nose-dive into the land of really cheap horror flicks as it becomes very hokey (cringe-worthy even) and nonsensical ultimately causing the viewer to heave a huge sigh of relief once the film has ended!
The main characters weren't all that compelling but the two comic relief friends Diggs (Tadhg Murphy) and Henry (Laurence Kinlan) did manage to get a few good lines in.
Abis Mal is so stupid though that there's enough comedy relief too; it's good.
Even thought Abbot and Costello are featured as the stars of the movie they seem to be only comic relief for the real plot.
Craig Hawksley brings comic relief to the film when everyone is about to be massacred in the films final shoot 'em up scene.
It was also a relief to see that the Canadian government didn't give money to help this get made.
The so-called comic relief becomes the entire point.
His presence was the best part of this movie and Mr. T did indeed provide some comic relief.
The few action scenes that are in there are so bad it's a relief when they're over (usually after 5 seconds), and everything in between is just unbearable to watch.
When the Sunday article was published by Peter Maas, I felt a sigh of relief for the family.
Stanwyck is befriended by a fellow nurse, played by Joan Blondell, who provides much comic relief throughout the film.
Supposed to be a comedy, this dog stumbles clumsily along with a monotonous storyline punctuated with some comic relief which is so bad the only relief is when the film ends.
The vocabulary of this film is full of invective and forwardness, so I would not recommend this movie for people, who like films with meaningful thoughts.. Otherwise, this film is a good way to provide light relief and to laugh from silly jokes.
When he fell into a cesspit he probably felt a deep sense of relief.
Leo Putt as Lord Wang brings some much-appreciated comic relief to what in lesser hands could've been an overly-grim slug fest of the "mechanical martial arts" variety (wherein the standard katas are performed by actors whose expressions never change).
It was one of sadness, anger, sympathy and relief.
The sadness was normally due to the innocent victim (who was usually a beautiful woman) being murdered in an unjustified fashion, such as Desdemona in 'Othello'; the anger would have been directed towards the villain in the play whose dastardly deeds had resulted in the deaths of heroes and heroines - here we have Iago, arguably the most evil character in the history of literature ('Othello' again); sympathy was not for the devil, but for the poor people who had overcome the denouement but had to deal with its consequences (Horatio perhaps in 'Hamlet', or maybe Father Laurence in 'Romeo and Juliet'); and lastly relief was felt because the audience had survived the play's violence and could thank their lucky stars that they did not have to live in a world so cruel.
There is a boring Swedish guy who is supposed to be comic relief but turns out to be simply insufferable.
If you're tired of romantic comedies with happy endings where the two lovers walk off into the sunset, then "Sidewalks of New York" will be a relief.
Dennis Farina provides great comic relief.
Unlike other Universal horrors of this period, with their unfunny comedy relief antics, (bumbling, pop eyed police inspectors, burgomasters etc.) director Siodmak wisely eschews such sch-tick, and foreshadows the tragic ending of the story, with an increasingly oppressive sense of doom.
I'd like to see Watson used as something more than just comic relief.
What a relief after the deluge of gravity-defying and morally reckless athletes that careen through commercials and the evening news.
The American movie business calls them "comic relief" characters, but in fact that means they are not destined to make it big in the business.
Because of your film, I will be volunteering my time for disaster relief.
Half of the characters in this thing seem to be there for comic relief.
I can only think this one may have been done as a comedy relief, to break the seriousness of the series as a whole, but no, I won't give it credit even for that.
It was twenty years ago today ... well not quite but it was twenty years ago this month that the world experienced Live Aid that raised tens of millions of dollars for famine relief in Africa and Bob Geldof was the reincarnation of Jesus .
However, George Memmoli is simply insufferable as the White Rhino, an obnoxious bumbling fat slob comic relief character who's supposed to be lovable and amusing, but instead proves to be extremely irritating and unappealing.
I don't know why but I came out of the movie blaming him, as if it was he who sought relief of his previous self, when he was a child.
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