Funny Ha-ha: Bogdanovich’s Pleasant Return to the Screwball Comedy
The buzz has been rather hushed concerning She’s Funny That Way, the return of 70s auteur man following a thirteen year feature hiatus (his last was the 2001 film The Cat’s Meow). An ode to the classic screwball comedies of yore, where filmmakers like Lubitsch, Hawks, and several others birthed the prized frameworks, Peter Bogdanovich doesn’t manage to successfully contemporize these antics into the frothy delight of famous predecessors. If you can forgive it these blatant and inescapable anachronistic variations however, it’s an often funny, charming, and ultimately entertaining film.
A filmmaker consistently obsessed with a particular Golden Age of Hollywood’s heyday, his latest is no exception, a long gestating project once imagined as a vehicle for John Ritter. Pleasantly entertaining, it’s not so much that Bogdanovich has lost his touch—in many regards the...
The buzz has been rather hushed concerning She’s Funny That Way, the return of 70s auteur man following a thirteen year feature hiatus (his last was the 2001 film The Cat’s Meow). An ode to the classic screwball comedies of yore, where filmmakers like Lubitsch, Hawks, and several others birthed the prized frameworks, Peter Bogdanovich doesn’t manage to successfully contemporize these antics into the frothy delight of famous predecessors. If you can forgive it these blatant and inescapable anachronistic variations however, it’s an often funny, charming, and ultimately entertaining film.
A filmmaker consistently obsessed with a particular Golden Age of Hollywood’s heyday, his latest is no exception, a long gestating project once imagined as a vehicle for John Ritter. Pleasantly entertaining, it’s not so much that Bogdanovich has lost his touch—in many regards the...
- 8/20/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson, Kathryn Hahn and Imogen Poots show us how small the world really is in the new trailer for “She’s Funny That Way.” The trailer explores the interconnected lives of the characters; Arnold Albertson (Wilson) casts his call girl, Izzy Patterson (Poots) in a new play to star alongside his wife (Hahn) and her ex-lover Seth Gilbert (Rhys Ifans). Jennifer Aniston is Izzy’s therapist who is in a relationship with Arnold’s playwright Joshua (Will Forte), who is also crushing on Izzy. This calls for an extremely messy love tangle, while everyone is trying to hide their relationships from.
- 7/13/2015
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
There's a lot of star wattage in Peter Bogdanovich's new screwball comedy but none of it shines very brightly. Owen Wilson plays Arnold Albertson, a director just arrived on Broadway to stage a play. This will star boorish matinee idol Seth Gilbert (Rhys Ifans) and Albert's wife, Delta (Kathryn Hahn). Albert has a secret. He likes to hire high-class call girls, whom he charms with money and wisecracks stolen from Ernst Lubitsch films.
- 6/26/2015
- The Independent - Film
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