Sentence examples for mirthless comedy from inspiring English sources
The title of this mirthless comedy (directed by Ron Howard) refers to the problem faced by Vince Vaughn, a Chicago automobile engineer who's about as charming as Heinrich Himmler.
In "How Do You Know," an airless, sometimes distressingly mirthless comedy written and directed by James L. Brooks, Ms. Witherspoon plays Lisa, a softball player with world-class aspirations who fails to make the cut, an unfortunate story line for a movie with the same problem.
The cute couple in the strained, largely mirthless romantic comedy "This Means War" sometimes walk and talk alike.
The movie is what you might call a return to form — but then, after his mirthless airplane comedy "I'm So Excited!," you might call anything other than 96 minutes of uninterrupted black screen a return to form.
At the other end of the target-audience age spectrum, though hardly more advanced in artistry or intellect, is Golden Years (High Fliers, 15), a mostly mirthless pensioner-bank-heist comedy in which a cast of less-treasured British veterans (Bernard Hill, Virginia McKenna... call them the Best Exotic B-team) amble through the high jinks.
If the Coen brothers' dramas are cautionary tales, their comedies are veritable how-to guides for people who can't help but enjoy a mirthless chuckle at the humility of human existence.
All are profoundly mirthless.
She gives a mirthless laugh.
Strecker's smile is ghastly, utterly mirthless.
Nadal responds with a mirthless chuckle.
She lets out a mirthless laugh.
