A funny, disarming streak helps keep the film lively without undercutting its quieter uplift.
Pros: chemistry between characters, emotional impact
Cons: runtime, plot clarity
A funny, disarming streak helps keep the film lively without undercutting its quieter uplift.
Pros: chemistry between characters, emotional impact
Cons: runtime, plot clarity
Liam and Noel’s humor is a consistent strength, from caustic one-liners to Mick Jagger jokes and relaxed sibling banter that repeatedly breaks through the sentiment.
Pros: plot originality, character development
Cons: plot clarity, screenplay quality
Period construction behavior—especially casual safety violations and smoking on the job—creates an unexpectedly funny streak without erasing the genuine danger.
Pros: plot clarity, realism
Cons: plot originality, runtime
The strongest consensus is that the film is genuinely hilarious, with rapid insults, physical comedy, and escalating social discomfort producing big laughs. A small minority finds it only occasionally funny.
Pros: plot originality, lead performance
Cons: runtime, score quality
Dry humor keeps the scholarly obsession from becoming overly solemn, especially Béatrice’s recurring trick of inventing academic awards to get sources on the phone. The tongue-in-cheek tone complements the conspiracy...
Pros: story quality, plot clarity
Cons: chemistry between characters, sound design
Dry jokes and understated comedy work well against the movie’s serious tone, giving viewers brief releases from the tension without turning the film into a comedy.
Pros: world-building, special effects quality
Cons: family friendliness, age appropriateness
Playful interview moments, especially around Reasons and the band’s rivalries, add warmth without undercutting the more painful material.
Pros: ending satisfaction, drama quality
Cons: runtime, originality
Dark humor and precise comic timing provide welcome release without undercutting the horror, and several viewers were surprised by how funny the film could be.
Pros: practical effects quality, sound design
Cons: cultural representation, CGI quality
The dark comedy and comic-relief characters are frequently effective, giving the movie welcome laughs amid the bloodshed.
Pros: supporting cast performance, chemistry between characters
Cons: plot clarity, screenplay quality
Dry industry satire, family teasing, and off-kilter observations provide welcome levity without trivializing the central loss.
Pros: plot originality, ending satisfaction
Cons: runtime, pacing
Fast visual gags, the synchronized Buzz army, and Smarty Pants generate frequent laughs. Even many of the harsher reactions still found individual comic set pieces and performances that worked.
Pros: lead performance, directing quality
Cons: originality, romance quality
Its humor is dark, dry, and visual, emerging from synchronized labor, absurd privilege, and carefully prolonged compositions rather than conventional jokes.
Pros: screenplay quality, production design
Cons: runtime, dialogue quality
The comedy is widely praised for industry jokes, frantic mishaps, and character-based banter, with several standout cameos. A minority view finds the film more interesting than funny, so the humor...
Pros: chemistry between characters, cinematography
Cons: ending satisfaction, runtime
Dry, eccentric humor surfaces in small details and in Amalric’s gently comic performance, giving the bleak material a sly edge.
Pros: supporting cast performance, score quality
Cons: dialogue quality, world-building
Emily Blunt and Wyatt Russell bring welcome comic energy, although some viewers feel the goofiness clashes with the film’s serious ideas.
Pros: cinematography, lead performance
Cons: plot clarity, tonal consistency
Humor is used sparingly, with Imogen’s blunt observations and comic timing providing the clearest laughs.
Pros: lead performance, theme depth
Cons: plot originality, originality
John Waters supplies welcome irreverence and practical humor without undercutting the film’s sincerity. His stories keep the reverent tone from becoming too solemn.
Pros: romance quality, faithfulness to source material
Cons: none
The movie finds grim humor inside its brutal fights, using absurd props, exaggerated durability, and sudden comic reversals. That dark playfulness helps keep the carnage from becoming monotonous.
Pros: directing quality, suspense
Cons: family friendliness, age appropriateness
Humor is a major asset, ranging from dry awkwardness and deadpan side characters to bodily jokes and generational bickering. Most reviewers feel it relieves the grief without trivializing it, though...
Pros: supporting cast performance, realism
Cons: romance quality, originality
The comedy ranges from visual gags and broad line readings to precise satire of influencer culture. Many found it uproarious, though some felt the jokes were insensitive, too niche, or...
Pros: chemistry between characters, production design
Cons: plot clarity, audio description accessibility
Most critics find the sheep, wordplay and human-animal misunderstandings genuinely funny, with several standout gags. A smaller group thinks the film is too serious for long stretches or relies on...
Pros: lead performance, score quality
Cons: editing quality, runtime
The comedy lands through Jill’s rants, inside jokes, and eccentric kitchen characters. Comic relief occasionally interrupts the grief too aggressively.
Pros: dialogue quality, production design
Cons: age appropriateness, sexual content level
Dark comedy generally complements the horror and gives the film a wicked, uncomfortable energy. Some reviewers, however, find certain laughs unintentional or the humor cruel rather than controlled.
Pros: romance quality, makeup quality
Cons: runtime, chemistry between characters
Dry banter, absurd ideas, and playful animal-world details provide welcome comic relief. The humor is understated and woven into natural conversations rather than built around conventional jokes.
Pros: plot originality, score quality
Cons: family friendliness, editing quality
Dry, jarring humor adds momentum and keeps the bleak material from becoming monotonous. Its odd comic flashes generally complement the horror and melancholy rather than undercut them.
Pros: sound design, soundtrack quality
Cons: romance quality, dialogue quality
The black comedy gives the taboo material an oddball, self-aware edge, especially around Douglas’s pajama-clad charisma and the film’s perversely romantic turns. The humor is dry and intentionally uncomfortable.
Pros: plot originality, drama quality
Cons: realism, violence level
The offbeat, scatological, and situational comedy is usually seen as a strength that gives the mayhem personality, although a few reviewers find certain jokes overlong or tension-breaking.
Pros: audience appeal, chemistry between characters
Cons: family friendliness, age appropriateness
The funniest moments come from blunt studio executives, improvised problem-solving, and nobody pretending the production is under control. The comedy complements rather than erases the stress.
Pros: supporting cast performance, plot originality
Cons: plot clarity, pacing
Dark and sometimes absurd humor is a notable bright spot, with Isabella and the film’s campier flourishes drawing repeated laughs.
Pros: score quality, cinematography
Cons: age appropriateness, character development
Humor is the product's clearest strength, especially slapstick, cinephile jokes, and old-Hollywood references. A minority found the gags lazy or repetitive, but most reviews say enough jokes land.
Pros: ending satisfaction, acting performance
Cons: sexual content level, plot clarity
Humor is the clearest point of agreement: most reviewers find the film genuinely funny, often hilarious, with rapid-fire visual gags and slapstick. A smaller group thinks the comedy is too...
Pros: practical effects quality, genre satisfaction
Cons: language level, plot clarity
Comedy is a genuine strength for many, particularly Gosling’s physical timing and Grace-Rocky misunderstandings. But the jokes are also polarizing, with some reviewers calling them repetitive, cheesy or tonally disruptive.
Pros: world-building, sound design
Cons: ending satisfaction, romance quality
Humor appears sparingly, often through modern phrasing or character behavior; reactions range from welcome relief to tonal distraction.
Pros: character development, world-building
Cons: pacing, sound design
Small moments of knowing humor and absurd dialogue keep the film from becoming overly solemn. The comedy is generally restrained, though some viewers felt it occasionally reduced the scares.
Pros: emotional impact, CGI quality
Cons: action sequences, dialogue quality
The occasional humor helps make the historical setting more approachable without erasing the story’s emotional core.
Pros: chemistry between characters, world-building
Cons: score quality, soundtrack quality
Playful moments and awkward teenage behavior provide welcome relief from the grief and romantic turmoil.
Pros: plot clarity, soundtrack quality
Cons: supporting cast performance, suspense
Lozita is allowed moments of humor alongside her firmness, giving the family portrait a little welcome lightness without turning the film into a comedy.
Pros: drama quality, editing quality
Cons: animation quality, runtime
Small family observations and recognizable personality clashes provide welcome humor without undercutting the story’s grief.
Pros: ending satisfaction, acting performance
Cons: character development, score quality
Dry humor occasionally slips through the dread, especially in Liam’s casual acceptance of impossible circumstances and the captain’s blunt sea lore. These moments lighten the film without breaking its spell.
Pros: plot originality, lead performance
Cons: runtime, screenplay quality
The comedy lands for many reviewers, especially the dance sequence, awkward family scenes, and Bader’s delivery. Others think the film is heavier on romance than laughs or lacks the wit...
Pros: costume design, age appropriateness
Cons: cultural representation, world-building
Dark comedy—especially the Garrison grenade sequence and father-son mud fight—provides welcome relief from the gloom. A few detractors find some of the comic touches cheesy rather than sharp.
Pros: scares, score quality
Cons: special effects quality, CGI quality
The dark comedy lands very well for many viewers, especially the wedding-photo, speech, and social-discomfort sequences. Others barely laugh at all or feel the subject matter makes the humor abrasive...
Pros: originality, cinematography
Cons: age appropriateness, cultural representation
The black comedy works for many reviewers, especially when gruesome violence becomes the punchline. Reactions are not universal, with some calling the jokes hit-or-miss, corny, or outright cringe-inducing.
Pros: makeup quality, special effects quality
Cons: suspense, world-building
Much of the laughter is unintentional. Several video reviewers find the absurd logic, odd staging, and exaggerated choices genuinely funny, while others say the bad-movie laughs are too sparse to...
Pros: humor, production design
Cons: special effects quality, critic appeal
Much of the humor is accidental, but several reviewers still have fun laughing at the absurd decisions, twists, and heightened action. That campy appeal can make the movie more enjoyable...
Pros: supporting cast performance, lead performance
Cons: family friendliness, age appropriateness
The comedy is frequently praised as sharp, dark, and laugh-out-loud funny, especially when it turns modern anxieties into absurd set pieces. Some reviewers find the gallows humor mean, obvious, or...
Pros: story quality, chemistry between characters
Cons: runtime, CGI quality
Classic bits remain reliable laugh generators, and several new stunts reach inspired slapstick heights. The heavy reliance on feces and rectal jokes is the most common comedic turnoff.
Pros: chemistry between characters, visual style
Cons: critic appeal, supporting cast performance
The comedy is inconsistent. Some scenes and supporting performances draw real laughs, but many critics say the film never becomes funny enough.
Pros: sexual content level, production design
Cons: soundtrack quality, editing quality
The joke density is enormous, but the hit rate is the central point of disagreement. Some laughed harder than they had at a recent comedy, while others found it painfully...
Pros: plot originality, dialogue quality
Cons: language level, story quality
The comedy frequently lands through gruesome slapstick, inept rich villains, Elijah Wood’s deadpan delivery, and the film’s self-aware excess. Still, a sizable group finds the jokes forced, repetitive, tepid, or...
Pros: practical effects quality, editing quality
Cons: story quality, special effects quality