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Why is this considered a comedy?--spoiler

posted 19 years ago by ragreen259
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What, there's a couple funny moments in it? It doesn't even qualify as a dark comedy... all movies have some funny moments in them if they're worth a damn. Let's see, crazy chick kidnaps some guy, they're chased on a road trip by her psycho, and I mean no one does psycho like Liotta, husband, who repeatedly beats her, and her new boyfriend, and eventually winds up being gutted with a hunting knife in the brutal final scene?

If this is comdey, it's time to reclassify Taxi Driver, Pacific Heights and Kalifornia. Oh, and don't get me wrong, it's a great flick.

[–] a088080 19 years ago

I think it's a comedy because it's not belevable -wouldn't happen in real life Demme knew this & it is a great story & Liotta's 1st big movie.

[–] skybridge999 19 years ago

This movie is unique and amazing in that it is a comedy until Ray appears as Audrey and Charles are slow-dancing at Audrey's class reunion. Then it becomes a cold-blooded drama. I've never seen any other movie even attempt this. I guess the real trick would be to write a cold-blooded drama which turns into a comedy! That seems impossible to pull off.

The first time I saw this on video with two other people, we were definitely laughing all through the opening sequences where Lulu/Audrey "picks up" Charlie and takes him to the cheap motel then handcuffs him & bangs him, and through the scenes where Lulu/Audrey pulls off all her other mischief (robbing the cash register at the liquor store, not paying the bill at the restaurant).

[–] ilstabila 19 years ago

it's all marketing, man. of course it's not just a comedy... it's so much more than that. but it's much easier to advertise a picture by lumping it into a profitable genre. im sure if you ask Demme, he wouldnt call it merely a comedy either.

[–] filmbuff1974 15 years ago

Agreed, it was a really, really bad mixture of romantic comedy and a thriller and promoted as a light romantic comedy. No wonder the movie did so bad in the box office. The film was still entertaining, but the serious turn of events made for a very disturbing cinema viewing experience. Perhaps too many decisions makers had interfered with Jonathan Demme's vision?

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