broad comedy

Gleefully undoing the happily ever after of the series and, in turn, adding a complicated relationship between Betty and her fashion designer-in-the-making daughter, this return to the hallways of Ecomoda keeps the broad comedy of the OG series intact while ushering in Betty into the brave new feminist world of the 21st century.

Highlighting her dramatic chops against broad comedy, “Palm Royale’s” tricky tone allowed Wiig to take big swings, something she did co-writing and starring in “Bridesmaids,” and something she does in life.

He shines a similarly flattering spotlight on Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively here, though with a surprising genre shift, eschewing the broad comedy of his earlier work for this stylish, semi-Sapphic neo-noir thriller.

From prolific Mexican-born, U.S.-based writer-director Alejandro Montoya Marin, this enjoyable broad comedy with a timely thesis turns its average protagonists into amateur vigilantes risking it all to regain their hope for a better future.

Tune in for the ultimate professional wrestling experience that “is one part gladiator arena and one part soap opera mixed with broad comedy and pyrotechnics,” writes Joshua Needelman for The Times.