comic drama
Example Sentences
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Shot on a handheld digital camera, the film applies an anarchic home-movie aesthetic to a superbly performed, discomfitingly comic drama of darkness within a family.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
That ease runs through his latest film, Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value,” a tender, sharply comic drama about a fractured family trying — and often failing — to heal.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025
The Hollywood Reporter's Stephen Farber said while the movie "is not without its flaws, it is an engaging and often touching comic drama that builds power as it moves toward its immensely satisfying conclusion".
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2023
“The Horror of Dolores Roach,” based on the hit podcast, is a darkly comic drama with a contemporary “Sweeney Todd” twist.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023
It is at least significant that the restrictions imposed by the academic theory on the comic drama were far less severe than those which tragedy had to undergo.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
