Recent Examples on the WebKing and co-writer Simon Farnaby stuff the movie with head-scratching, vastly unfunny fat jokes that feel pulled from an early aughts romantic comedy.—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Dec. 2023 That led to a bit on strong women, Jeff Bezos’ divorce and male gold diggers, with an unnecessary (and unfunny) shot at the WNBA.—Stefan Stevenson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024 The Washington Post’s current attempts at being clever can be humiliatingly unfunny.—Richard E. Vatz, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2024 People called her rude, untalented, unfunny, and accused her of being a nepo baby or worse, simply another influencer wasting everyone’s time.—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2024 In this obnoxiously unfunny followup from Paramount+, stars Kel Mitchell and Kenan Thompson return as hapless fast food employees.—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 23 Nov. 2023 For a professional comedian, Fielder is disturbingly good at creating congenitally unfunny characters.—Alison Herman, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023 The film, a sort of wan, unfunny cousin to an erstwhile Woody Allen comedy, finds morose and neurotic opera composer Steven Lauddem (a schlumpy, sad-eyed Dinklage) with writer’s block as a commission deadline looms.—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023 Even by the unsparing nature of the Studio 60 Problem, Che’s comedy — both on stage and in civilian quips — remains almost shockingly unfunny.—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2023
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