comedy of manners
noun phrase
: comedy that satirically portrays the manners and fashions of a particular class or set
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Two-time Tony winner Baranski will make her West End debut as Judith Bliss with Oscar nominee Grant as David Bliss in the comedy of manners, which centers on four eccentric members of the Bliss family who each invite a guest to spend the weekend at their country house.
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Ellise Shafer, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
The film sees Wilde herself starring alongside Seth Rogen, Edward Norton, and Penelope Cruz in a comedy of manners that never lets up (and never lets that energy get in the way of some great performances).
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2026
This brilliantly acerbic novel is set up as a millennial comedy of manners, but when Remy and Alicia head to the Hamptons for a surf weekend with Instagram-baddie Jen, a pair of glowing eyes in the bushes is just the first indication that things are very, very wrong.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
With its hard shadows and rudimentary staging, the film plays like a crude rough draft of the much richer career that followed, rounding up his troupe at the time for a semi-sophisticated comedy of manners.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
This is a funny movie, but funny like a comedy of manners, not like an action-adventure film.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2025
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Ellise Shafer, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
The film sees Wilde herself starring alongside Seth Rogen, Edward Norton, and Penelope Cruz in a comedy of manners that never lets up (and never lets that energy get in the way of some great performances).
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2026
This brilliantly acerbic novel is set up as a millennial comedy of manners, but when Remy and Alicia head to the Hamptons for a surf weekend with Instagram-baddie Jen, a pair of glowing eyes in the bushes is just the first indication that things are very, very wrong.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
With its hard shadows and rudimentary staging, the film plays like a crude rough draft of the much richer career that followed, rounding up his troupe at the time for a semi-sophisticated comedy of manners.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
This is a funny movie, but funny like a comedy of manners, not like an action-adventure film.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2025
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