It is a transformation that provides insight into this enigmatic country, where lighthearted fun or simple stillness is never too far away.

He does it a lot better in "Gods and Monsters," but this comedy is still lighthearted fun (Maslin).

There were other satirists who worked in a less virulent way, who took a bemused pose and only made lighthearted fun.

Thonolan and Jetamio had finally been convinced to go off by themselves for a while, but all the lighthearted fun of the Promise Feast was gone.

There is tremendous lighthearted fun here, skating on a somber surface, meditating on mortality and our technology-driven definitions of being human.

Once again, thoughts of mortality lend substance to what otherwise would look like lighthearted fun.

By this point, the film is too absurd to be frightening and too creepy for lighthearted fun.

But the story remains unfocused and grows too wan for horror, too creepy for lighthearted fun.

This is not lighthearted fun.

Another commercial shows how Supercuts stylists understand their customers, by making lighthearted fun of typical male personality traits.