Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
Interesting. I would have put it as a comedy drama.
From a comedy perspective- it isnt laugh out loud funny. It has a sprinkling of humerous scenes or situations.
Even in a comedy, the characters can be believable and well rounded. They dont need to spoof themselves.
Maybe if it were made in a more recent cinematic period the style would be different and more appealing to me(though perhaps less appealing to others). Though I dont think most adults miss the cinematic style of the 40s and 50s and the more recent 25 years is more enjoyable. That was some terrible acting back then too.
Oh well.
Not all good comedies are. Still, I would consider it more humorous that comedy. But that's not really a category that most movie watcher would recognize. Besides, as you probably already know many movies can cover a wide swath of styles, so often-times the genre has to be a generalized or averaged one.
I've watched many comedies that aren't funny (to me) at all, and seen horror movies where I never stop laughing (Is there any wonder my friend don't want to go to movies with me.)
Anyway, I found 'Breaking Away' to be a deeply complex film that doesn't always take itself too seriously. The dad -- and mom scenes provide most of that comic relief.