He is left not with Chekhov, but with a pleasing and gentle comedy all his own.
The film is a gentle but bitter-sweet comedy, and provides some considerable insight into Hancock himself.
But those high marks came from older viewers, more likely to respond to a gentle comedy set in the 1930's.
Our life will be, for the most part, "a quiet, gentle comedy" of small decisions, errands, chores and not terribly meaningful conversations.
Alas, this slot - and the addition of a laughter track - left the gentle comedy a tad over exposed.
Their surroundings are happy rather than stereotypical grim, while the gentle comedy is first-class.
We eat the remainder of our meal in silence, watching each other and the gentle comedy of late diners around us.
But there's no better sign of a natural writer than a line by line layering of character through gentle comedy.
Many relish the gentle Canadian comedy with its wry look at its country.
Her carefully exaggerated pantomimes of daily activities find gentle comedy in commonplace body language.