Comedy Quote by Greg Mottola
![“[Keeping Up with the Joneses] is not one of those movies where people get shot and fall down and there's no reality of what would happen if you got shot and knocked over a motorcycle. It's meant to be a slight comedy in that sense.” quote by Greg Mottola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/685/greg-mottola-18911_comedy_keeping-up-with-the-joneses-is-not-one-o_972867.jpg)
“[Keeping Up with the Joneses] is not one of those movies where people get shot and fall down and there's no reality of what would happen if you got shot and knocked over a motorcycle. It's meant to be a slight comedy in that sense.”
About This Quote
Source Film: Keeping Up with the Joneses, 2016
The movie is a light‑hearted comedy, not a realistic action thriller.
In simple terms: It's a satire, not a gritty drama.
Key Takeaway
Enjoy the humor, not the realism.
Themes
comedy
satire
film analysis
Mood
light‑hearted
critical
Type
film
analysis
When to use this quote
- movie night
- film critique
- genre discussion
Key Concepts
genre expectations
tone
Questions to Reflect On
- What does the film’s tone say about modern anxieties?
- How does satire affect perception?
A Different Perspective
Some may expect deeper social commentary.
![“Jon Hamm was the first I thought of for the other role in [Keeping Up with the Joneses], I recently worked with him on Clear History, an HBO improv movie that we had done together.” quote by Greg Mottola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4f0/greg-mottola-18911_clear_jon-hamm-was-the-first-i-thought-of-for_700329.jpg)
![“I'm a huge fan of Zach's [Galifianakis] and I auditioned Zach a million years ago on a movie called Duplex which I was fired from. But Zach came in - It was like 2000, maybe - as a buddy stand-up that people were starting to notice and there was something about him I loved. He wasn't quite right…” quote by Greg Mottola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a12/greg-mottola-18911_buddy_i-m-a-huge-fan-of-zach-s-galifianakis-an_1011792.jpg)
![“We didn't want to make it a parody of Don Draper[in Keeping Up With the Joneses] but we did arrive on this idea that there's a side of Jon Hamm that opens up that would like him to stop living as a professional liar.” quote by Greg Mottola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6c3/greg-mottola-18911_ideas_we-didn-t-want-to-make-it-a-parody-of-do_2821297.jpg)
![“Isla [Fisher] is so pretty we were trying to decide who the hell should play against her that would intimidate her, and one day I said, "You know...this was before Superman had come out, Superman v. Batman: The Court Room Drama I like to call it.” quote by Greg Mottola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/200/greg-mottola-18911_batman_isla-fisher-is-so-pretty-we-were-trying_677288.jpg)
![“[Gal Gadot] is really intense and scary and also incredibly warm and sweet.” quote by Greg Mottola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/630/greg-mottola-18911_gals_gal-gadot-is-really-intense-and-scary-an_902264.jpg)
