Not A Comedy`

It's a real comedy for the second half of the movie. Up until then I was thinking the same thing. But really MOST comedies are terrible, so this was great in my opinion.

This movie is disturbing is what it is. Always thought it was creepy as hell.

I don't think Danny DeVito's "comic relief" is the only source of comedy in the film.

A quick search yields the following definition of 'black comedy:'

"a type of comedy in which tragic or distressing subject matter is dealt with in a humorous way."

Off the top of my head, I'm remembering the last few minutes of the film when the couple is stranded on a chandelier and the wife informs the husband that they're in a dangerous situation because she had loosened the bolts on the chandelier in order to have it fall on him, to which he replies, "oh that's a good one!." Then after they fall two people come running with a ladder shouting "we're coming." And lastly, the husband affectionately places his hand on his wife's shoulder (his last act of a self imposed denial that has been evidenced repeatedly in the film) only to have the wife push his hand away a moment later.

All three moments are amusing. And the film has that kind of humor running throughout. If that doesn't fit the bill of 'black comedy' then I don't know what does.