1.   All of this is rarely played for laughs, despite the immense comic potential of the idea.

2.   But it finds many clever opportunities to satirize vapid pop phenomena and exploit the comic potential in culture shock.

3.   But the comic potential of the occasion eludes the skills of the director, Lionel Martin, and the writers, Mark Brown and Demetria Johnson.

4.   But the scenes set on St. Helena are rushed and confusing, and the enormous comic potential of an oafish idiot impersonating an aristocrat remains sadly unrealized.

5.   But the remake barely begins to tap the comic potential of this mutual antagonism.

6.   But the truth is that this clunky juvenile comedy lurches among multiple story lines without fully realizing the comic potential of any.

7.   Hungry for triumph of any kind, Weller foolishly takes his new adversary at face value, a character flaw Durning exploits for all its comic potential.

8.   Leave it to Jews, at least, to find the comic potential even in that.

9.   Rock, who has great comic potential that Hollywood has yet to tap, is funnier in the previews than he is in the movie.

10.   The British actresses do the best they can in roles never satisfactorily exploited for full comic potential.