1.   They progress much further than Gang into late adolescence, a period more amenable to bittersweet comedy.

2.   A bittersweet comedy about a group of upscale New Yorkers who spend all their time talking on the phone.

3.   A one-joke script, this bittersweet comedy is better than it has any right to be.

4.   His movie is nothing you have to see, but anyone in the market for a bittersweet romantic comedy could do worse.

5.   The play, a bittersweet comedy, is currently in previews Off Broadway at Primary Stages, where it opens Wednesday.

6.   Yet the dour clown introduced a new emotional idom in his bittersweet comedies.

7.   He wrote several prewar movies and pursued a glittering career as the director of a string of bittersweet comedy hits.

8.   The director was best known for his bittersweet comedies.