Their sendup of religious fundamentalism is painted in broad acrylic strokes: shocking enough to elicit laughs but not deep enough to generate understanding.

NEWYORKER: God Squad

But his nimble intelligence and excellent eye failed to produce more than a pictorial pastiche that was flat and one-dimensional or a shallow sendup of the past.

WSJ: Philip Johnson: Short of Attention Span, Long on Aesthetics

The movie is full of inspired touches as well as excessive ones: its appeal lies in the way its humor always treads the line between sendup and campy overkill.

NEWYORKER: The Wedding Singer