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Poignant performances by Barrymore and Collette help distract from some of the too - adorable, too - perfectly chaotic elements of their lives and relationships in this almost fairytale vision of London, but Miss You Already hits more than it misses.

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Part gentle comedy, part perceptive, Cassavetian blue - collar character study, it's also tellingly poignant despite it's shaggy - dog style structure fair riveted together by Buscemi's compelling central performance.

It's a stirring sequence that's heightened by Holbrook's engaging, downright poignant performance, with the film's compulsively watchable atmosphere perpetuated by the initial scenes set within the past - as Lawrence does a nice job of infusing such moments with a melodramatic and suitably old - fashioned feel that proves impossible to resist.

By turns bleak, funny, touching, sexy and poignant, with bursts of violence that rise like sudden geysers from a still pool, Out of Sight is chock - full of dead - on performances.

A poignant meditation on art as well as a delightful female buddy comedy with sublime performances by its three female leads.

Other highlights from 2016 (and also must see films) have included the very informative and poignant documentary, «Maya Angelou and Still I Rise,» by Rita Coburn Whack and Bob Hercules; Mick Jackson's «Denial,» the gripping Holocaust denial tale with compelling performances from Rachel Weisz and Timothy Spall; Paul Verhoeven's «Elle,» with its great Isabelle Huppert performance; the remarkably thoughtful sci - fi film, «Arrival,» by Denis Villeneuve; Tom Ford's «Nocturnal Animals,» with its outstanding performances from Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Shannon; David Mackenzie's «Hell or High Water,» this summer's sleeper hit; Cristian Mungiu's «Graduation,» winner of the Best Director prize at Cannes; and Cristi Puiu's «Sieranevada,» winner of the top prize at this year's Chicago International Film Festival.

Grounded by heartbreakingly poignant performances from two of French cinema's most iconic actors, Amour contains none of the moralistic finger - wagging and gratuitous sadism that so many critics have found off - putting in the director's work.

The films he made between these animated efforts — Moonrise Kingdom (2012) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)-- were among his better works, as the former evinced a real sense of poignant feeling that sometimes gets lost in his penchant for irony and pastiche, while the latter was a marvelous screwball farce with a fantastic central performance by Ralph Fiennes.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Gender Preference Biopic Features Eddie Redmayne's Oscar - Nominated Performance as Sex Change Pioneer In 2015, Eddie Redmayne won the Best Actor Oscar for his poignant portrayal of Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.

The Danish Girl Film Review by Kam Williams Eddie Redmayne Delivers Another Oscar - Quality Performance as Sexual Preference Pioneer In 2015, Eddie Redmayne won the Best Actor Oscar for his poignant portrayal of Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.

Featuring an incredible breakout performance by Charlie Plummer and shot in mesmerising style, Lean on Pete is a poignant, compassionate and heart - rending portrait of love, loss and acceptance that resonates with profound humanity.

The Lone Wolf Recital Corps exhibition and performance was both powerful and poignant, enlivening the installation of artworks which also served as musical instruments by the late Terry Adkins.

Hailed by The New York Times as «one of the most celebrated performance artists anywhere,» Ragnar Kjartansson brings his spellbinding, poignant, and frequently humourous works to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.