Sentences with phrase «affecting pathos»

If you can adjust to the film's uneven rhythms and often illusory vibe, there's a treasure trove of off - kilter humor, affecting pathos and first - class acting to be savored.

by Walter Chaw Four years separate Satoshi Kon's astonishing Perfect Blue and his astonishing Millennium Actress; it seems that what the intervening period brought to Kon's palette is a strong sense of visual humour and an affecting pathos to cut the existential dread of his identity crises — the year or two distancing Tokyo Godfathers from Millennium Actress further refining Kon as a humorist even as it blunted his razor's edge.

Framed with documentary film — like interviews with the key players in what remains the most infamous story to come out of Olympic figure skating, his Tonya Harding script straddles a tricky tone of pitch - black humor, affecting pathos, and winking self - awareness.

Cloying fancy gives way to gross - out comedy, twisted social commentary, affecting pathos, and weirdly sexualized romance in this lurid live - action version of the classic children's book.

Though we've only seen the first two «Chapters», it's safe to say that Barry could be HBO's next addiction - worthy series, delivering a healthy dose of affecting pathos along with its belly laughs and brutal violence.

Not exact matches

The root meaning of sympathy is being simultaneously affected with the same feeling (pathos).

It «s superbly written, acted and soundtracked, has a very good heart and boasts equally affecting moments of humour, pathos and tenderness.