Sentences with phrase «afterschool specia»

Julianne Moore, Freeheld — Frankly, Peter Sollett's drama, written by Philadelphia scribe Ron Nyswaner, is way too afterschool specia - ish in its true tale of a terminally ill lesbian New Jersey police detective (Moore) fighting the system to ensure that her pension benefits go to her partner (Ellen Page), but Moore transcends the limitations of the material to deliver a forceful performance as a woman determined not to be let down by the community she served with distinction.