Sentences with phrase «aimless plot»

But its uninspiring, aimless plot is the film's downfall, in what, mid-way through, turns into an unintentional parody of TV's superior supernatural nail - biter «Les Revenants» (The Returned).

Home Again is too superficial to maintain tension as a character - driven drama, and not funny enough to overcome an aimless plot and confused tone.

The music is exceptionally good, and the performers are appealing, but the mediocre script and aimless plotting will make this a tedious experience for anyone looking for laughs or compelling social commentary.

Not exact matches

Needless to say, screenwriters R. C. Sherriff's, Claudine West's and Eric Maschwitz's interpretation of Hilton's story gets to be questionable, structuring plotting in an aimless fashion that dilutes kick that was never to be too rich, but all but compensating for its shortcomings with a sharp wit that adds to charm and a fair degree of entertainment value.

«Super Troopers» is essentially an endless barrage of hit - or - miss gags, strung together with scotch tape plotting and an aimless structure.

Nonetheless, if one's attention were to momentarily drift during this aimless dramatic nadir, it would be possible to miss the stray lines of dialogue that set off the plot — and yet, before you know it, Maria's mother (Hope Davis) is chucking plates around her kitchen, frustrated over her husband's ineffectual attempts to sell the new hospital proposal.

That trajectory is far from linear, however, and Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's main flaw is its fairly aimless ambling and timeline plotting.

Although the driving force of the plot is the characters trying to escape the impending end of the world, the movie bogs itself down with too many aimless subplots for any potential drama to carry any actual weight.

Language: Bengali Genre: Drama MPAA rating: PG Director: Satyajit Ray Actors: Soumitra Chatterjee, Alok Chakravarty, Sharmila Tagore Plot: Apu is an aimless young man is invited to a wedding by an old college friend.

You've entered into a realm of aimless wandering and meandering plots.