Sentences with phrase «almost documentary feel»

Miller's direction is low - key, adding an almost documentary feel; Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin's screenplay is full of natural dialogue and Pitt's central performance is subtly brilliant.

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The result is an almost documentary feel compared to their earlier work.

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Director Jim Hanon brings a visually slick, almost mtv feel to the project, but other than a scene or two, this 54 - minute documentary doesn't dig deep and is mostly forgettable.

There's a stark reality to this that almost feels like a documentary.

Similarly, the idea of a potential rebirth sees Noxon leave the almost documentary - like reality of the rest of the film behind for a moment, but this major tonal shift would've felt more organic and tethered to Ellen's whole journey if it had been more clearly foreshadowed.

These contrasting elements all serve a single purpose, to give a film truthful to JLG and Anne that's almost entirely a lie, a mixup of legends and half - remembered stories that nonetheless feel nearly documentary - like.

Finally, in one of the most lived - in works at the festival — so authentic it feels almost documentary - like — Sean Baker's «The Florida Project» examines a single mother and her young daughter living hand - to - mouth at a rundown motel with other similar incomplete families.

The movie almost has the feel of a documentary as it makes extensive use of news and pop culture images and video to identify time periods and to explain how these events came to be.

Heineman directs the movie so that it almost doesn't feel like a documentary, largely thanks its beautiful cinematography.

Lost in Translation gives Charlotte's journey the feeling of a personal documentary travelogue (almost guerilla filmmaking) by following her throughout Japan, across the crowded Shibuya Crossing, underground in the Tokyo subway and along the shinkansen track to visit temples in Kyoto.

Even with its naggingly implausible timeline, this film feels almost shockingly realistic, using urgent documentary filmmaking techniques to tell a story that seems to have come straight from the headlines.

With their third present - day Tolstoy adaptation, filmmaker Rose and actor Huston continue to skilfully explore timeless issues with an urgent, modern style of storytelling that feels almost documentary.

The camera stays close on the characters almost at all times, often giving a documentary feel to its examination of the two of them and their relationship with one another.

From costumes to hair to makeup, the whole film feels REAL, almost like a documentary, but with better shots.

With a collage of interviews with real - life survivors following the end of the film, it makes a strange shift from narrative feature to an almost documentary - like structure that just feels misplaced.

In fact the acting is so good, it almost has a documentary / script-less feel to it.