Sentences with phrase «ambition than story»

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However, the superb contribution from Ann Treneman on political sketchwriting will satisfy those whose ambition is to commentate on stories rather than find them.

For all her geographic ambition, Alexandra Pelosi winds up conducting an exit poll rather than telling a real story.

With The Lost City of Z, he has realized his true epic — a story that spans continents and decades — yet kept his finger on the intimate pulse that's always made his movies work: This is a great movie about ambition, colonization, and audacious dreaming, but even more than that it's a moving (and tragic) story about fathers and sons.

It has taken nearly half a century to bring to the screen this particular tragic incident that rocked the star - crossed Kennedy political dynasty, but in some ways it is more relevant than ever, particularly in its depiction of efforts to shape the story in order to save Kennedy's career and his very real presidential ambitions, which basically sank along with the car he drove into the water.

This true story about light welterweight boxer and perennial underdog «Irish» Micky Ward makes for less of a sports movie than a domestic drama about blue - collar brothers struggling to stay a family while the forces of drug addiction and parental ambition tear them apart.

Gillespie and Rogers are doing more than telling Harding's story; they are making pointed observations about athletic ambition and competition as well as the class snobbery that dominates this niche sport.

It's an entertaining story about ambition, romance and predatory trading practices, but it seems more fascinated than angry.

The story follows the convent - raised Emma in her (in this adaptation) rushed and arranged marriage to Charles Bovary (Henry Lloyd - Hughes), a country doctor with no greater ambition than to live out his life as a doctor in the country.

«Joy» (December 25): David O. Russell's biopic about Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano turns out to have more initial narrative ambition than most other life stories found at this time of year - this one reportedly covers four generations of Mangano's family, leading to the construction of their dynasty.

Sure the screenwriters have retooled the actually story, but the purpose of this film is to inspire those born without natural ability, with more ambition than strength.

However, the story, the characters, and the themes of guilt, ambition, and self - awareness are more than enough to recommend this great debut novel.

Initially dreaming of creating fine art, Walker's ambitions changed as she grew older; she began experimenting with various avant - garde styles, creating pieces in order to tell a story or make a statement rather than achieve beauty or perfection.