Sentences with phrase «appealing cast»

It's formulaic sitcom material that works thanks to Hughes» inventive situations, Dragoti's (The Man with One Red Shoe, Necessary Roughness) ability to merge the comedy with musical cues and sight gags, and a very appealing cast of actors.

The genre also allows producers to invest less time in creating new stories and instead focus on retelling the same story over and over, with younger, cheaper, and more aesthetically appealing casts and the occasional newly invented set piece.

I was going to say they could call themselves the Lords Resistance Army, though I understand that name has already been taken by a marginally less appealing cast of characters.

So does the extremely appealing cast.

If you're in the mood for buffoonery, you'll probably enjoy this dumb - but - funny marathon of back - stabbing, physical gags, potty humor and appealing cast chemistry.

The two women who do have more prominent roles here are a self - destructive stripper with a mission for revenge and a femme fatale whose incredible sex appeal casts out a wide net to entrap her eager male prey.

It's got a reasonably appealing cast (in the Miramax version, the actors would be better known) and it's a diverting couple hours.

If anything, Tollin appears to be trying to recreate in baseball what he did as producer for the modestly successful Varsity Blues, with its equally appealing cast.

The film does have a very appealing cast, with the bro - mantic leads seeming like they'd work well together if there were anything remotely funny for them to riff on in between the forced chaos.

Critics Consensus: Its heart is in the right place — and so is its appealing cast — but Jumping the Broom is ultimately too cliched and thinly written to recommend.

Though it ends up taking too much time to tell a simple story (trimmed by 15 - 20 minutes, it could've been excellent), The Strongest Man ends up being quite the charmer with an appealing cast and terrific use of myriad diverse Miami locales.

grown - ish is less consistently funny than its parent series, but it's likable and smart, and has surrounded Shahidi with an appealing cast of new faces, plus one familiar one.

Mr. Franco recreates the production of «The Room» — and the escalating behind - the - scenes nuttiness — with an assured, energetic touch, some fitting burlesque and an appealing cast that includes Jacki Weaver and Seth Rogen, who gives his deadpan a workout to play Tommy's put - upon script supervisor.

Critic Consensus: Its heart is in the right place — and so is its appealing cast — but Jumping the Broom is ultimately too cliched and thinly written to recommend.

Each scene plays like a little vignette, mixing edgy humor with terrific visuals and an appealing cast of characters.

Despite some fine performances from an appealing cast, «Insurgent» won't help this series escape the shadow of «The Hunger Games.»

An assured feature debut, this darkly humorous exploration of a tough subject benefits from an original narrative and the fact that the appealing cast consists of actors who are the same age as the characters they play.

As with The Lost Boys, Schumacher is blessed with a solid and appealing cast.

An appealing cast is wasted on drab characterizations and a plot that cribs from a half - dozen better well - known movies.

Making only a minimal effort to be any different or better than the hundreds of other forgettable, predictable, almost - married - the - wrong - guy romantic comedies that have come before it, «Sweet Home Alabama» has the benefit of a talented, appealing cast and the burden of being entirely dependent on clichés to drive its story.

In spite of its failings on the dramatic level, Disco is still a very entertaining film, thanks to an appealing cast (which also includes Beckinsale's Much Ado About Nothing love interest, Robert Sean Leonard, and a briefly - seen Jennifer Beals) and those wordy discussions.

As a result, grown - ish is less consistently funny than its parent series, but it's likable and smart, and has surrounded Shahidi with an appealing cast of new faces, plus one familiar one.

In addition to its overly familiar plot, Homefront runs its course in some predictable ways, and the leaden, by - the - numbers events of the film are too plodding for this relatively talented and appealing cast to overcome.

Fuzz certainly has an appealing cast, and if the ingredients could be mixed in a way that would make them palatable, an enjoyable romp could be easily achieved.

And for the most part, we do, thanks to an appealing cast, some witty dialogue and a funny send - up of social media, which the film both embraces and mocks.

It's a testament to the film's visual aesthetic, appealing cast and fun escapism that audiences keep returning to see Underworld, apparently enough so to warrant a fifth film arriving in theaters early next year.

It isn't my favorite kind of entertainment, but writer - director Jonathan Levine (who won us over with his 2011 movie «50/50») has brought an appealing cast to the story adapted from Isaac Marion's novel.

An appealing cast of aspiring young musicians ostensibly play themselves in this naive, shapeless, but often fascinating 2009 drama by Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi (Turtles...

Along the way, we spend time with an appealing cast, and experience real moments of comedy and drama.

Yet the appealing cast (including a teensy Christina Applegate) is casually great and sells the horror; the plot seldom betrays its next step; DP Dean Cundey's shadow - loving lensing and Roger Kellaway's subtle score maintain suspense; and Eoin Sprott's snake effects are by and large indistinguishable from the real, creepy thing.

On top of this, Ponsoldt is overall a director to watch — perhaps this movie, with such an appealing cast, could be the breakout some thought Smashed would be.

«The movie has an appealing cast including Anna Kendrick and Bridesmaids scene - stealer Rebel Wilson, and should do a decent job tapping in to the younger female audience that's made «Glee» such a hit,» BMO writer Ray Subers wrote before the movie's release.

There's an appealing cast here, though, and if this really were a television show like «Cosby» one would actually be able to overlook the contrived situations and only mildly funny dialogue as typical television fodder.

Though poorly executed, especially by Ashby's high standards, «8 Million Ways to Die» is barely watchable, due to the appealing cast.

Though skimpier than most kids - oriented comedies and shy of much laugh - out - loud humor, the film provides a lively diversion with an appealing cast, two - and four - legged.

«The Only Living Boy in New York,» in which a misunderstood Millennial man falls for his rich father's mistress, is a misfire in Manhattan, and there is nothing that its appealing cast can do to save it.

An appealing cast gives its all to a highly - charged satire that stays as skin - deep as a selfie.

An appealing cast of oddballs — think 30 Rock lite — surrounds them, while screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna crafts some engaging, rapid - fire backstage banter.

Alain Tanner, co-writer John Berger, cameraman Renate Berta, and an unexceptionably intelligent and appealing cast have made the most honorable, most successful attempt since Godard declared FIN DU CINEMA.

Oram and his appealing cast keep you interested as seemingly divergent stories blend and reshape, and domestic hierarchies shift.

To waste are an appealing cast of actors, most notably Kal Penn (Harold & Kumar, Van Wilder), whose agent really should strive to find him something to get him out of the sex comedy rut he's in before he gets permanently typecast.

Styled like a more mature and feel - good «Sex and the City» for the older set — complete with an appealing cast and charming characters — Holderman's film springs from some unlikely experience: he and co-writer Erin Simms were first inspired by their own mothers» reading of the racy bestseller «Fifty Shades of Grey,» opting to turn that idea into a full - blown feature all about living life to the fullest, long after 50 (plus lots of wine).

The appealing cast gets away with dialogue and plotting that seems more appopriate for weak made - for - TV movies.

Despite my cold - blooded cynicism that's prevalent throughout this review, I'd be lying if I said that this movie didn't make me smile or chuckle here and there thanks to the valiant efforts of its appealing cast.

It's an appealing cast, game for anything (Fogler, as a hapless No - Maj swept up in the mayhem, especially) and when Rowling remembers to keep the script moving jauntily forward, they shine.

Book: The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach Sport: Baseball at a small Midwestern college Reviewer's verdict: «You don't have to like baseball to savor Chad Harbach's sumptuous debut novel, a wise and tender story of love and friendship, ambition and the cruelty of dashed dreams, featuring an appealing cast of characters.»