Sentences with phrase «audiences and critics as»

In order to make a film that is commercially successful and is liked by the audiences and critics as well, a dedicated group of people are required who are skilled in their respective jobs.

With cool - eyed charisma and looks suggesting he had borrowed DNA from Paul Newman and Dennis Hopper, Barry Pepper first caught the attention of audiences and critics as the Bible - quoting Private Jackson in Saving Private Ryan.

Something important indeed has happened in American theater when an eloquent play with religious implications commands the attention of Broadway audiences and critics as The Elephant Man has done.

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The Faculty (1998), a teen thriller that cast Hayek as a teacher who turns into an alien, was an exception, and Kevin Smith's Dogma (1999), which featured her as a celestial muse, was fairly successful with critics and audiences.

In 2000, he finally earned recognition as a talented young actor, thanks to his role as Laura Linney's wry, observant son in Kenneth Lonergan's much - acclaimed directorial debut You Can Count on Me, causing both critics and audiences to remark that perhaps big screen bankability had not been limited solely to Culkin the Eldest.

Grainger first came to the attention of American audiences in the television series THE BORGIAS, and has appeared in such television productions as BONNIE & CLYDE, playing the titular role of Bonnie and earning nominations from the Critics» Choice Awards for Best Actress in a Movie or Mini-Series and the Satellite Award for Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television; and in LADY CHATTERLEY»S LOVER among others.

Cast as Diana Guzman, the fierce and vibrant protagonist of Kusama's story of a high school girl who takes up boxing, Rodriguez went on to earn almost universal acclaim for her powerful portrayal, winning the admiration of audiences and critics from Sundance to Toronto.Of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent, Rodriguez was born in Bell County, TX, on July 12, 1978.

Long a pariah, Hopper was suddenly hailed as a major new filmmaker, and his success became so great that in 1971 he appeared in an autobiographical documentary, American Dreamer, exploring his life and times.The true follow - up to Easy Rider, however, was 1971's The Last Movie, an excessive, self - indulgent mess that, while acclaimed by jurors at the Venice Film Festival, was otherwise savaged by critics and snubbed by audiences.

Although the film didn't connect as strongly with mass audiences (although it's considered a «sleeper hit,» you have to wonder what it could have done if it had been released after Whedon's little art house film «The Avengers «-RRB- and more than a few critics found it befuddling and arch (it's neither), «The Cabin in the Woods» is the kind of movie that will ultimately live on as a deserved cult classic, perfect for drunken film studies students and bored kids at slumber parties alike.

Inspired by star Channing Tatum's own experiences as a young male stripper, «Magic Mike» was a surprise hit with both critics and audiences.

«As our industry continues to grow and change, the nominating committees of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association came to the decision together that we needed our categories to better reflect the current way documentaries are released as well as how the audience consumes contenAs our industry continues to grow and change, the nominating committees of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association came to the decision together that we needed our categories to better reflect the current way documentaries are released as well as how the audience consumes contenas well as how the audience consumes contenas how the audience consumes content.

Exalted audiences and approving critics confirm the hype: Black Panther's opening weekend box office numbers has usurped 2012's The Avengers as the top - grossing domestic opening for a Marvel movie at $ 235 million, and the picture has a 97 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

People tend to really not like this film (as evidenced by a 34 % approval rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes and 24 % from the audience), but I really enjoyed Blackhat.

Also starring «Atlanta» star Zazie Beetz as Domino, the film earned positive reviews from audiences and critics with an A rating on CinemaScore and an 83 percent «fresh» rating on review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes.

Captain Underpants: The Epic First Movie Rated PG for mild rude humor throughout Rotten Tomatoes Score: 87 % In spite of great reviews from both critics and audiences, as well as a large base of fans of their kids graphic novels, this animated superhero flick landed with a relative thud in theaters.

That's the only way reviews have ever worked for a mainstream audience, be it as part of the captive audience for weekly reviews as part of a newscast, as a column in a popular magazine or newspaper, on its own as in shows like Siskel & Ebert At The Movies, or even in print — Leonard Maltin, another beloved film critic and film historian, established his name writing a book of capsule reviews.

Of those, A Scanner Darkly does get some actual commentary from critic and New York Film Festival honcho Kent Jones, where he posits it as considerably underrated, but the group's otherwise just put out there as something of a dark stage in the man's career, where he had a string of films failing to be embraced by audiences, critics or both, but with little extrapolation as to why those films were made, or what Linklater thinks of them.

Mel Gibson's bloody World War II drama «Hacksaw Ridge» scored with critics and audiences in Venice, who praised Andrew Garfield's performance as a Pacifist medic trying to save his fellow soldiers on the battlefield; he landed Critics Choice, Golden Globe SAG, and BAFTA nomincritics and audiences in Venice, who praised Andrew Garfield's performance as a Pacifist medic trying to save his fellow soldiers on the battlefield; he landed Critics Choice, Golden Globe SAG, and BAFTA nominCritics Choice, Golden Globe SAG, and BAFTA nominations.

Like that film, there will no doubt be a number of critics and members of the audience who view it as a revolting piece of trash.

The film comes in the wake of 2013's heart wrenching Sundance Jury Prize award winner, Blood Brother, a film that seemed to come out of nowhere to wow audiences and critics alike, and apparently even the likes of Terrence Malick and Atticus Ross who came on to Hoover's latest project to executive produce and serve as composer, respectively.

I suppose he doesn't really have to worry about repeating himself to a certain extent, as many audiences in the US and other countries may not be intimately familiar with his previous works, though they certainly have been lauded by critics and film buffs alike.

Prometheus divided fans and critics alike as it wasn't quite the direct prequel and tone audiences wanted from a new Alien film.

It should come as no surprise that Gary Oldman is outstanding in the role, mere glimpses of him in early promotional material assuring audiences and critics groups that we were in for quite a showcase.

In this day and age it must come as little surprise that The Hangover, a massive success with audiences, critics and studio accountants alike, has been the recipient of the sequel treatment.

As predicted, February brought the box office success of Fifty Shades of Grey, and Kingsman: The Secret Service managed to win over both critics and audiences alike (read our review).

Overrated 21 Jump Street Critics and audiences have learned not to expect much from feature - film adaptations of half - forgotten television shows from the»80s, so at least some of the excitement that greeted 21 Jump Street seems attributable to shock that the film wasn't anywhere near as bad as it looked.

With a 94 % critics rating and an 88 % audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes (as of this writing), the film looks like a hit.

It's an unusual studio picture from Paramount: like much the rest of Aronofsky's work it will divide and stimulate audiences and critics, but should still be hailed as an original, strikingly unconventional piece on its US commercial release September 15 (shortly after its Venice and Toronto premieres).

With its dark humor and complicated characters and themes — a mother out to avenge her daughter's rape and murder, a suggestion of police brutality against black residents — «Three Billboards» made an early splash with critics and audiences at the Venice Film Festival in September and then at the Toronto International Film Festival in October, where it won the audience award and was hailed by some as one of the year's best.

As the 2018 Sundance Film Festival winds down, it's important to look at the movies that are wowing audiences and critics.

Though it disappointed critics and audiences at large, the movie is not as bad as word of mouth might imply.

I did like Sam (as the audience surrogate) lamenting the NEW YORK TIMES art critic — the standard lowbrow salvo about frustration and all that — moments before his noble spirit is separated from his hyper - toned bod.

He's endeared himself to family audiences as the cigar - chomping, ever - quipping J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's «Spider - Man» films, and charmed the socks off of critics with aw - shucks cuddliness as the pregnant teen heroine's befuddled dad in «Juno.»

Even if you did, you failed to recognize that even though you didn't personally like the remaining 28 films to even rate them as «really good», critics, audiences, and movie lovers in general did, and supported movies outside of the regular Oscar - bait and run - of - the - mill franchise films.

The impact of that win on the Academy was minimal (though the film at least earned two Oscar nods it wouldn't otherwise have received), but the same can't be said of last year's choice: shrugged off by audiences and boasting no heavyweight industry names, «The Hurt Locker» became the most critic - steered Best Picture winner in Oscar history, as every major critics» group in America lined up behind the indie Iraq drama to raise its profile in the face of the threatening populist shadow cast by «Avatar.»

Black Panther has been a runaway success at the box office and amongst the critics as the Marvel movie stuns audiences across the globe.

Despite receiving near - universal acclaim from critics, with some going so far as to proclaim it as the best Star Wars film ever, the audience score on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes continues its downward trend and currently sits at 55 percent.

Sorcerer is now considered by many critics — including this one — as a masterpiece; 1985's To Live and Die in L.A. gave us one of the best car chases of all time and introduced audiences to then - unknowns Willem Dafoe, William Peterson, and John Turturro; and in recent years, Friedkin's film versions of the Tracy Letts play Bug (with Michael Shannon) and Killer Joe (with Matthew McConaughey) have won him high acclaim.

A psychological drama that registered with audiences and critics alike because of its heartfelt painful story, as this indie flick did itself proud in the award department in the Australian version of the Oscars (won 13 awards, including best film, director, actor and actress) and was viewed in competition at Cannes and at a number of other film festivals throughout the world including the prestigious Edinburgh Festival.

One dispiriting theory as to why Three Billboards has done so well with audiences, critics, and award voters is that it entertains the comforting thought that there could be hidden decency in the deplorable — be they racist cops, marching white supremacists, or just the asshole relative you argue with on Facebook.

As ever, the actual, individual tastes of critics and audience members vary, and there's a danger in trying to assign a cultural consensus to every movie.

While both Christine and Starman were successful with audiences and critics alike, they remain as two of the least interesting films in Carpenter's oeuvre.

I'd personally say that Mermaid completed the process, as it was classed as the best Disney movie by critics and audiences since 1964's Mary Poppins or possibly even Sleeping Beauty (1959).

Abdellatif Kechiche's steamy lesbian drama gave Cannes audiences the vapors, but its path to the Palme was complicated by reports that the director had heinously mistreated his crew, and accusations from critics like The New York Times» Manohla Dargis that the movie «registers as more about Mr. Kechiche's desires than anything else.»

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 9th to Sunday 11th January 2015... Despite taking a pasting from critics, Liam Neeson's third outing as former CIA agent Bryan Mills proved to be a hit with audiences as Taken 3 took the UK box office by storm with an opening weekend -LSB-...]

As of Sunday, the movie has an average critics» score of 86 on MetaCritic and a certified «fresh» 93 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, yet the film gets audience scores of just 4.9 out of 10 and 56 percent (the lowest on any of the live - action theatrical releases) on those two sites, respectively.

It may not have sounded like much on the surface (another reason why it probably didn't do very well with audiences or most critics) but legendary director Hill (the man behind such classics as «The Warriors,» «48 HRS» and «Streets of Fire») brought both his impeccable technical gifts and a genuine sense of personal style to the proceedings that elevated the material to something that came far closer to what one might refer to as «art» than one might rightly expect from a genre picture these days.

It's an unusual studio picture from Paramount: like much the rest of Aronofsky's work it will divide and stimulate audiences and critics, but should still be hailed as an original, strikingly unconventional piece on its US commercial release September 15.

Despite being slighted by the American - centric SAG, Weaver has remained close to a lock nonetheless, having had the back of critics since the National Board of Review anointed the actress's performance in the David Michôd crime drama, and now Kunis is close to one as well what with audiences having followed the lead of tongue - agog critics by validating Darren Aronofsky's straight male fantasy.

Earlier this year, as winter was doing its slow fade, something happened in the world of movies you don't see too often: A film arrived out of nowhere to become a fast - break phenomenon, lionized by critics and flocked to by audiences.