Sentences with phrase «bleak film»

But en route to the harshest, most unremittingly bleak film of his career, Solondz unleashes some of his sharpest commentary on human mortality and regret.

In order to grind his axes, he has abandoned his history as the director of aggressively bleak films like 21 Grams and Biutiful and made Birdman, a comedy of sorts.

Is there a precedent for such a resolutely bleak film as Biutiful to be considered a frontrunner?

His softly spoken presence and Stallone Sad Eyes ™ mean that this ostensibly bleak film doesn't make you want to slit your wrists once the credits roll, even though it really should.

A horror parody, an old and a new raunch - friendly animated series, a remorselessly bleak film from Angelina Jolie and, somehow, even more Narcos episodes?

Also, loved how AGI successfully tackled a comedy after so many bleak films.

Visually speaking, the city streets feel very close to the urban landscape of Blade Runner — this is a very bleak film, and unfortunately that darkness never feels connected to a larger theme or narrative focus.

This is one of the few purely comedic scenes in an otherwise bleak film, yet it sets the mood perfectly for a narrative of displacement, in which a woman tries to find herself in another country's ways.

This and other amusing lines are almost always uttered in a deadpan fashion, and it lightens up a pretty bleak film.

Haneke's self - consciously bleak film (which is, incidentally, about one - tenth as disturbing as Craven's «straight» version) is an implicit criticism of its own audience.

Beautifully made but far more slight and bleaker than expected, the film features a fantastic central performance and a narrative that may appeal to European crowds and arthouse film lovers who fall for bleak films such as this one.

The moment when he unleashes the weapon is arguably the most visually jaw - dropping scene and one that provides plenty of optimism in the midst of a generally bleak film.

This is a horridly bleak film, but brilliant all the same.

This is disturbing and bleak film, but I admired it.

It's such a bleak film that it...

This is a bleak film but also a potent one with a perspective that could not be relevant in the midst of the news story that has engulfed our industry.

This is a bleak film about a family living in the aftermath of what appears to be the end of the world.

Gary Oldman makes the iconic role of George Smiley his own, but he's about the only thing in this bleak film that I have no real issue with.

The cast is the main reason to see this film, especially Oscar winner Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs), who is literally the only color pallet represented in a shadowy and bleak film.

It's a compelling, bleak film that's well made and worthy of your attention.

Georgina Wills: My word, what a bleak film.

David Michod's bleak film «The Rover» is an engrossing that features great performances by Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson.

It's a bleak film about the inherently destructive nature of beauty and youth — everything alive is dying — but there are real jokes dropped in the midst of the horror and despair.

The script by Gerald Ayres (Rich and Famous) suggests a bleaker film than what plays out here, and perhaps a bit more personal, but in the waning days of the disco era, superficial treatments were the norm for fare aimed at younger viewers.

The Counselor is a bleak film following a lawyer (Fassbender) who gets in over his head during a one - time drug deal with a Mexican cartel.

Overall, The Counselor is a bleak film with an unfortunate ending and some fairly gory violence.