Sentences with phrase «bravura performance from»

It is a fascinating and bravura performance from Glenn Close, in this hugely enjoyable dark comedy from director Björn Runge, adapted by Jane Anderson from the novel by Meg Wolitzer.

It's a bit of a shame that it nearly overshadows Tilly's delightful ditz, another Oscar nominated performance that likely would have won were it not pitted against another bravura performance from the same film.

Joanna reviewed Jackie at TIFF and she's right that it's a balls - out bravura performance from Portman.

Critics Consensus: Bracingly intense, passionate, and wildly melodramatic, Black Swan glides on Darren Aronofsky's bold direction — and a bravura performance from Natalie Portman.

Critic Consensus: Bracingly intense, passionate, and wildly melodramatic, Black Swan glides on Darren Aronofsky's bold direction — and a bravura performance from Natalie Portman.

Stunning visuals and a bravura performance from newcomer Suraj Sharma as the young protagonist make Life of Pi a quest destined to impress.

Artistically constructed, and featuring a bravura performance from Ewan McGregor, Trainspotting craftily balances both a dark and charming tone.

Critic Consensus: Impeccably mounted but occasionally bombastic, Les Misérables largely succeeds thanks to bravura performances from its distinguished cast.

Directed by Paul McGuigan (of «Lucky Number Slevin,» which should have tipped me off a little) from a screen story and script by Max Landis (of whom it can be said, at the very least, that horror appreciation runs in his family, what with his father having made «An American Werewolf In London»), «Victor Frankenstein» is, despite bravura performances from committed young leads Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy, all kinds of obnoxious and pointless.

This gritty, sexy American drama features bravura performances from Emory Cohen (Brooklyn, Stealing Cars) and Wendell Pi...

The game features bravura performances from favorite voice actors like Kath Soucie (Phil and Lil, Rugrats) and Maurice LaMarche (Brain, Pinky and the Brain).

Not exact matches

A lushly produced epic about the harsh realities of creative expression, featuring bravura performances and Oscar - winning costume design and makeup, Topsy - Turvy is an unexpected period delight from one of contemporary cinema's great artists.

Testimony has one great dramatic center, some bravura Steadycam sequences, effective newsreel - styled black and white cinematography, and a greater diversity of music to offset a weak script, clumsy montages, and surprisingly banal performances from supporting players (except Ronald Pickup, who also played Nietzsche in Wagner).

There is a certain pleasure, to be sure, from watching McAvoy, who delivers a bravura performance — including a scene - stealing dance as Hedwig and an array of mannerisms, accents and vocal nuance — that is almost worth the price of admission.

Hers is a brilliant but subdued and subtle performance, which is probably why it had a harder time standing out among the more bravura works we're seeing this year from women.

Credit should be given not only to Ade's bravura script, but to the fine performances from her actors.

Not only does he effortlessly juggle a wide canvas of characters and storylines, coax fine performances from his entire cast, and employ some bravura camera work, he shows an amazing eye for detail.