Sentences with phrase «bring poignancy»

The family dynamics lack nuance, but real - life husband and wife Krasinski and Blunt bring poignancy, the CG beasties are striking and the film pulses with ideas.

Adele Exarchopoulos (left) and Lea Seydoux bring both poignancy and erotic heat to «Blue Is the Warmest Color.»

Keach brought poignancy to his role as a veteran plane named Skipper in «Planes,» Disney's animated hit — he'll be back for the sequel — and he has a showy supporting role as the boorish former business partner of Woody (Bruce Dern), an elderly man who believes he's won $ 1 million in a sweepstakes, in Alexander Payne's «Nebraska,» opening Nov. 22.

Armstrong's infamous «Oprah» appearance and public admission brought poignancy to his own words: «We are the authors of our life stories.»

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Familiarity with death meant that resurrection possessed a considerable poignancy for the women, bringing a hope that countered the ubiquitous fear of death.

Of course the rhythm of the immediate process has no being or achievement other than the determinate occasions it brings to fact; but that is the poignancy of change and becoming, always losing its thrust when it succeeds.

Standing here today and thinking about the journey that has brought me here, I also feel a certain poignancy, because my mother, who is no longer alive, would have been particularly proud, and would have loved to be here.

Streep is marvelous, as always, but in this case she outdoes even herself (and the script) by bringing a degree of poignancy to her conniving character.

Bookended by war scenes that dramatize the fine line between civilized society and the brutality of war, it all comes together... bringing more power and poignancy to the two best scenes: as previously mentioned, Letts and Lerman go mano y mano in arguing the brilliance of Bertrand Russell, and their word battle highlights the age - old idealist vs. real world struggles; a mother - son scene towards the end is as heart - breaking as any we're likely to see on screen this year.

Wilkinson brought a welcome note of poignancy to the original and his absence is sorely missed.

I'd heard mixed reviews - that the ending brought the film down, that the script wasn't any good - so I was pleasantly surprised by the poignancy of this film.

Pointedly shifting to characters outside of Bill and Kim's private world brings a dynamism to the separation drama, often resulting in small moments of genuine poignancy.

To win he'll have to defeat his co-star from the film, Woody Harrelson, who brought much - needed humor and poignancy to the story.

The warmth to their scenes together brings real poignancy to the genre action.

I loved City Island and the pitch - perfect mixture of humor and poignancy that Julianna Margulies brought to her role.

That many Americans believe Bush has used such earpieces, and that he rarely if ever reads a newspaper, brings a certain poignancy to these scenes.

But when you have a voice cast full of serious actors as you do here, they bring real craft to their performances and create moments of genuine poignancy.

For the Voice, Laura Collins - Hughes wrote that Leonard brought «surprising glimmers of poignancy» to his role.

Frédéric Brenner brings twelve photographers to «This Place,» in the Middle East, where Shimon Attie works as well, while John Akomfrah finds poignancy in the migration across continents.

Bring objects of power, of aesthetic interest, and of poignancy.

Steers died in 1995 at thirty - two from AIDS, and his autobiographical paintings brought back all the pain and poignancy of the pandemic at that time.

These two artists bring fresh meditations on the poignancy of geometric resonance, von Wiegand with a 1955 collage based on the Golden Section and Inoue with a small painting from 2010, a densely layered glowing blue grid of deceptive simplicity.