A.A. Dowd of the A.V. Club finds the movie «aggressively maudlin,» but admits that if there's «any power to this manipulative movie, it lies in quiet dignity of its lead performance, delivered
by a nonprofessional actor from an actual leper colony.»
Not exact matches
Both are helped
by an excellent ensemble, many of them
nonprofessional actors.
Written and directed
by the godfather of «mumblecore» cinema - a genre known for
nonprofessional actors and naturalistic dialogue - Andrew Bujalski's latest film is practically a Hollywood blockbuster compared with his no - budget early films.
Director Amat Escalante uses artful long takes,
nonprofessional actors, and moments of abject miserableness — in one terrible - to - watch scene, a character has his genitals lit on fire — to sketch the story of a decent Mexican family churned up
by their country's corrupt police force.
«A grainy little movie acted
by what appear to be
nonprofessional actors, who are besieged in a farm house
by some other
nonprofessional actors who stagger around, stiff - legged, pretending to be flesh - eating ghouls.