Sentences with phrase «by subplots»

Director Dexter Fletcher keeps the audience fully engages by subplots with Eddie's hilariously loving parents, Oscar winner Jim Broadbent as the Olympic announcer, and even Oscar winner Christopher Walken as Peary's former mentor.

Early on, the humour of the Guardians is more enjoyable than their first solo film because their scenes are less cluttered by subplots.

The movie is also mind - numbingly slow at times, weighed down by subplots that go nowhere and entire scenes where nothing happens.

In fact, it's an even better film as it doesn't get distracted by subplots in the way that Gondry's film did.

Their byplay gets mired by a subplot involving Marty (Colin Farrell), a boozy Irish screenwriter stuck in Hollywood and blocked on his new script.

A substantial part of the mercifully brief 82 minute running time is taken up by a subplot of personal redemption involving characters played by Woody Harrelson and the wonderful Maura Tierney.

They, and Heigh, become preoccupied by a subplot involving Little Ann (Chloë Grace Moretz), a put - upon pre-teen whose whoring, meth - addicted mother frequently forces her out of the house.

The fantastic nature of the movie is only further amplified by a subplot involving his son's (Ashton Holmes) reaction to Tom's unexpected spurts of violence, but by the time the story comes full circle, its authenticity remains intact.

Not exact matches

Seeing a long - labored - over novel with a terrorism subplot rendered instantly unpublishable by September 11.

The book includes subplots of love stories and conspiracies, along with interludes of a peasant life marked by a spiritual wisdom and uncomplicated human decency that the sophisticated have discarded with contempt.

McGann was the main player in the week's principal subplot, which was an effort by some members of the press to relive history.

Match of the Round, Sunday 18:00 BST: Zenit St. Petersburg - Spartak Moscow By Martin Lowe (@PlasticPitch) This weekend's belter pits the two pre-season favourites for the Russian Premier League title, with plenty of subplots to ponder in the run up.

The climax of the book comes in a passage about the Civil Rights Act of 1957, and the reader is pulled in by the chicanery and subplots.

Others see a sexist subplot to the partnership between Republicans and the breakaway Democrats, one that has denied Andrea Stewart - Cousins, leader of the mainstream Senate Democrats, the title of Senate majority leader, and a role in the behind - the - scenes deal making now conducted by the so - called four men in a room.

David Cameron did his best to ruin the buildup to his leader's speech by getting into a muddle over credit cards, but the best subplot came from none other than Boris.

Already proven as a dramatic story teller, as if you couldn't tell by Misery, 1408 attempts to meld the horror goodies and a dramatic subplot.

The only edge in the movie is represented by Russell Brand, who actually lived the lifestyle, but he's muzzled by a bad Liverpool accent and a gay subplot that's as insincere as the swaggering anthems by fatuous hacks like Foreigner, Starship and Journey.

Once Upon A Time In Venice is clearly a film made by cinephiles, but the scattered subplots and underdeveloped characters combine for an overall misfire.

It's instantly clear that Howard, along with returning screenwriter David Koepp, has learned nothing from the relative failure of both The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, as Inferno, for the most part, chugs along at a lackadaisical pace that's compounded by an overlong running time and surfeit of underwhelming subplots.

By the time the meta - movie and cute - dog subplots collide in the desert, this high - concept vehicle has run out of gas.

By focussing the story on Harry (a leaner and slightly meaner Daniel Radcliffe) and his exploits, Yates dispenses with many of the novel's subplots and is able to push the story forward, ominously foreshadowing the dark times to come.

Game Night's characters aren't exactly complex, and some of them — such as the husband - and - wife duo played by Lamorne Morris and Kylie Bunbury — are wasted in one - joke subplots.

The film's padded - out vibe is compounded by an assortment of oddly incongruous subplots, with the best and most apt example of this everything revolving around Dylan's Alzheimer's - afflicted father (Richard Jenkins, in an admittedly stirring performance).

And although the movie admittedly does grow more and more entertaining as Will makes his way to a posh, exclusive part of town, In Time is, in its second half, saddled with an increasingly stagnant vibe that's compounded by an emphasis on underwhelming subplots (eg the continuing exploits of several time thieves).

Anything wants to be an unconventional love story but gets distracted by other subplots, and McNeil doesn't take the time to develop what becomes the central story line.

It takes a while for this season to build up some steam — by the third episode, though, we're back in full murderous swing, with some gasp - inducing twist — and things stall whenever the focus shifts to subplots involving Dexter's police co-workers.

By turns high - octane and slow - burn, it manages to hold the viewer's attention for its nearly 140 - minute running time, although there are instances when the narrative gets bogged down in subplots and there's a sense that some additional fleshing out of key relationships (something that could only have been accomplished in a mini-series format) might have resulted in a more satisfying ending.

(In case viewers aren't moved enough by this grievous episode, Amiel includes a wrenching subplot of an orangutan taken from the wild and confined in a European zoo.)

Carell's clueless Brick, perhaps by necessity of the actor's current leading man status, has been given a bit more to do and a subplot involving his burgeoning romance with a woman (Kristin Wiig) who is his moronic female equivalent.

The problem somewhat lies in misplaced priorities: Phillips and co-writer Scot Armstrong waste too much time on a silly love - interest subplot for Wilson; that time is much better served by the frat - boy idiocies, like Frank beer - bonging himself into streaking.

The movie is dense with cameos by sports figures, such as broadcaster Roy Firestone, Dallas quarterback Troy Aikman and Bengals running back Ki - Jana Carter, and features a tangy subplot surrounding 1995's No. 1 NFL draft pick.

In a truly kooky subplot, Kit is tormented for much of the film by a mockingbird that lives outside her window.

Madden and the screenwriter Ol Parker, working from a novel by Deborah Moggach, divide the movie into subplots.

The romantic subplot is hobbled by the fact that Hall is much more appealing as the «dowdy» Rebecca than Eve is as the «beautiful» nit Alice, and her character seems too no - nonsense to put up with Brian's nonsense.

The slim plot mainly involves Menashe's attempt to impress his brother - in - law and their rabbi by hosting a successful memorial dinner for his late wife, the preparations for which detour into a brief subplot about a pricey shipment of gefilte fish.

There is a subplot in which he tries to woo the hotel manager played by Annette Bening.

American Made is one of the many children of «Goodfellas,» a true - crime story turned first - person narrative told by a charismatic ne'er - do - well surrounded by dubious characters and tantalizing subplots.

More often than not, I felt suffocated by the gaseous sentimentality and lightheadedness of a story that drops in subplots that it can't begin to develop.

An extra wrinkle is added later by introducing a twist that might potentially lead to the the President himself being in danger should Carden get away, along with a subplot that Keene might be in danger from the authorities trying to cover things up that doesn't really make much sense.

Sure, it's to bridge a connection and unity between their opposing viewpoints so that Lyndon B. Johnson's staunch pushing of the Civil Rights Act feels in character for someone that previously toed the line of racism (he has a friendly association with an openly bigoted US Senator played by Richard Jenkins in a subplot without much engaging drama or consequence), but it also isn't a good enough defense for formulaic and conventional filmmaking.

The subplot involving Baird Whitlock's abduction by a group of jaded Communist screenwriters is a total bore, while many of the big - name actors (like Tatum, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes) only appear in one or two scenes each.

Subplots such as Fred's troubles with his girlfriend, Willy (Higgins (Evan Almighty) playing Santa's right - hand elf) trying to get together with a lovely fellow helper (Banks, Invincible), Fred's friendship with a precocious African - American orphan (Thompson), and the unendurable dysfunctional family squabbles only add to the feeling that the script by Dan Fogelman (Cars) started with a kernel of inspiration and little knowledge of where to go with it once it is set up.

While written in reaction to accusations against Bill O'Reilly and Roger Ailes, season two of Master of None included a subplot about a renowned chef and TV host (played by Bobby Cannavale) who partners with Dev on a new TV series and is later accused of sexual harassment.

Halfway through, however, Baumbach's world view turns oddly prescriptive, its loose - limbed social observation tethered by a snoozy inside - baseball subplot on documentary ethics.

John Rhys - Davies, who at this point might just be showing up on fantasy sets until someone employs him, delivers an Elf King with the perfect level of ponderous self - awareness for someone withholding crucial intel simply to hold back the plot, matched only by James Remar as the king of thieves, a major subplot provider who's suspiciously handsy with his adoptive daughter.

It simply seems to believe that the characters» most identifiable traits, a subplot about Bernard's grandfather (played by Bruce Dern) falling in love, the growing admiration and affection between the teens, and a story about politics that has nothing to say about politics will be enough.

All the while, a frantic Ford is working a case involving land developer «Lew the Jew» (Adam Goldberg), whose deal is being scuppered by a mysterious graffiti artist painting X-rated murals of the real estate tycoon (a subplot as puerile as it sounds, though undeniably funny in parts).

Then, just when you're sure that the film has more than enough spinning subplots, along comes Steve Rogers, played by Chris Evans in a beard that, frankly, is less becoming to his role than the one sported by Thor.

Following scene after scene after scene built around the same static situation — the ghost keeps annoying the psychic, who can't do anything about it — the movie throws in a dumb little subplot, then resolves itself without any action taken by the couple.

On the other side of the coin, there is an entire subplot devoted to Brad's fertility, along with a payoff involving the comparison between Brad and Dusty's testicles by a fertility doctor (Bobby Cannavale), and a whole sequence at an NBA basketball game where Brad gets drunk and makes a complete fool of himself falls flat.