Sentences with phrase «captivating character study»

Writer / director Oliver Stone takes some very personal experiences he had while in service in Vietnam and melds them into a captivating character study.

A nice and enjoyable slice of life film, it is a captivating character study of a self - destructive, immature young man who desperately needs to grow up.

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In the end, A Teacher is more of captivating mood piece than a character study.

There's little doubt that Think of Me, for the most part, comes off as a typically subdued character study, with Ambrose's gritty, consistently captivating performance initially compensating for the expected lack of plot and narrative thrust.

An authentic character study of a small - time drug dealer emerging from a nine - month house arrest, Sollers Point features a captivating lead performance by McCaul Lombardi (a memorable discovery from American Honey) and a terrific Jim Belushi as his watchful father.