Sentences with phrase «clever premise»

It's the kind of overly clever premise you expect to wear thin, but honestly, it doesn't.

The brothers were always great with coming up with clever premises, such as a man with Schizophrenia, and find the humor in it.

And happily for those of us who enjoy the FD series» grotesquely clever premise beyond reason, unfortunate folks still refuse to pay attention, with inventively dire consequences.

WHY: There's been a surge of meta horror films released over the last few years, but while Todd Strauss - Schulson's «The Final Girls» boasts a really clever premise and a solid cast, it doesn't succeed on the same level as other recent entries like «The Cabin in the Woods» and «You're Next.»

It's an original and rather clever premise, but first - time director Chris Koch doesn't do anything with it.

With a very clever premise and deceptively simplistic gameplay, you'll want to stare into this microscope until you unravel every single cellular mystery.

This hit horror doesn't have the same political resonance, but it makes the most of a fiendishly clever premise: aliens with super-sensitive hearing, who are triggered by the slightest noise.

Why it would have worked: This PC adventure game, also known as Experience112 had a really clever premise.

The blog from Blinkist has a clever premise — for each post it combs through a variety of books on a subject, pulling out nuggets of wisdom while also offering the titles as suggestions for further reading.

The most interesting horror movie I've seen in a while - a clever premise that is fed to you in parallel with a seemingly traditional teen slasher flick.

What emerges, in the end, are a clever premise that has been allowed to go awry and several performances that are lively and unpredictable enough to transcend the confusion.

The film has a clever premise that probably would have worked as a half - hour TV episode but fails to sustain a feature - length comedy.

Life After Beth «s fatal flaw is that there is little to the story beyond the clever premise.

This latest adaptation of Edgar Rice Burrough's pulp character hinges on a clever premise with a built - in conflict, mainly the early days of King Leopold II... Continue reading →

It's from the same writers as Horrible Bosses (2011), which was a very raunchy comedy with a clever premise that slowly rolled out of control.

It's a clever premise, but maybe not one that leads in profound directions.

I'll admit that it's a clever premise with a lot of promise.

A clever premise can't help but grab the audience's attention as this mystery - thriller plays with ideas of identity and memory, but the simplistic filmmaking makes it feel like a cheat.

This comedy has a clever premise with potential and a few funny moments, but is plagued by a number of problems.

With supporting player Murphy overshadowing poor performances from Timberlake and his wide - eyed romantic interest Seyfried, In Time is an over-extended mess that makes a mockery of a clever premise.

Despite rock - solid vocal talent (Louis CK, Kevin Hart) and cute, on - the - loose animals, the frantic tone ultimately gets in the way of a clever premise

omeone thought that trucks powered by monsters to look like monster trucks would be a clever premise.

Inklings of Chernobyl Diaries «simple and clever premise are present throughout the film, but are rarely expanded upon.

Apparently inspired by an article he read on asexual reproduction amongst Komodo dragons, Sawers dreamt up a clever premise resting just on the periphery of science fiction, conjuring an alternate history where women begin to reproduce agamically, and men, no longer biologically needed are obsolete and edge towards extinction — well, except for a significant but doting assemblage in Australia.

With Split, director / writer M. Night Shyamalan concocts a clever premise and delivers one of the most suspenseful thrillers this decade.

It's got kind of a clever premise: Classic video game characters come down from space to wreck havoc on Earth, and a group of nerds who were masters of those games must save us all from destruction.

But with a clever premise, some impressive visuals and a great lead in Black, «Goosebumps» succeeds as a surprisingly fun pre-Halloween treat.

It's quite a clever premise and does give you a break from the sometimes monotony of virtual sporting games.

Prodigy is a thoughtful film that doesn't quite do enough with its clever premise.

There's a clever premise and charming cast, but this intentionally repetitive thriller doesn't live up to its potential

Whether the movie's four screenwriters actually intended it or not, there is something of a clever premise here, since the game of the title encourages the characters to create even more drama within their circle of friends.

A clever premise can't help but grab the audience's attention as this mystery - thriller plays with...

Like its predecessor, the»90s version wins you over with a clever premise, compelling characters, and easy - to - embrace comedic tone.

With a clever premise and a lot of action, American Ultra should have become a lively adventure.

Final Destination had the distinction of a clever premise that took the slasher out of the slasher movie.

Stacey Menear's screenplay doesn't manage to sustain its clever premise, with the final act featuring a banal and formulaic revelation that unfortunately takes what had been a spooky haunted house tale into familiar slasher movie territory.

Take the original version of Flatliners, which had a clever premise about a group of medical students who wanted to discover if there's an afterlife and, if there is, what it's like.

It's a clever premise, and there are some great performances, including Kendrick's, but a few story elements are fumbled to the film's detriment.

While The Cabin in the Woods is a bit of a mixed bag in terms of delivering laughs, scares or thrills, it manages to be a cut above most horror satires through its clever premise and abundant imagination.

Though the genre hybrid is built around a silly but clever premise, it's also incredibly niche, which begs the question: who exactly is this movie intended for?

Wish Upon sounds like the kind of horror / thriller that's right in my wheelhouse thanks to its clever premise.

In the end, it's difficult to say what's more troubling — that the film doesn't do enough with its clever premise, or that it doesn't seem to care — but one thing is certain: «The Cobbler» is McCarthy's worst movie to date, and by a country mile.

The movie starts out with a clever premise, but Gervais's agenda of disproving religion becomes such a theme of the movie that it gets to be a huge distraction.

The film has a clever premise and, until a predictably generic climax, follows through on it with a neat if faulty logic.

It is very well written and has a clever premise, but I'm not in the mood for a book about magic, magic, magic.

It's a clever premise and writers Mark Reznicek and Donny Cates keep the twists coming so it never becomes predictable.

A clever premise, indeed.

Coach has clever premises and attention - grabbing plot hooks, with themes that resonate with readers.