The movie cleverly sidesteps around the fact that he's an alcoholic (the only
clever thing the movie accomplishes).
Not exact matches
Trekkies may fume, but if this big - screen Star Trek
movie is to be a much - needed booster shot to revive this seriously ailing franchise, then it is a
clever thing to do.
Probably the worst
thing the
movie does is betray the viewer's trust with a crucial, shameless, and indefensible misdirect, one of a few moments designed to free the film from convention that instead only underscore this isn't as
clever or different as it thinks it is.
While it's a
clever scene and does evoke laughs, it's the wrong kind of
movie for it to have been introduced, and only serves to make
things seem ridiculous as a result.
The
clever thing that they've done is also re-animate the characters that they play in Wes Anderson's stop motion
movie to the sound of each actor, which includes the likes of Bryan Cranston, Bill Murray, Edward Norton and more.
In that light, this
movie does deserve some credit for a few
things: discovering a slightly
clever twist on the usual home - invasion plot, providing a heroine whose techniques never stretch believability and only occasionally make us question her reasoning, and coming to an end just before the constant turning of the tables would start to seem too ridiculous.
A child can find
things to love about this
movie, and that same child can grow into an adult, and suddenly recognize the
clever and inventive humor that is strewn throughout this excellent film.
And while O.G. Pee - Wee composer Danny Elfman has biked off to bigger
things since his
clever, Nino Rota - inspired feature debut, Mark Mothersbaugh, no slouch himself on the
movie scoring front, has decided to put pedal to the zanily exuberant metal with «Pee - Wee's Big Holiday.»
For one
thing, Lexy and her classmates seem to occupy Manhattan in an alternate universe, a universe where a
movie like this could be considered
clever or captivating.
Writer Patrick Breen (East of A, Phineas) and director Fisher Stevens (Phineas) try some
things they think are
clever to spice up the
movie.
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.
New chief designer Stephan Sielaff presented a
clever little
movie showing the barest glimpses of
things his design team has been working on, stressing all the while the confidentiality of what was being portrayed.