Sentences with phrase «committed performance»

Each gave a detailed, astute, and fully committed performance that announced the arrival of a major new screen presence.

If we put is committed performances like that 80 % of the time, we will not always find ourselves in sorry situations.

Two fine second - generation actors deliver committed performances.

For me few actresses can give a more deeply personal and emotionally committed performance than this immensely talented French actress.

I understand the «hollow box» argument — pretty packaging housing nothing — but I don't think that argument holds at all for «Crimson Peak,» a gorgeous Gothic Romance with committed performances from everyone and some of the best technical elements of the last few years.

But make no mistake: In The Ambassador, Mads Brügger — who, as both featured performer in and auteur of films that seek to capture reality through fiction, is sort of the Euro film - festival equivalent of Sacha Baron Cohen, when Cohen was interesting — gives what has to be one of the riskiest and most committed performances of the year.

There are many off - beat sequences and characters throughout this film that may turn many viewers off, but I believe they're saved by a tremendously committed performance by Saoirse Ronan.

Despite committed performances from most of the cast (especially Ejiofor, who imbues Pearson with a gentle yet stubborn spirit), Come Sunday can't shake its middling script and perfunctory direction.

Binoche and newcomer Loret give committed performances, but Alice and Martin's romance is never completely convincing.

Which isn't to say that he's always good — some of his most committed performances (Being Flynn) are among his most miserable and affected, while some of his very worst films (15 Minutes) are made just about bearable by virtue of his characterisation.

«Rachel McAdams with a brilliantly layered turn as the dutiful and unhappy wife suppressing her true sexuality to settle for conventional married life -LSB-...] Lelio is one of a kind at creating beautifully drawn portraits of disenfranchised types that deserve respect, simultaneously showing up the ugliness of humanity in grounded ways, but there is also no spark here without the fearlessly committed performances from Weisz and McAdams.»

Critic Consensus: Naked lives up to its title with a thoroughly committed performance from David Thewlis that's backed up with some of Mike Leigh's most powerful direction.

There's neither coyness nor self - importance in Brokeback Mountain — just close, compassionate observation, deeply committed performances, a bone - deep feeling for hardscrabble Western lives.

I know people who don't like «Room,» but I've yet to meet a human being who wasn't floored by Larson's fiercely committed performance as the mother in the movie.

Diane Kruger gives a totally committed performance as a woman determined to see justice done after her husband and young son are killed in a bombing by neo-Nazis.

Still, while we've seen Day - Lewis transform and immerse himself in a compelling period drama before, we haven't seen anything quite like Joaquin Phoenix's frighteningly committed performance.

What lends this passionate new USA Network drama series much of its idiosyncratic energy is an exceptionally committed performance from the exquisite Annette O'Toole.

Split wants to have its cake and eat it in terms of mental illness, but it's an unpredictable, suspenseful little tale that comes together surprisingly satisfyingly, thanks to clever plotting and a truly committed performance from McAvoy.

In spite of scene - stealing competition from her cleavage, Arterton holds much of the film together with an impressively committed performance.

You can rest underneath the deep shade of Bette Midler's «full - throated, ferociously committed performances» line, and keep yourselves limber by alternately repeating «STREYE - zuhnd» and «stri - SAND» over and over again.

Anchored by Schoenaert's masterful committed performance (he gained over 60 pounds of muscle for the part) the film also works as a fascinating character study.

Affleck, although arguably a little too glamorous to play a social misfit, puts in a very committed performance, never just relying upon ticks to portray his affliction.

Gemma Arterton's committed performance outshines the material in this awkwardly titled and highly improvised British drama about a crumbling relationship.

Jake Gyllenhaal's committed performance carries this straightforward biopic from versatile director David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express) about Jeff Bauman, a blue - collar man who was wounded in the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, then became a hero after helping to identify the perpetrators while having both of his legs amputated in the hospital.

Committed performances bolster this story of an ex-con (Jay Duplass) spared a full 20 - year sentence by his former high school teacher (Edie Falco) who believes him innocent and fights to free him.

«Demolition» gets its message across in the end, but not as elegantly as Gyllenhaal's committed performance deserves.

The latest drama from the director of «The Queen» and «Philomena» uncovers the true story behind disgraced cycling superstar Lance Armstrong, played by Ben Foster in what looks to be an eerily committed performance.

And whereas the previous movies relied mostly on newcomers and character actors, Resurrection includes committed performances from Winona Ryder and Ron Perlman.

The frazzled and twitchy traits come forth from committed performances especially from the three case subjects.

It's an otherworldly and uncommonly committed performance.

Just when you think the zombie genre has no new stories to tell, along comes the heartbreaking Aussie undead drama «Cargo,» anchored by another wonderfully committed performance from Martin Freeman.

As the legendary inventor and entrepreneur, Ashton Kutcher does deliver an admirably committed performance, as he impressively mimics everything from his harsh mannerisms to his hugely perfectionist attitude.

Oculus thrives on its sense of internal consistency and increasingly high - stakes games of mindf * cking, and Karen Gillan s overly committed performance didn't hurt.

Ideas and emotions are always at play and in conflict as they follow their own paths, and all three performers carve out committed performances of driven characters expressing themselves within the confines of social decorum.

Under Shawn Levy's direction, the story never misses a beat, with fully - committed performances by Jackman, Evangeline Lilly (as the woman who's always believed in him), and fresh - faced young Goyo, who bears a strong resemblance to Ricky Schroder and has the same ability to win you over at emotional moments, even if you're trying to resist.

While this relentless pacing keeps things enjoyable on a narrative level, it limits our emotional connection to James and Rose despite committed performances from Nathan and Angourie.

The one constant has been Jennifer Lawrence's charismatic, committed performance as Katniss Everdeen, aka Mockingjay.

He will surely be expecting a fully commited performance from Sam Allardyce's side but he expects the same from Arsenal and pointed to our win over Everton in the early Saturday start after playing in Barcelona on a Wednesday night as an example.

Critics Consensus: Naked lives up to its title with a thoroughly committed performance from David Thewlis that's backed up with some of Mike Leigh's most powerful direction.

With another deeply committed performance, Washington brings badly needed complexity to what is otherwise a contrived, overstated drama about addiction.

Cooper, who steered Jeff Bridges through his Oscar - winning turn in Crazy Heart, gets fiercely committed performances from just about everyone in Out of the Furnace.

But it is also entirely its own thing: a unique melding of social issues drama, autobiography, arthouse experiment and music video, marked out by totally committed performances (Jones and Holmes will get the press but Duress is also extremely impressive as Mike).

In the latest of a long string of astonishing, frighteningly committed performances, Williams stars as a nurse who falls for amiable loser Gosling in spite of herself.

In one of the year's biggest hits, Haddish gives the kind of fearlessly committed performance that should be studied in acting school — if, of course, anyone could copy the timbre of her comedic timing.

Here are ten of his most committed performances, and the stories behind the incarnations.

But the most unnerving thing is that it is a less than committed performance from Cruise.

Today will be interesting... any player that can't step up with a committed performance in this match should be shown the door at end of season.

The veteran left - back spent eight years at Old Trafford, winning five Premier League titles and the Champions League in his time with the club, and becoming something of a fans» favourite with his committed performances.