Sentences with phrase «costumes than drama»

«Vatel» is a costume drama with far more costumes than drama.

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Somebody really needs to tell the British film industry there's more to film than just costume dramas and gangster movies.

mmm... a protagonist who complete dominates a long film to the detriment of context and the other players in the story (though the abolitionist, limping senator with the black lover does gets close to stealing the show, and is rather more interesting than the hammily - acted Lincoln); Day - Lewis acts like he's focused on getting an Oscar rather than bringing a human being to life - Lincoln as portrayed is a strangely zombie character, an intelligent, articulate zombie, but still a zombie; I greatly appreciate Spielberg's attempt to deal with political process and I appreciate the lack of «action» but somehow the context is missing and after seeing the film I know some more facts but very little about what makes these politicians tick; and the lighting is way too stylised, beautiful but unremittingly unreal, so the film falls between the stools of docufiction and costume drama, with costume drama winning out; and the second subject of the film - slavery - is almost complete absent (unlike Django Unchained) except as a verbal abstraction

And anyway, I'd rather have real trash than phony costume drama like The Current War (Grade: C --RRB-.

The film is far more earthy than a typical costume drama, which will either please or put off viewers depending on their inclinations.

The front story of this music - driven, costume drama is curiously less compelling than the picture's electrifying score and wince - inducing recreations of tableaus of a bygone era marked by subjugation and intolerance.

It's a plush and strangely ornate film despite the hellish setting and there's always the sense that Shortland is perhaps more interested in making a crimped, up - market costume drama in the mould of Jane Campion's Bright Star than she is a bona fide survival movie with dirt under its fingernails.

Presented more as a costume drama than a film with any modern relevance, Milk «s power to move is largely dependent on the viewer's ability to watch Sean Penn make hammy faces at the camera.

Wright proved last time out that he's more than just a costume drama expert, so we're even more excited about his return to the pre-modern era for this one, and he always seems to bring out the best in Knightley, who's a good fit for the lead role.

Since Deeds isn't a period costume drama, one wouldn't think much about its clothes, which actually makes this program more compelling than one might expect.

Cornish does about as well as could be expected, considering her character 1) appears to be permanently heavily sedated, 2) spends most of her time on screen window shopping, and 3) is totally unbelievable, a woman with a storyline from a Victorian costume drama rather than 1998 New York, never displaying a hint of backbone or inner life.

Any costume drama with Helena Bonham Carter in a main role probably is worth at least a look for her performance, and she commands attention as the story's most beguiling character, Miss Havisham, even though the way she's utilized feels borne more from the tradition of Gothic horror than customary.