Sentences with phrase «damaged woman»

A recent report by Women for Refugee Women painted a bleak picture of damaged women being driven to suicide and self - harm by detention.

There is every reason to take pause at the introduction of Hafsia, which in most Hollywood movies — even most indie movies — would signal the start of a predictable catharsis for these two damaged women who find in each other the strength to carry on blah, blah, blah.

I rank her right up there with Frances McDormand's Olive Kitteridge, Edie Falco's Nurse Jackie and Robin Wright's First Lady on «House of Cards» as damaged women you shouldn't necessarily admire but can't help but love.

Nancy (Bello), is a severely damaged woman due to being a victim of child abuse, and self mutilation is something that she simply can't keep herself from comitting.

Most Americans probably support the implicit moral position of mainstream Protestantism and perhaps of America's religious traditions in general: permit as few legal abortions as possible without damaging women's rights and without making it necessary for women to perform abortions on themselves or seek clandestine and possibly dangerous abortions.

Most people with chlamydia are not aware of it because the infection often causes no symptoms, but if left untreated, this STD can develop into pelvic inflammatory disease and irreversibly damage a woman's reproductive system.

Coaching is a form of development in which a person called a coach supports a learner or client in achieving a specific personal or professional goal by Tyler Summitt — son of coaching legend Pat Summitt — resigned as Louisiana Tech's women's basketball coach for engaging in a damaging

There's the crazy housemate (Tom Hollander, funny as a surly playwright); there's the kooky, damaged woman close to the main character (Lydia Wilson playing Tim's troubled sister, Kit Kat).

Downloading Nancy premiered here at Sundance 2008 and is the story of Nancy (played by Maria Bello), a severely emotionally damaged woman married to and emotionally cold man (Rufus Sewell as Albert) who turns to the internet for companionship.

Brie's portrayal of a compulsive, damaged woman verges on shattering at times.

A chameleon, an enigma, all things to all women — a lifeline to which powerful needs and nameless longings may be attached — Ken Kimble is revealed through the eyes of the women he seduces: Birdie, his first wife, struggling to hold herself together after his desertion; second wife, Joan, a lonely, tragic heiress who sees her unknowable husband as her last chance for happiness; and Dinah, a beautiful but damaged woman half his age.

Holly Hunter is odd and fascinating as an American self - help guru in a makeshift commune of damaged women, and David Wenham is unreliable as the closest thing this community has to an enlightened authority figure, and it's not very close.

The porn trade often exploits, demeans and damages women.

I am learning that I can not teach christian theology constructively unless I am aware that, historically, the church has done much to damage women, Jews, people of color and the whole inhabited earth; and unless, as a christian, I am learning how our doctrine, discipline and worship continue to reflect and contribute to this abuse of power.

Withdrawing Child Benefit could damage women's entitlement to a basic state pension.

A «minimally conscious» brain - damaged woman should not be allowed to die, a high court judge has ruled.

It damages a woman's blood vessels, resulting in high blood pressure, swelling, and protein leakage in the urine.

Worst ever, the guy who started going on about «all the damaged women on dating sites» and how many he had gone out with, THEN he started bashing his ex-boss who had recently fired him.

Directed and starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Goes Boating tells an interesting tale of love found and lost - using the parallel tales of Jack (Hoffman), a rather simple minded guy who is courting a damaged woman (terrific portrayal by Amy Ryan), and the couple who play matchmakers, while their own marriage dissolves, due to infidelities real and perceived.

Still, Jessica Chastain melts into her role as the damaged woman looking for a bit of peace and quiet in the hills.

Martha Marcy May Marlene (Director and screenwriter: Sean Durkin)-- Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.

It's a down - to - earth tale of a damaged woman with something to prove to herself, told in an interesting way.

Tough women, tortured women, damaged women: Maria Bello conveys so much in these roles that it's oddly pleasurable to watch her work in the hauntingly painful, strangely erotic «Downloading Nancy.»

Martha Marcy May Marlene stars newcomer Elizabeth Olsen as Martha, a damaged woman haunted by her memories and increasing paranoia, who struggles to reassimilate with her family after fleeing a cult.

Oh, and there's the added bonus of tiny, brain - eating bugs The Buzz: It's been awhile since Judd made a movie that registered on most moviegoers» radar; this looks to be another in a long string of performances as lonely, damaged women, and Connick's acting career has essentially been limited to «Will and Grace» and the occasional film cameo.

Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.

MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE stars Elizabeth Olsen as Martha, a damaged woman haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, who struggles to reassimilate with her family after fleeing a cult.

Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman (Elizabeth Olsen) struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.

Part psychological drama and part crime thriller, this warped love story leverages its disturbing plot into a mesmerizing and nerve - wracking portrait of a damaged woman forced to reckon with her true nature.

Hathaway and Sudeikis do a fine job of playing against type; she's a damaged woman with a drinking problem and he's a seemingly nice guy who harbors a dark and nasty side.

Margot is obviously a damaged woman, but Polley seems reluctant to navigate particularly deep with her.

Martha Marcy May Marlene (Director and screenwriter: Sean Durkin)- Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.

Waller - Bridge, 31, is the creator, writer, and star of last fall's pitch - black Fleabag (also on Amazon Prime), based on her 2013 award - winning one - woman play about a damaged woman who's grieving the death of her best friend in none of the standard Kübler - Ross ways.

Martha Marcy May Marlene (Director & Screenwriter: Sean Durkin)-- Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.

Constantly cheated on and abandoned by Evel numerous times, Linda's minimal choice of words and inability to fully express herself beyond snippets of curt explanation reveal a damaged woman that would have made a great documentary on its own.

It's not even like he's the good kind of bad boy.After his marriage ended in disaster, Finn tries to steer clear of damaged women, but as a Dom, he feels compelled to put aside his own hang - up to help Mac reclaim her independence and her former life.All titles in the Dominant C...

I was so fascinated with this damaged woman's story, I completely forgot it was meant to be part of an artwork in the Turner prize.

The expert believed that the nurse was negligent in part by damaging the woman's left optic nerve by sticking it with the needle.