Sentences with phrase «decent little film»

Though it's imperfect, it's still a decent little film to watch and Owen Wilson is pretty funny here as well.

Not exact matches

The artistic meditativeness to Refn's approach to this film may be a little more realized than it was with 1996's «Pusher», but nevertheless, this effort is even more of the very thing that ruined Refn's breakout, and even seriously threatened Refn's decent follow - up, «Bleeder», having an experimental, almost abstract, and perhaps even intentionally incoherent structure that is not only questionable, but frustrates with pretentiousness, or at least too much ambition.

The acting is decent enough to keep you interested and the story is intriguing, but it misses a little something to make it a much better, more developed plot for the film.

There's consequently little doubt that the film, while always watchable, suffers from an opening half hour that's simply not all that engrossing, with Eyes Wide Shut's transformation from decent to electrifying triggered by a fantastic sequence detailing William and Alice's stoned confessions to one another.

We get a decent look at some historical issues, though «Past» tends to feel a little self - congratulatory, as the piece works hard to remind us how accurate the film is.

A decent little romantic film, although labeled a Rom - com most of the time it feels more of a drama with a lot of light hearted moments than truly laugh out loud scenes.

There's so little to say in this film, and if there was a little more heart here, then the final product would have stood as genuinely decent, but as things stand, this effort is not only forgettable, but mean -, if at all spirited, with unlikable characters behind a meandering narrative that mediocrity goes secured.

Maybe I'm the only one, but I found the satire in this film, while decent enough, to be a little outdated.

Yorgos Lanthimos is no stranger to a decent film poster or two, and this effort for The Killing of a Sacred Deer marks another triumph, giving away very little about the film's harrowing plot, and somehow managing to make curtains look unnerving.

It's a little reactionary in a kind of «Forrest Gump» - y sort of way — the moral runs that it's better to be decent than brilliant, happy than successful — but the film is well - meaning and the performances from a stellar cast (Joe Mantegna, Ben Kingsley's accent, Laurence Fishburne, Joan Allen, Laura Linney, William H Macy all show up) mostly walk the right side of mawkishness.

Looks a little odd on the acting, but the film looks pretty decent.

I was expecting more from this film (after watching the engaging trailer, and knowing the screenplay is by Nick Hornby), so I got a little disappointed... It is a very decent film, the acting is flawless (Saoirse Ronan can definitely carry a film), the colours, the sets and locations, the costumes are all beautiful and the story does grab your attention... and then it ends: when it seemed the real drama would happen.

There are also good performances from supporting characters Miranda Richardson (The Bachelor, Merlin), Lisa Marie (Burton's wife, who has a habit of showing up in small roles in his films), Michael Gough (Alfred from the Batman movies), Ian McDiarmid (Restoration), Christopher Walken (Blast From the Past, The Rose Hotel), an unbilled cameo by Martin Landau, Jeffrey Jones (Ravenous, Stuart Little), and a surprising decent Caspar Van Dien (The Omega Code, Starship Troopers), probably because the amount of spoken time allotted to his character was kept at a minimum.

Brave was a decent enough film but felt a little confused, whereas Cars 2 found them at their absolute nadir.

While I wouldn't say that May in the Summer is a film that is ground - breaking by any means, it is definitely a quiet little indie flick with good acting, a decent although predictable story, and some beautiful direction from the film's star, writer, and director Cherien Dabis.

Entertaining until the end, may be a little too gushy in places; however I guess a decent film always has to have some sort of boy meets girl to get the flutters going.

Everything is a little dirtier and less crisp than film, although the overall quality remains decent.

The film does seem to peak a little too early, as its strong set - up gives way to decent but unextraordinary set pieces, like a county highway car chase.

Although I think I possibly needed to suspend my disbelief a little too often, it was still a relatively enjoyable film, with a decent amount of grit, intrigue, and interest and generally believable work by all actors.

It seems to have potential as decent effects - heavy popcorn entertainment, and the film won't overlap too much with the other titles during the 2013 Winter Holiday frame (except for a little holdover from earlier in the month called The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)-- but, as always, we'll have to wait and see...

This Adam Sandler film with a budget so badly wants to be Ghostbusters, but while the cast is decent, the writing makes as little sense as its plot about aliens attacking Earth with 80s Atari games.

I think this is a film for people that do nt like art cinema Its all very visual and cut skillfully with requisite tied up in a bow ending but it has little of the wit of the much superrior «Read my lips» Which this is very much a companion piece as for the acting Marion does needy again and Matthias doe lovable brute... no stetch then its a decent film and you almost want to visit waterworld ooops own goal for Greenpeace

The script is a little stiff at times and the directing isn't always the best, but the decent acting and overall production value really make this a film worth watching for the right audience.

I am not 100 % sold on this style of animation since it feels a little cheap and not as polished as you would expect from Marvel but it is still a decent film.

A decent science - fiction film that might spark the imagination and maybe a little philosophical debate.