Sentences with phrase «drama about addiction»

Colossal benefits from the fact that it's a drama about addiction disguised as a kaiju movie.

Written and directed by Shults, «Krisha» is more than just another drama about addiction.

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

Not exact matches

Synopsis: Gwyneth Paltrow, Mark Ruffalo and Tim Robbins star in this comedy - drama about a group of people who are brought together when they join a support group to overcome their sex addictions.

Director James Ponsoldt follows up his under seen 2006 debut Off the Black with Smashed, an excellent, albeit hard sell drama about one woman's decision to battle her alcohol addiction.

The Kids Are All Right screenwriter Stuart Blumberg makes his directorial debut with this drama about people trying to recover from sex addiction.

It's one of several self - reflexive winks in Budreau's script, though he drops most of the I'm Not There-esque refractions early on, opting for a straightforward, largely fictional drama about a man at a crossroads, forced to pick between love and addiction.

Co-written by estimable Frownland director Ronald Bronstein, it's inspired by the experiences of street kid Arielle Holmes, who plays a fictional version of herself alongside actor Caleb Landry Jones in what's described as «a tumultuous drama about a New York City couple battling addiction in the midst of a love affair»... And finally, the prize for oddest remake of the week: French thriller specialist Jean - François Richet is changing gear rather alarmingly with his, er, «reboot» is the word I'm looking for, of Claude Berri's 1977 comedy Un moment d'égarement, in which two fathers take their sexy adolescent daughters on vacation — and one of them is seduced by the other's jeune fille.

With echoes of Gus Van Sant's «Drugstore Cowboy,» «Animals» is a breakout film for everyone involved, a riveting drama about codependence in the life of two junkies who may love each other so much that they're dragging each other down into their addictions.

This true story about light welterweight boxer and perennial underdog «Irish» Micky Ward makes for less of a sports movie than a domestic drama about blue - collar brothers struggling to stay a family while the forces of drug addiction and parental ambition tear them apart.

The directorial debut by «The Kids Are All Right» co-writer Stuart Blumberg, this ambitious comedy - drama about three men coping with sex addiction hits notes all the way up and down the scale.

Also in multiplexes: The bible - thumpers behind the surprise - hit Kirk Cameron - overcomes - pornography - addiction drama Fireproof return with Courageous, a similarly Jesus - loving epic about hero cops who discover the toughest job of all just might be raising children in a godly home.

This unflinching, thoughtful drama about sex addiction is made with such skill and honesty that...