Not exact matches
Here's the problem: Citizens United is spending $ 350k to promote this
film, and while the online (Google) ads are
dramatic and the movie itself well - produced, the landing page that connects the two is a failure.
(And although Galifianakis too often falls back on his ostentatiously off - kilter shtick, the comedian fares much better
here than he did in The Hangover and actually does a decent job with the
film's
dramatic moments.)
No points for timeliness
here; made - for - TV docudramas and the independent
film «Longtime Companion» have already explored the subject, and «Philadelphia» breaks no new
dramatic ground.
Sudeikis, in particular, shines in this unusually
dramatic role and exhibits a depth he touched on in
films like «Sleeping with Other People» and «Colossal» but that he really gets to live in
here.
Johnson and Heyman have a script
here that deserves Best Original Screenplay consideration, almost simply for how well they've created a quartet of characters (Burrell and Wilson's supporting players don't behave as these sorts of characters would in other
films), though the balance of both comedic and
dramatic emotion is tremendously done as well.
The best
dramatic film I saw at Sundance was easily «Like Crazy,» and, because I saw it near the end of my run
here, it had the inadvertent force of an epiphany.
With the
film's other characters casting yearning, middle - aged glances in her direction, Ms. Tyler carries a heavy
dramatic burden
here and acquits herself with grace.
Tilton demonstrates in this video game score that he has all the hallmarks of someone who would be a great
film composer — not just the composition itself (which is beyond reproach — the orchestration in particular is so impressive) but also his
dramatic sense, which is honed to provide a gripping narrative
here.
Phillippe has established himself as a credible
dramatic actor in
films like Igby Goes Down and Breach, but he regresses
here to the kind of sneering playboy roles he vacantly inhabited before he proved he could act.
Sarandon shows
here how hilarious she can be while still giving a committed and full - out performance, which works really well in the more
dramatic moments of the
film.
From impressive physicality in Marvel's Avengers universe to solid
dramatic chops in a
film like Rush, Hemsworth is a great leading man in the right role - but
here he seems miscast (because most hackers have NFL physiques), off - balance (what accent are we going for?)
She (and, for that matter, Cooper) is mostly seen in vignettes taken from the book (yes, there is indeed some adaptation going on
here), but the
film's twists afford Streep an opportunity to display her
dramatic and equally formidable comedic chops all at once.
And while there are a few compelling sequences
here and there - something that's particularly true of the scene in which several characters engage in a
dramatic confrontation while carnival music plays in the background - the
film is generally crushed under the weight of the overly familiar storyline and unreasonably slow pace.
, and all the
films of David Cronenberg since Dead Ringers, including eXistenZ; the focused
dramatic intensity associated with these later movies is found only sporadically in It Happened
Here and Winstanley, which are relatively studied and distanced by comparison.
From
here on, the
film amounts to a series of revelations designed to blow people's minds, but Cahill unveils each twist in such
dramatic slow - motion that viewers seem to be ahead of him every step of the way.
The
film tries to balance
dramatic themes and dark comedy, and although that certainly works for some
films, it does not work
here.
Oh,
here we go: «At no point does this seem like new territory, but outside of being about ten minutes too long, it's a
film that works despite its rather traditional
dramatic nature.»
Reitman's new
film, Men, Women & Children (read Matt's review
here), is a dark,
dramatic tale of human relationships in the internet age, and while the technology angle is the hook, the
film isn't really about that at all.
I feel like the
film was lost in the editing room, for there seems to be the raw material
here for a truly great contemporary Western and a grand,
dramatic meditation on the soul of an American hero.
In 1962, Harald Reinl's German - language spaghetti western, The Treasure of Silver Lake, was
filmed here, and whilst much of Reinl's direction has been criticized, this
dramatic setting elevates the quality of the movie spectacularly.