Sentences with phrase «dramatic heft»

There's deep emotional depth and surprising dramatic heft to this all - ages movie, so while its surface - level visuals are amazing, Shaun the Sheep Movie is consistently amazing from crust to core.

Two of Broadway's best actresses, Stockard Channing and Martha Plimpton, will provide the production with dramatic heft.

The film itself can't seem to decide whether it's a Saturday morning serial for the kids, a new Indiana Jones, or something with a bit more dramatic heft

As you noted, this is merely Part 1 and yet, there was a surprising amount of dramatic heft in those final scenes.

It has as much dramatic heft as a leaf.

Pointless romantic meandering doesn't gain dramatic heft just because you pretty it up, especially when there's so much more meat behind the story at hand.

Support the Girls, a title that's a nod to both the oversexualized nature of its setting and the resolute bonds of sisterhood packages itself as a campy workplace farce, but it packs a stageplay's worth of dramatic heft into its barebones runtime.

Zissis and Duplass don't quite have the same dramatic heft, but both have a gift for a certain scruffy, loose kind of naturalistic comedy and their longtime friendship and professional relationship helps them make believable best friends.

John Hurt and Ed Harris lend the necessary dramatic heft to their roles.

A robust screenplay by David Scarpa, direction by Ridley Scott as bracing as a strong belt of brandy, and an excellent cast giving it all they've got contribute dramatic heft to a riveting story of American avarice and greed behind the factual 1973 kidnapping of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty's grandson, J. Paul Getty III (aka «Paul»), snatched from the streets of Rome on a sunny July day and held for a $ 17 million ransom which the old man refused to pay.

Most winners here are women of historical importance or whose roles carry dramatic heft.

As Abbie, a photographer well - versed in punk rock and a boarder in Dorothea's (Annette Bening) house, Gerwig wields her vulnerability like a surgeon's scalpel; she plays uproarious speeches as dryly as possible (inviting dinner party guests to recite the word «menstruation,» for example), then brings gut feeling to moments with real dramatic heft.

The movie has surprising dramatic heft and it mixes the classic with the contemporary while remaining true to the characters.

Its sequel, directed by John Woo, featured all of the filmmaker's trademark visual style (balletic slo - mo gunfights, pigeons flapping their wings also in slo - mo before all hell broke loose) without any of the poignancy or dramatic heft of his best Hong Kong - set films.

Adam Sandler is the type of comedic actor who would get an Oscar nomination for stepping out of his comedic comfort zone to do something with a little more dramatic heft to it.

Sam Elliott handled a similar role with more style, emotion and dramatic heft in last year's The Hero.

Recommendation: Run All Night could have gone either way, but Neeson once again delivers, with dramatic heft and some interesting relationship developments backing him up.

You need an actor with the dramatic heft of Ralph Fiennes to deliver the four words that vile Lord Voldemort hisses here with such lip - smacking, syllable - stretching relish: «Harry.

It's a superhero movie, but, like last year's Logan, it adds a bracing new level of dramatic heft.

Franco's performance, featuring an eyelid that droops repeatedly as his mind wanders, feels like equal parts overacting and excessive reserve, leaving me with the strong impression that he doesn't have the dramatic heft to run with Hill, who once again proves that he's a capable dramatic actor.

Based on the true story, it is always hard to criticize the events, but when your film solely relies on the dramatic heft over some of the very important details, it will suffer greatly.

What Curtis brings beside the extra acreage is dramatic heft, a total immersion in the personality of a tortured but gifted man, one with a rank and file of demons in his head and a generous soul.

Going in Style, in comparison, sometimes bounces to life with a cheeky one - liner or an amusing side remark, but it doesn't contain any of that film's comedic or dramatic heft.

Every single character is given that over the top comedy feel to go for the laughs, stripping it of any dramatic heft it could have had.

In just six episodes, F Is For Family will certainly make you laugh, but its dramatic heft is so unexpectedly huge that it might also move you to tears.

Black Panther A superhero movie whose characters have integrity and dramatic heft, filled with engaging exploits and credible crises grounded in a vibrant and convincing reality, laced with socially conscious commentary as well as wicked laughs, this is the model of what an involving popular entertainment should be.

The film is also supported by the tremendous performances, not just from Nanjiani and Kazan, but from Romano and Hunter, who bring a surprising dramatic heft to the picture.

Kenneth Turan of Los Angeles Times: «A superhero movie whose characters have integrity and dramatic heft, filled with engaging exploits and credible crises all grounded in a vibrant but convincing reality, laced with socially conscious commentary as well as wicked laughs that don't depend on snark, this is the model of what an involving popular entertainment should be.

There's nothing wrong with that, especially since it is a family musical, but La La Land was a great musical and had dramatic heft.

In his review for The Times, Kenneth Turan wrote, «A superhero movie whose characters have integrity and dramatic heft, filled with engaging exploits and credible crises all grounded in a vibrant but convincing reality, laced with socially conscious commentary as well as wicked laughs that don't depend on snark, this is the model of what an involving popular entertainment should be.

Stallone has aged well and he gives a touching performance in Creed, the seventh Rocky installment, a boxing movie that has surprising dramatic heft and a lot of heart.

A superhero movie whose characters have integrity and dramatic heft, filled with engaging exploits and credible crises all grounded in a vibrant but convincing reality, laced with socially conscious commentary as well as wicked laughs that don't depend on snark, this is the model of what an involving popular entertainment should be.

Kenneth Turan revews «Black Panther,» a superhero movie whose characters have integrity and dramatic heft, and is filled with engaging exploits and credible crises grounded in a vibrant but convincing reality.

When people talk about a movie being depressing, whether in a context either admiring or dismissive, they're almost always talking about and assessing the dramatic heft of a down - tempo narrative film — how a writer, director and actors worked in concert to shine a light on various human frailties, turmoils and difficulties, and in doing so impacted a viewer's mood in a manner that lingered with them long after the theater lights came up.

«The Desert Bride,» a Chilean - Argentinian film written and directed by Cecilia Atan and Varelia Pivato, belongs to the same de facto genre as Lelio's film, but it's a slighter effort both in terms of length (78 minutes) and dramatic heft and complexity.

As the ailing patriarchal figure, the legendary Amitabh Bachchan brings both dramatic heft and lightness of touch to a showy role, but it is Deepika Padukone who emerges as the film's heart and soul.

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In the LA time, they said «a superhero movie whose characters possess integrity and dramatic heft, filled with exploits and credible crises put together in a groundbreaking reality is the model for what an involving popular entertainment must be.

Gringo has more dramatic heft than you'd expect — again, not a stoner comedy — and Oyelowo balances the grimmer parts of Harold's experience with a natural buoyancy that makes him a tremendously likeable character even as he is making increasingly bad decisions.

Once we hit the actual games, the dramatic heft of Collins» narrative construct quickly reveals itself; these are kids killing kids.

New faces Liam Hemsworth and Yu Nan help elevate the film's dramatic heft, but the chief appeal of this sequel is the inspired carnage unleashed by this motley crew of box office has - beens.

It's integral as it allows the actions and consequences that happen in the end battle have the appropriate amount of dramatic heft and meaning that comes later.