Sentences with phrase «dramatic heft as»

It has as much dramatic heft as a leaf.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

This is arguably his best directing job as he is able to show restraint with the comedy and never push it too far in order to let the dramatic moments have heft.

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.