Sentences with phrase «dramatic material»

Garfield has an inherently likable quality to him that's required in the early scenes, as well as the grit and intensity to pull off the more dramatic material later on.

Lin - Manual Miranda's brilliance as creator of the show was not only based on his lyrical exuberance and musical styling, but on his ability to find dramatic material in political meetings and budget negotiations.

But for us humans, because the film also zeros in on an obscure, isolated job like highway maintenance — Alvin (Paul Rudd) and Lance (Emile Hirsch) are responsible for applying all the road markings to a recently repaved section of road in the wake of a destructive wildfire that wiped out a good portion of forest land — there is not a lot to grab a hold of in terms of dramatic material.

Like Lena Dunham's Tiny Furniture, this show and its actors satirize, but also take very seriously, this particular bourgeois affliction as dramatic material.

He's dealing with risky and potentially offensive dramatic material here, and «Disobedience» comes across as a challenging but also deeply respectful and thoughtful meditation on traditions and mores that date back thousands of years.

There is the occasional cheesy set piece to plague filler, while dramatic material goes plagued by some histrionics, or at least dramatics which feel histrionic under the influence of a rather sentimental atmosphere.

Bateman remains an engaging comic presence but his latter forays into dramatic material, such as his awards - worthy douchebaggery in The Gift and his morally conflicted antihero of Ozark, tease at more beneath the overplayed mugging.

Cinephiles who don't need dramatic material to always be played dead serious will find a ton to like here.

Stiller is very much the lead here, and it's nice to see him tackling more dramatic material recently.

Last year's critically acclaimed turn in the little - seen 99 Homes helped remind viewers of Garfield's raw talent, and here in Silence he'll be chomping on enough dramatic material to avoid skepticism of his skill set ever again.

Thrussell fluidly makes the move from the DJ world to film scoring, fashioning a darkly humorous work that fuses the hard sonics of classic orchestral crime scores with sharp, brassy writing; listeners will find it quite reminiscent of Henry Mancini's more brooding dramatic material from the Sixties.

Having moved on from documentarian pursuits Man on Wire (2008) and Project Nim (2011), Marsh has proven himself a deft hand at handling dramatic material as well.

His physique doesn't allow him a chameleon presence on screen, but his quest to take on strong dramatic material may have found him the perfect middle ground — a role where his bulk is part of the territory.

When it debuted at various festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival, «Skeleton» received mostly positive reviews, with Variety critic Geoff Berkshire writing that «the biggest surprise for audiences expecting plenty of laughs will be just how effectively both thesps handle the weightier dramatic material in the screenplay... «The Skeleton Twins» captures the way siblings develop their own unique comedic shorthands in a way few films ever have.»

There is some genuine dramatic material here too, particularly in the middle of the album - the second half of «Lexi» introduces the love theme on clarinet, and it's a charming piece.

If I'd found a genie on a beach and asked it for ideal dramatic material, I couldn't have done better.

(It's especially enjoyable to see Scott, best known for his improv comic abilities, get a chance to stretch with more dramatic material.)

Bridesmaids certainly makes due on some of my expectations, but also attempts to show off a more dramatic side and while that effort isn't a complete failure, the parts I was looking forward to are just so exceptionally successful, it's impossible that they not tarnish the more dramatic material.

That said, he hasn't been delivering that many of these types of films for quite some time now, choosing instead to focus on more dramatic material but I'm happy to say that he still possesses that childlike imagination and adventurous touch.

2015's rom - com «Trainwreck» isn't a great film, but the script from star Amy Schumer had plenty of winning comedic and dramatic material — not to mention relatable characters and believable situations.

While their roles may be rather minimal, Matthew Lillard and Judy Greer deserve credit, both stepping out of the comedic zone to tackle some far more dramatic material and succeeding immensely.

Yet Elisabeth Scharang's Jack manages to make a clock - watcher out of this dramatic material -LSB-...]

Joachim Trier's first English - language film and third feature, «Louder Than Bombs,» is heavy in dramatic material...

All of that being said, there is still some fun to be had here, as the performances from Aaron Taylor - Johnson, Chloe Grace Moretz, and (especially) Jim Carrey are all extremely fun to watch, the action scenes are exciting and bad - ass, some of the humor really works, and a good amount of the dramatic material is effective.

This time she tries sinking her chops in some dramatic material.

He writes clever dialogue and realistic situations that these characters get into, which ultimately increases the greatness of the story and the dramatic material.

She alters and combines these found objects, which she photographs and re-photographs, subjecting the surfaces to dramatic material and light effects.