Sentences with phrase «dysfunctional characters»

There are lots more dysfunctional characters in this movie, which opens for lots of weird yet funny moments.

Movies today are littered with dysfunctional characters.

The film is loaded with seedy and dysfunctional characters of questionable morals and intelligence, which makes things entertaining in a train - wreck sort of way, but it leaves nobody to root for.

But there is always the dim but real possibility that some quirky, angst - ridden movie about dysfunctional characters will turn out to be a charmer.

Their inaction led to the inevitable: a calamitous campaign, third place in all three TV debates, the Mrs Duffy debacle and everything else that flowed from having a leader whose dysfunctional character, physical and intellectual exhaustion and lack of either vision or communications skills were so painfully evident to the public.

In 1998, he did some of the best work of his career portraying a series of beautifully dysfunctional characters in Buffalo» 66, Happiness, and the Coen Brothers» The Big Lebowski.

It features strong performances by A-list actors portraying tragically dysfunctional characters that are shallow, envious, self - obsessed, and willing to pursue success at any price.

As expected, Margot at the Wedding - written and directed by The Squid and the Whale filmmaker Noah Baumbach - is rife with dysfunctional characters that seem to spend all their free time arguing with one another; problems ensue as it becomes increasingly clear that virtually none of these people have been infused with traits of authenticity (ie they're all just ridiculously dysfunctional).

Set to a typical Woody Allen musical score, Blue Jasmine feels like a modern take on A Street Car Named Desire, Tennessee Williams» famous stage play (that was also adapted into a classic movie) about another dysfunctional character.

«A black comedy that offers no apologies for its dysfunctional characters and scorched - earth dialogue.»

Most of the first hour of «Mascots» is simply these «interviews» — and, sadly, most of it is not very funny, as these dysfunctional characters, played by the likes of Parker Posey, Tom Bennett, Chris O'Dowd, Zach Woods and Sarah Baker, are annoying, dull or both.

Some of the story gets very dramatic and heavy in the way of the dysfunctional character development which works well on stage as you sit on the edge of your seat watching and hearing these massive family fights.

In addition to its dysfunctional characters, the film has phenomenal editing.