Sentences with phrase «effective film»

And it's a more effective film because of them.

When it comes to the psychological horror genre the most effective films are able to use character fears, beliefs, guilt, and emotional instability to build tension.

However, this year I saw a number of very effective films in other genres.

A tough and extraordinarily effective film, at least until it pretty much falls apart in its last half - hour.

Not even the first film serves so well as an efficient and effective film first and horror movies second.

The cast couldn't be better, and each one gets a chance to shine in this short (70 minutes) but highly effective film.

One wonders how much more effective the film might have been if the roles were reversed.

An unusually effective film about these very unusual nutria, «Rodents of Unusual Size» is an exceptional work of non-fiction that illuminates as much as it entertains.

Malick is described on the package text as a filmmaker - philosopher, and his collaborators have plenty to say about his quiet but effective filming style.

[Humanizing the Nazis is] an extremely effective technique, and it makes for an extremely effective film.

One quibble I have with the film is that it occasionally gets confused whether it wants to be a serious drama or a comedy - but that's just a minor complaint to be made about an otherwise tremendously effective film.

«Compliance» (rated R for language and sexual content / nudity) is a truly uncomfortable yet effective film.

I think Rocky and Raging Bull are equally effective films.

Garth Davis» Lion is probably the most emotionally effective film of the year, with an ending as unbelievable as it is deeply, profoundly moving.

Director Bennett Miller's Foxcatcher is a subtle but incredibly effective film.

While «Diana» is hardly a fully effective film, it admirably tries to understand a lonely public figure made briefly, energetically whole through a nourished...

Since its story was already related during a dull dumping of back story in the 2014 movie, Ouija: Origin of Evil may be relatively pointless, but co - writer / director Mike Flanagan's creepily effective film has at least one thing going for it in that regard: The first movie was so repetitive and forgettable that it's unlikely anyone really cares about or even remembers the story as it was told in the original.

«This smart, effective film cloaks itself in the trappings of TWILIGHT to subvert them, a clever bit of genre commentary wrapped in a cute, breezy package.»

There has always been an air of amused nihilism in even his most effective films, but his latest bunch have been so poorly plotted, so insincerely characterized, and so philosophically hollow that the nihilism has taken control.

If you fancy a very effective film about the effects of a tsunami — look no further.

It's quite amazing how effective the film is when most of the «action» is of Woodward and Bernstein on the phone or sitting and talking to people.

All in all, an effective film with good acting and with it a good backstory.

But Scorsese proves he doesn't have to have the present day to make an effective film.

Its a very simple but effective film that showcases nicely grounded, dark science fiction.

But Forest, despite its pedigree and effective score, again by Takemitsu, feels unfocused and incorporates too many bizarre leaps of logic to be an effective film.

Some of the acting is overwrought, Lloyd Bridges in particular lets it fly ever now and then, but not enough to dimish the message of this little known but effective film.

AVC: One of the interesting things about horror as a genre is that it's possible to work on a micro-budget and still make an effective film.

This is a smart, effective film, a comedy in many ways even though it's bookended with reasons for Ben to see it as a potential tragedy.

Needless to say, Karlson was proud of Walking Tall, most of all because it was a gamble that worked, and made him financially secure for the rest of his life, while generating a wave of adoring publicity that finally shed some light on his earlier, more effective films.

To be honest, however, 2:37 is a more effective film.

A crudely shot but effective film that not only introduced us to Scorsese but several of the themes around religion, love and gender that he's continued to explore even in his more recent films.

While I do happen to agree with much of the politics Levinson espouses regarding the current political climate, as well as share in some of his fears regarding technology and corporate interests, I do think that the way Levinson presents his arguments doesn't quite work as an effective film overall.

The Night Before may not be Levine's best or most effective film to date, but it carries an unmeasurable amount of holiday cheer that makes it hard not to like and occasionally love.

Again, if you can set those aside, and enter with an open mind, you should find this to be an effective film.

However, there is no question that Man on Fire is an effective film, even if it just makes you angry and sickened, and for a primal, visceral revenge film, the goods are delivered with a wallop.

Undertaking to make World Trade Center just five years after the shattering events of 11th September 2001, Oliver Stone has angered many who feel it is too early to dramatise that time, and yet he has succeeded in making an effective film that, instead of focussing on the big picture, details the impact of that day on two young families.

This is John Woo's most effective film, both visually and in terms of the limited thematic interests Woo has (namely the similarities between good guys and bad, which he also explores in The Killer and Face / Off).