Sentences with phrase «effective film about»

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.

Not exact matches

District 9 is an incredibly effective parable about human rights abuses against refugees, while also functioning as a thrilling science - fiction action film.

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.

Tom and Huck is a failed attempt at crafting an effective family oriented comedy, and there's really nothing memorable about the film.

Everything about this film is subtle and understated but all the more brooding and effective for it.

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.

It's a simple but extraordinarily effective trailer, selling the film's creeping sense of dread without revealing a single thing about where it comes from — other than the time of day, of course.

While there's certainly plenty to like about Mr. Brooks (including star Kevin Costner's subtle and thoroughly effective performance), the film ultimately suffers from an egregiously uneven vibe that's compounded by a distractingly overlong running time.

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.

What I saw was a very funny comedy that has a good take on the tropes of slasher films, but also a movie that has a really effective core about dealing with difficult family trauma.

It certainly proved effective, as the film wouldn't have been nearly as talked about without all of that hype leading up to it in the past two months.

The Revenant, his latest cinematic creation, is a brutally effective drama about the power of the human spirit that was filmed in some of nature's harshest conditions.

Even after watching the brilliantly effective first trailer — which opens with a slow tracking shot down a long, dark corridor — we have absolutely no idea what the film is about.

Simultaneously an examination of the processes of effective activism and a deeply felt romance, B.P.M. is one of the most refreshingly frank queer films we've seen in many years, both about politics and about sex.

The film consists of a couple of jump scares that haven't been effective since the 1990s and long boring tea - hour scenes with Helen and Jason Clarke talking about the supernatural.

Based on the Lissa Evans novel Their Finest Hour and a Half, Scherfig's film tells a behind - the - scenes story (with a witty script by Gaby Chiappe) about a group of filmmakers tasked with creating effective World War II propaganda films, meant to inspire resoluteness in the people of Britain and to sway American public opinion toward joining the war.

Perhaps the scariest thing about this film is how effective it is in doing just that.

Most frustratingly, the film never even attempts to communicate what was unique or effective about his writing.

But what's kind of sad about the whole sorry affair is that there's really no reason the film had to be this bad — watch the opening, with the well - cast stars (Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, Michael B. Jordan and Toby Kebbell) going through an overfamiliar but effective origin story / getting - the - team - together arc, and it feels like we're in for something quite tolerable.

The political stuff is laid on a little too thick at times via Samuel L. Jackson's radical right - wing television host, and therefore not as effective, but it's worth noting that director Jose Padilha (best known for the «Elite Squad» films) hasn't shied away from making his «RoboCop» actually be about something other than a man in a cool robotic suit.

Out of the competition, the international highlights were El Clan (The Clan, Pablo Trapero), an effective if derivative Argentinian political drama / gangster film heavily influenced by Scorsese's Goodfellas; L'avenir (Things to Come, Mia Hansen - Løve), a fine if rather low - key drama helped enormously by Isabelle Huppert's lead performance; and, best of all, Robert Greene's Kate Plays Christine, a truly disturbing mixture of fiction and documentary concerning the attempt to make a movie about the tragic suicide of Florida journalist Christine Chubbuck, who shot herself on live television back in 1974.

There were a few gentle sci - fi films about memory at this year's Sundance, but Marjorie Prime is the most effective, not least because it's as much a small story about family and loss as it a grand discourse on human recollection.

The things that are bad about the film — director Douglas's obvious bid for recognition as a serious creative personality — are all traceable to faulty production decisions and a direction willing to settle for easy second - or third - best solutions instead of seeking the most effective means of staging, shooting, and mounting a scene.

While the film runs a bit too long, and the heartstring tugging becomes overwrought, overall this family melodrama about a devastating illness and the freak accident that cured it is surprisingly effective, even for those of little faith.

Pair this with some simply astounding animation, exceedingly effective sound - work and an in - obtrusive yet memorable soundtrack, and I find myself writing about yet another film that I can't find a flaw with.

It's a film, to some extent about fathers, with both Neville and Spencer competing for Eric's soul with Oliver (Rupert Friend), a well - meaning middle - class therapist whose experimental anger management classes might prove to be effective, if only prison bureaucracy gets out of his way.

It is with immense reluctance and about a million caveats that we give «Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice» a spot on this list, but there's no denying it's an effective piece of marketing for one of the bigger post - «Star Wars» films of 2016.

Based on true events in the resistance against the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, the film is so effective at its generic thrills, the suspense and action sequences and quiet moments of melancholy patriotism and laments for lost comrades that form the core of the resistance / war film, everything from For Whom the Bell Tolls to Army of Shadows, that one almost doesn't notice that she's radically revised one of the most masculine of genres into a story about the unbreakability of women.

But this shouldn't stop audiences looking for some quick, almost bloodless fun from seeing the film, as it does have a winning cast and a surprising amount of effective humor that leaves you feeling pretty good about the experience.

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.

The film is structured with a series of flashbacks and flashforwards, keeping the audience in doubt as to the exact chain of events until a chronology starts building up to a terrible end — this structure, standout performances from everyone involved, and an enormously effective soundscape combine to make this one of the most terrifying pictures about parenthood ever made.

As such, it's a film that's predominately about grief, and most effective when that's what it's focusing on: as much as the characters try to hide or repress it, the loss haunts them — and smartly, it's not just Eleanor and Conor who are bleeding, but their parents and friends too.

The Square is a taut and effective, smartly written film that makes no misstep or wrong choice, even though it is about a group of people who can do nothing but.

There's something to be said about the minimal — though effective — violence that is shown throughout the film and how it's so matter of fact when visible on screen.

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