Sentences with phrase «emotional center of the movie»

Joey appears as a character in Buckley's novel, but Reitman has made Naylor's warm relationship with his son (played by ubiquitous child actor Cameron Bright) the emotional center of the movie.

Not exact matches

That Pimlico match in»38 is the emotional center of the picture, the most artful racing movie Hollywood has ever done.

And while the movie's obvious highlight comes with Roma's brutal dressing - down of Kevin Spacey's officious manager, Mamet's screenplay affords virtually all of the actors their moment in the sun - with Lemmon's sad - sack of a character ultimately standing as the film's emotional center (ie despite his exceedingly slimy actions, Levene becomes a figure worthy of the viewer's sympathy).

It's mystifying that a movie that represents the great synthesis of so many long - established storylines should attempt to locate its emotional center in the (to put it charitably) fraught relationship between Thanos, whom we've only just met after all, and Gamora (Zoe Saldana), a character whose interiority fails to register, and who has yet to define herself beyond «resident badass.»

The real difference between the two movies is that Bernie finds a more cohesive balance between the craziness of the story and a solid emotional center.

It's a well - edited piece that doesn't spoil any of the films but is still able to bring across each movie's emotional center.

The strong central friendship between Frances and her best friend Sophie (Mickey Sumner) keeps a center of emotional truth that the movie can revolve around; Frances gets to be flighty, sure, but also principled and wounded and talented (it's a minor miracle that her chosen career of modern dance is not only not ridiculed but ultimately allowed to help tell Frances's story) and kind and fun and funny.

His distinctive baritone and signature handlebar mustache are front - and - center in this drama about a fading movie star grappling with the emotional wreckage of his life.