Sentences with phrase «emotional heft»

The charm, humor, and emotional heft of Henry made me buy into the premise, and had me believing that anything was possible.

Alice Through the Looking Glass doesn't clear the CGI cobwebs or successfully anchor any of its new events with emotional heft.

Thanks to a storyline that bestows more humanity on the living objects populating the castle, the supporting cast provides more emotional heft as well.

This not only invites viewers into this community, but gives its scenes where one or two characters are isolated more emotional heft.

The first of five new films in the Harry Potter universe combines enthralling visuals with surprising emotional heft

Shannon's performance is fully committed, but Nichols» direction of the scene adds emotional heft to what could be merely a showcase for his actor's magnetism.

As it bounces from one family to the next, A Bad Moms Christmas gradually devolves into a set of loosely connected vignettes, spreading itself thin and subsequently leaving most of the on - screen relationships feeling too undeveloped to carry much emotional heft.

His choices, an eclectic assortment of songs, lend the film emotional heft while controlling its tone.

The Good Dinosaur: Pixar's dinosaur - themed Western adventure has an original concept and disarming emotional heft and features the most impressive visuals in animated cinema to date.

In effect, while all of Daldry's films carry enough emotional heft and weepy sentiment to make even Sophie's Choice feel like a happy - go - lucky walk in the park by comparison, none seem particularly necessary.

They explore uncomfortable topics such as racism, recession, mental health and troubling personal beliefs in a truly unnerving way, but also deliver huge emotional heft by imbuing in their characters with a convincing vulnerability.

(His commitment to the world of Her gave real emotional heft, for example, to a scene where a man makes love to his operating system, a scene that in lesser artists» hands would have read as silly.)

The film's virtually a solo effort for much of the running time, and Bullock (who won four years back for «The Blind Side «-RRB- is doing something different here from the bulk of her work in the last few decades (you have to go back to «Speed» for its closest counterpart, and there's much greater emotional heft here).

The end result is a profound work of genuine emotional heft — two hours of hope surrounded by the worst conceit imaginable.

The script adheres rather closely to Collins» novel — no surprise there since she co-wrote it with Ross and Billy Ray — although it does truncate some of the subplots that give the book its greatest emotional heft as well as soften the brutal violence of the games themselves, ostensibly in the name of securing a PG - 13 rating.

Despite an occasionally stilted pace and a few cartoonish touches (Molly Shannon plays Rachel's mom with a broad sexual frustration that clashes with the rest of the material), Earl develops a rare emotional heft, particularly when Greg is pressured to make Rachel an original film.

«A work with true emotional heft that highlights what Donoghue hammered home so effectively in her breathtaking book.»

The candid manner in which Samantha Cameron discusses her deceased son, Ivan, gives the piece emotional heft and lifts it above the standard fayre.

Lena's very single sister Maya (Diane Farr) adds some necessary sass to the proceedings, but also brings emotional heft as she begins to question whether motherhood is in her future.

I'm certain few will want to say goodbye to the admired franchise, but the production has secured a superb finish that's elegant and carries significant emotional heft.

The bulk of the movie's emotional heft revolves around these key players, with various supporting roles showing up in the latter half of the film to offer support and their condolences to the shattered man.

As they take to the road pursued by all manner of miscreants, Logan, the professor and the girl become an unlikely multigenerational group, and the conversations Logan and Xavier have about family, disappointment and responsibility have surprising emotional heft behind them.

It is not concerned with the wider political issues of the period, but a little more specificity would certainly help the film, as both its lack of nuance and persistent plotting issues frequently undermine much of the potential emotional heft.

In one sequence, Martin explains that he had to tell his wife to come to bed every night, otherwise she would stay up working until 4 a.m., sometimes 6 a.m. To see her husband support her and never feel any sort of jealousy in her successes gives the film some serious emotional heft.

Yet what gives «Faces, Places» additional emotional heft is the collection of people they meet along the way.

The whole thing feels weightless, a series of comedy sketches peppered with a few fun cameos, but there's nothing with any real physical or even emotional heft.

But it's also a complete blast, and it manages to have a surprising amount of emotional heft without being heavy - handed.

But for a role that requires rich emotional heft, she lacks the physical stature of Korean divas like Bae Doo - na or the range and refinement of Jeon Do - yeon.

All of the Rocky sequels function as remakes of the first film to one degree or another, but Rocky Balboa and Creed gain emotional heft by the years they let accumulate in between their revivals of old plot points.

But while DiCaprio painfully conveys Glass» turmoil and intense resolve as he goes after the odious fur trapper John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy, in the film's best performance), there's an absence of emotional heft at points.

It's been 18 months and two more viewings since I was first wowed by Andrea Arnold's sink - estate drama, and Fassbender's is the performance that reveals more at each turn: as the kindly boyfriend of the teen protagonist's neglectful mother, his delicate negotiation of the queasy divide between parental and sexual impulse gives the film its messy emotional heft, but he's responsible for some unexpected stabs of joy too.

It also possesses the same emotional heft as Doerr's bestseller — and hey, we already know you like books by authors named Anthony!

Slowly, though, larger pieces started to fall into place, and lively characters developed formidable emotional heft.

And as her subjects become more serious, her essays deliver not just laughs but lasting emotional heft and insight.

The TV set plays Thomas's moving film about her mother, «Happy Birthday to a Beautiful Woman,» offering a back story that gives the initially silly pair of shining Crocs a new emotional heft.

(Hitch added emotional heft to both Cary Grant and grizzled war veteran Jimmy Stewart.)

That description doesn't prepare you for the philosophical scope and emotional heft of

Vikander has the less showy role, but her character is more three - dimensional and gives the film emotional heft.

«The Good Dinosaur» has an original concept, disarming emotional heft and the most impressive visuals in animated cinema to date.

Though beautifully, painstakingly designed, several passages drag, and glimpses back into Wonka's fractured adolescent relationship with his father don't carry enough emotional heft to make them seem relevant to the here and now.

The puzzles possess a depth which betray Dan's age and the story provides real emotional heft.»

While the film has the same funhouse feel as «Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,» it carries far more emotional heft — thanks in large part to Wasikowska's soulful performance.

While Reeves and Pacino hammed it up she played it straight, and in among the CG wreckage, gave surprising emotional heft to the part of a woman gradually losing her sanity.

But there's emotional heft here, too.

Naturally Shay's turn to the Templars brings him into conflict with the brothers and sisters of his previous life, a driving force behind the narrative that's never given the true emotional heft it needs, especially toward the closing stages of the tale.

The film doesn't clear the CGI cobwebs or successfully anchor any of its new events with emotional heft.

His films carry so much emotional heft, and pairing him with «Frozen» songwriters Kristen Anderson - Lopez and Robert Lopez to write the film's songs (we're calling it now: «Remember Me» will win the Oscar for Best Original Song) was a stroke of genius.