Sentences with phrase «emotional heft by»

Not exact matches

But when it emerged that «Monster House» creator Gil Kenan was set to take charge, The prospects of «Poltergeist» improved immeasurably: his films have precisely the right blend of spooky thrills, oddball invention and emotional heft to suit this story of a young girl abducted by vengeful ghosts.

Kenan's films have precisely the right blend of spooky thrills, oddball invention and emotional heft to suit this story of a young girl abducted by vengeful ghosts.

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.

Buoyed by clever takes on undead lore and charmingly dorky puns, the film earns its emotional heft through inspired characterizations and centuries of starch - collared melancholy.

Overall, Running With Scissors is a mess, but one that's made watchable by its Oscar - worthy performances and the emotional heft of its mother - son storyline.

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

Montages are used to show the passing of time and as such pass by too quickly to attach any sort of emotional heft to them.

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.

In previous works like The Siege and The Club Dumas, the poignancy and emotional devastation was a by - product of the tightly knit story, while in this book the emotional revelations feel like an adjunct to the plot, tacked on to give the derring - do of the almost 500 pages an emotional heft.

DayZ managed to claw its way out of the pack by rolling out a sprawling open world, a compelling crafting system and gripping emergent storylines that can match the emotional heft of The Walking Dead for those who dedicate themselves to the world.