Sentences with phrase «emotional kick»

This may be a relatively straightforward documentary about a lengthy legal case, but it carries such a powerful emotional kick that it forces the audience to see the bigger picture.

While it's not quite on the level of 2016's first side story, Rogue One, which offered a genuine emotional kick, Solo is an endorphin rush of a Star Wars movie.

Suzanne Collins» saga comes to a suitably epic conclusion in a climactic series of battles that are packed with emotional kicks to the gut.

That idea might possess real emotional kick if Garland actually invested in Lena's relationship (some brief flashbacks can't shoulder that weight alone), or resisted drowning every scene in Tarkovsky torpor.

With a massive emotional kick, this Belgian drama combines exhilarating hopefulness with bitter realism.

With a strongly nostalgic tone, Kerrigan gives this subtly understated thriller a provocative emotional kick.

With its homemade effects and strong emotional kick, this film feels almost like a Michel Gondry movie.

The narrative is a strong piece of writing from Sumner, however, with a nice emotional kick to the end.

Earthbound might have been one of my earliest emotional kicks as a kid, but there were plenty of other games too.

It can help alleviate cramps and give you an emotional kick, too.

Sugar is a fast track to pleasure for the brain, and so, if we're in the grips of sugar, it may seem like an insurmountable goal to stop the cycle of addiction, because we get a chemical - emotional kick - back every time we take a taste.

The film's indie vibe and quirkiness prevent it from being a truly immersive experience, but the superb performances from Plummer and McGregor provide an emotional kick nevertheless.

As with all his Potter films, Yates never shies away from showing blood or carnage when appropriate, and the emotional kick the film delivers in its more intense and upsetting moments is all the more potent because the violence goes unsanitised.

Fear not, KUNG FU PANDA 2 is still essentially a lighthearted affair, although I appreciate the effort that's been made to give it a bit more of an emotional kick this time around, which is more than the last few SHREK films ever tried to accomplish.

Nonetheless, there is a plodding sentimentality and predictability here which stop the film from having the emotional kick that might have been expected.

Almost overwhelming in its emotional kick, this documentary about the San Francisco Aids epidemic is so intensely personal that it's sometimes difficult to watch.

Operating on several levels, this engaging documentary holds our attention with eye - opening information and pulse - quickening action, but what makes it unmissable is its emotional kick.

A minimalist approach to serious drama gives this film its emotional kick, even as it prevents it from really grappling with the serious issues in the story.

He's remains completely restrained (even when demonstrating Karate to an amazed Nixon), avoiding all temptations to veer into stereotypes, and even has two showcase dramatic monologues that provide an emotional kick.

Ralph Macchio is excellent («the best around,» you might say) and this movie delivers a roundhouse of an emotional kick.

ends up producing the emotional kick to the head it ultimately does during its final moments.

For some people, the rational idea that over time they could pay less money and be done faster just doesn't pack the emotional kick that paying off a credit card quickly does.