Sentences with phrase «emotional punch by»

Teresa Margolles's Plancha (2010) is at first view a seemingly innocent minimalist sculpture, but it packs an intense emotional punch by its provocative use of bodily substances and its evocation of traumatic events.

Eschewing dialogue, the game delivers its emotional punch by mixing first - person gameplay with arresting transitions predicated on cinematic editing techniques.

Not exact matches

moments, and it works very well, but don't walk into it thinking you're getting It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, because the show packs a heavy emotional punch as well; I found myself feeling genuine compassion and sympathy for Grace and Frankie, and was even a little misty - eyed by the end of the pilot, as anger, resentment, and bitterness gave way to cautious optimism.

Much of the film's emotional punch comes from the ever - optimistic Dug and his relationships with three key supporting characters: caveman tribe chief Chief (Timothy Spall), who admits he's old for... 32, Goona, a female football phenom who Dug digs (she's voiced by Maisie Williams of «Game of Thrones») and Hognob, Dug's pig pal, who's much more than a pet (he's got a little Gromit in him).

While you are at once charmed by the whimsy and romance, there's still a gut punch of emotional rawness just waiting to be delivered.

Indeed, while the movie's most direct emotional punches are landed by black - and - white re-enactments of the Champ's bouts with legends like Rocky Marciano and Jake La Motta, its primary strength is the story of a reporter's byline - driven bout with his own conscience.

Trust's script, by Andy Bellin and Robert Festinger, pulls no punches and director Schwimmer elicits uniformly excellent performances from his cast, but even as we follow the emotional heart of the story — and realize that rape may not be the worst thing that's happened to Annie.

It doesn't pack the emotional punch of IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER or MY LEFT FOOT, but Irish director Jim Sheridan's third collaboration with actor Daniel Day - Lewis offers an intriguing portrait of a man trapped by his own past.

Part old - fashioned Hollywood up - by - the - bootstraps plot and part angry young product of the ugly underbelly of foster care, it's a film that delves far deeper than expected and packs a real emotional punch.

«Manchester by the Sea» Despite all the emotional gut punches that this movie delivers, it's final moments offer hope, forgiveness, and that well - deserved light at the end of the tunnel for those who've had tragedy and depression consume them.

Directed by Richie Adams (Of Mind and Music), American is a character - driven drama which packs quite an emotional punch, given its duration of less than 18 minutes.

One important moment late (sorry, major spoiler if I were to reveal it) in the film is handled very well by Yates from a cinematic point of view, but it curiously is not as emotional in punch as the scene would merit.

Developed by Sucker Punch Productions, inFAMOUS 2 takes last summer's blockbuster to all - new heights in an immersive open world action adventure that offers a more visceral, emotional and powerful take on the true superhero experience.

My biggest gripe is the songs — they're all too similar and formulaic; designed by committee — starting with a quiet talky bit, rapidly build into a punch - the - air, feelgood and uplifting sing - a-long major - key chorus, then ending with a more emotional talky bit.

The Claim is director Michael Winterbottom's second shot at filming a novel by Thomas Hardy (Frank Cottrell Boyce's screenplay takes its inspiration from Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge), but this effort lacks the devastating emotional punch of his previous adaptation, 1995's Jude.

This brave and unique method is presented by delivering long, unedited and uninterrupted takes purely focused on the actor's face's offering some daring, unflinching and personal performances, both beautiful and tragic, packing a real, raw emotional punch.

However, thanks to sensitive direction by Petrie, the result is a thoroughly involving movie that doesn't resort to violence, sex or schmaltz to pack an emotional punch.

Factual liberties are going to be taken by filmmakers searching for the right mix of and accuracy and emotional punch.

«Inside Out» comes from Pete Docter, the helmer of that film, and looks from footage so far to be vintage Pixar fare, matching bright, inventive visuals, jokes and a real emotional punch, plus a great voice cast led by Amy Poehler.

Rick is in a perpetual state of punch - drunk spiritual crisis, surrounded by gorgeous women who glom onto his status, wealth and handsome looks until his emotional ineptness becomes too much to bear, at which point they make way for the next batch of girls to grab at his pants.

[Tries not to think about Star - Lord ruining his own carefully constructed plan to remove the Infinity Gauntlet from Thanos's hand by getting overly emotional and PUNCHING THANOS OUT OF MANTIS's SLEEP SPELL.]

It's casual cruelty implemented as an easy way to deliver a quick emotional punch to the player by presenting attacks on characters specifically designed to appear pitifully vulnerable.

While Uncharted 4 sticks to the series» guns by offering the light - hearted action romp fans deserve, The Last of Us still stands out to me as Naughty Dog's greatest story ever told - but I'm more a fan of emotional gut - punches and high - tension drama.

Other artists haven't fared as well, their works either compromised by the space (Rachel Whiteread's Embankment, stacks of cast cardboard boxes that lacked the emotional punch a smaller space would have provided) or flawed by choosing to square up to its epic scale.

This is so revealing to me, that even in a controlled setting, getting the aggression out by physically hitting something — a drum, a pillow, a «punching buddy» — does nothing to aid in long - term emotional regulation, but actually can make the situation worse.

Brain research suggests that the part of the brain that processes an emotional assault is the same part that processes a physical assault, so when an individual is verbally assaulted by a partner, the brain responds as though he or she is being punched in the stomach, prompting the same toxic mix of fear and rage.