Sentences with phrase «endearing film»

Winner of the best narrative feature at the SXSW Film Festival, TINY FURNITURE is a hilarious and endearing film that explores the depths of romantic humiliation and the heights of post-college confusion.

Although the plot sounds cliched, the astute execution make this a wonderfully surprising and endearing film that could make you laugh at the same time that it breaks your heart.

All in all, it's a tense, endearing film where you're willing the main character to survive and make it home safely - think Cast Away in space.

Saving Mr. Banks is respectful and endearing film.

Charming lead performances help make this happen and turn it into a sweet and endearing film.

Definitions of family, love and friendship all get put to the test with wit and warmth in The Kids Are All Right, one of the year's most honest and endearing films.

I generally like smart, funny women but I find myself at best indifferent to Ms. Fey and seeing Carrell hijack a recent TO episode to insert a not so subtle plug for this movie did little to endear this film to me.

Occasionally uneven, this is nevertheless one of the brothers» most endearing films, with a climax involving a gun and an inhaler that is quite possibly the single funniest thing they ever did, at least until the whole of Burn After Reading.

A great supporting cast of character actors and an epic (and comic) boxing match round out The Quiet Man into one of the most entertaining and endearing films John Ford ever made.

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Furthermore, she never does the irritating «feisty» or «sassy» or «uppity» shtick that endeared the all - female Ghostbusters reboot of 2016 to feminist film critics but to no one else.

It's pure wish fulfillment in a film and utterly endearing.

A big success by director Tom McGrath, and writers Alan J. Schoolcraft and Brent Simon was keeping the film light and fun by remembering that characters — even villains — must always be endearing and loveable to the audience.

So the long story short for The Darjeeling Limited is this: It's not nearly as endearing or as fun as the aforementioned films.

But even though the film revolves around the now all - too - familiar characters Herz has matured them in a way that still makes them both amusing and endearing.

To endear it to mainstream audiences Spielberg concentrates on Schindler's inspirational story and alongside the evil, we also get glimpses of humanity throughout, which allow the viewer to make it through the film.

James Franco is unbelievably perfect as Tommy Wiseau, and his brother Dave Franco is an endearing Greg Sestero, but it's all the people around them that make this film so special.

An endearing and lovable film in spite of the fact that it practically drips sap.

Director Tom McGrath plus writers Alan J. Schoolcraft and Brent Simon deserve credit for keeping the film light and fun by remembering that characters — even villains — must always be endearing and loveable to the audience.

From her start as a Tromette along side Troma founder and creator of «The Toxic Avenger» Lloyd Kaufman, to her starring roles in such films as «Tromeo and Juliet» and «Terror Firmer,» Debbie Rochon has endeared herself to film fans around the world.

Formulaic, cheesy with its fluff and histrionics, - to the point of superficializing a sense of narrative weight, and inconsistent with its tone, pacing and overall structure, this film falls as a pretty forgettable war drama, flavored up by the decent visual style, worthy subject matter, lively direction and endearing performances which secure Jesse Hibbs» «To Hell and Back» as an almost thoroughly entertaining and sometimes effective, if ultimately underwhelming account of Audie Murphy's struggles as a farm boy - turned - military man.

If nothing else, the film is pretty entertaining, and when dramatic highlights come into play, glimpses into what could have been sparks brightly enough to help endear, maybe not thoroughly enough for the final product to reward, but decidedly enough to hold a fair deal of your attention in this improvable character study.

Filmed with uncomplicated precision and a keen eye for the slightly surreal, «Trees Lounge» augurs well for future Buscemi efforts and remains one of the most endearing indie pics of recent years.

Visceral action (including an opening sequence that masterfully sets the tone for the rest of the film); a sharply written and directed script; rich, dynamic characters; and, as promised, the world's cutest cat (other than yours if you have one) combine to create a gut - busting, endearing, salty - sweet, and highly re-watchable comedy.

That's a shame, as this film could have really been something, yet as things stand, it endears in spite of its flaws, partly with a certain artistic taste.

It's hard to say if Volver is a great film — hard because every woman and girl in it is so damned endearing (the men are either impediments or bystanders to the real business of life)-- but safe to say it's right up there with Mr. Almodóvar's best.

The film never really resonates, but there is something to kind of enjoy in Andrew Fleming's directorial perk, which at least begets an adequate pace that in turn begets some entertainment value which actually may be endearing enough to get those with patience by.

Cameron «s superb action direction and stunning visual effects — plus Schwarzenegger «s ultimately endearing (yes, endearing) performance — will blast every other summer film to kingdom come.

The longtime character actor's droopy, distinctive features and endearing onscreen warmth have kept him a familiar figure in both film and television.

A twist in the third act adds a meta and surprisingly emotional spin to everything we've already seen; in a film industry littered with projects explicitly capitalizing on moviegoer's nostalgia, The Lego Movie gets there with efficiency and a relentless, consistently endearing good humor.

Direction is generally dully cold, but if it does resonate something, then it's typically a sheer sense of ambition that, I must admit, is pretty endearing, maybe not to where the film is saved, but decidedly to where the film comes close to being saved.

Be prepared for a level of vulgarity that hugs the film like a warm blanket, firmly rooting it in a state of suspended adolescence in which it dares you to find something endearing in our antiheroine, and often succeeds.

Steven Spielberg has a laundry list of signature visual moments one could cull from his films, but what made his work so endearing to people were the stories he told.

Trades the earlier films» endearing buffoonery for a cheap nastiness reminiscent of writers (and first - time directors) Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley's «Horrible Bosses.»

2016 NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL: Clever and beautifully endearing, Mike Mills «beautiful portrait of five people in the late 1970s is one of the year's most glamorous efforts.

The surprise star is Eileen Atkins, the most endearing person in the film who is at once insightful yet optimistic about the mystery of life.

When his titular character is forced to stop living his life in his head and starting embracing adventure instead, his film may become the embodiment of its encouraging message, but it also endears in its earnestness — rampant, repetitive clichés and all.

«A street - racing blockbuster about traffic cops» is one of the more endearing action - film premises in recent memory, and in terms of conceptual scale alone it seems a refreshing rejoinder to the genre's rather exhausting penchant for maximalism.

Continuing Falcone's bizarre penchant for making films that don't acknowledge any flaws in his wife's characters, Deanna is continually portrayed as endearing for her clumsy attempts to reintegrate into youth culture, with nearly every character constantly reminding her of just how loveable she is.

There are some nice visual elements that accentuate their relationship, but they are not enough to give their romance definition.The film spends so much time with visual cues to remind the audience why Casey is doing all of this for that it turns from endearing to nagging.

The Final Frontier is widely regarded as the worst example, but Star Trek films are very much like the series; the ones you thought were brilliant at the time date really, REALLY quickly, yet the awful ones just seem to become more and more endearing!

This was an innovative film, and it can still at least be respected for that, make no mistake, even if its touches will always be questionable, and yet, there have been much greater artistic misfires, with this misguided opus being well - drawn enough as an artistic endeavor and chilling drama to endear, despite being challenging.

Adding excitement to the project beyond all the thinkpieces the media can run about what this means for diversity in cinema is the fact that Black Panther is written and directed by Ryan Coogler, a young filmmaker who followed his acclaimed debut Fruitvale Station with a successful studio film in the endearing Creed.

In one of the film's most endearing scenes, Arthur dances with childlike enthusiasm at a «Death Of Glitter» tribute concert.

That's about right - it's a nice film, passed the time pleasantly, Clooney is quite endearing - but am amazed at the awards buzz it's been getting.

Although ostensibly an ensemble piece, the male relationship cum rivalry eventually becomes the film's emotional core, and with Stiller diminutive beside Driver's towering frame, Josh and Jamie make for an endearing odd couple in matching wing - tip shoes.

Cindy and Jim Green come across badly at the beginning, although they become more endearing as the film progresses.

As the dandy M. Gustave, Ralph Fiennes is at his most endearing, and his interactions with Tony Revolori «s Lobby Boy are as charming as the film itself.

Even the few redeeming aspects like Armie Hammer «s endearing performance and director Gore Verbinski «s skill at putting together set pieces can't stop the film from feeling like being dragged through the desert rather than a rousing ride through canyons and vistas.

The 42nd Toronto film festival was notable for its strong showing of female talent — not least an endearing coming - of - age comedy directed by Greta Gerwig

The real standout, though, is Dwayne Johnson, whose performance is so endearing, so magnetic and so funny that we may justifiably deem Pain and Gain his true breakout film.