Sentences with phrase «endearing performance of»

Not exact matches

That's because Gibson, onceknown as Boobie only to his mother, endeared himself to LeBron James - obsessedCleveland fans with his 21 - and 31 - point performances off the bench inGames ¬ † 4 and ¬ † 6 of the Eastern Conference finals against thePistons.

Their performances were endearing and well - acted, and they always stayed on key, but that's about the extent of the praise I can offer them.

a small, quiet love story of sorts that takes place in the temporal / political outskirts of the vietnam conflict with understated but endearing performances.

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.

When the dance is finally beat, Robert Baker... or Alabama, there's something endearing enough about the pretty points in cinematography and score work, touching occasions in entertainingly well - paced direction, interesting spots in a colorful story, and across - the - board decent performances - especially the one by Evan Rachel Wood - for the final product to border on decent, ultimately falling under the overwhelming weight of the glaring tonal and narrative incoherencies, flat humor, dramatic contrivances, problematic themes, even more problematic leads, ridiculous story and onslaught of clichés which render Andrew Fleming's «Barefoot» an occasionally charming, but mostly mediocrely misguided romantic dramedy.

His performance alternately eccentric and endearing, Cranston injected the role with the perfect balance of fatherly weirdness and down - to - earth charm, and the series embarked on a healthy run.

Riva and Trintignant are veterans of European cinema — she was in «Hiroshima, mon amour» and «Three Colors: Blue»; he was in «Z» and «A Man and a Woman» — and their natural, unaffected performances are so realistically endearing that we're liable to overlook how difficult they are for an actor to achieve.

Christie plays the role of the opium - dependent Mrs. Miller with a mix of vulnerability and ferocious strength, while Beatty brings a bumbling, endearing quality to his performance as McCabe.

The talented actress - turned - director Joan Chen (Xiu Xiu) should get the lion's share of the credit as to why what would ordinarily be a routine tearjerker works somewhat, along with an endearing performance by Ryder.

Sean Penn delivers one of the best performances of his career as one of Allen's most self - absorbed yet most endearing anti heroes.

Just as concurrent with the brothers Coen is Saulnier's slick sense of jet - black humour, exploiting Macon Blair's endearing everyman performance to the magnificently macabre end of sanguine slapstick and aggressive absurdism.

ust as concurrent with the brothers Coen is Saulnier's slick sense of jet - black humour, exploiting Macon Blair's endearing everyman performance to the magnificently macabre end of sanguine slapstick and aggressive absurdism.

With an endearing performance by Dennis Christopher (It, Doppelganger) in the lead role, as well as a great supporting cast that includes Dennis Quaid (Dreamscape, Innerspace), Paul Dooley (Runaway Bride, Crazy Little Thing), and an Oscar - nominated role for Barbara Barrie (Private Benjamin, Real Men), there's no shortage of cast chemistry to be found.

Whilst the first film was praised by critics for its innocent hmour and boasted endearing performances from Jim Carrey, at the height of his career, and Jeff Bridges, George Byrne of the Herald says the second offering is a «horrible, horrible sequel».

Wonder is a perfect compliment to his breakout, tour de force performance in Room, and even the oddly endearing The Book of Henry.

Worthwhile for Dan Fogler's breakout performance alone, as he comes across like an endearing combination of Johns Belushi and Candy.

Precocious but unpretentious, funny but not fully in on the joke, Franco has a disarmingly endearing personality, and he brings all of that and more to this performance.

The ending fell flat but the rest of the movie was sharp, witty, endearing, and heartfelt with solid performances from the entire cast.

Culkin proves to be a much greater talent than his has - been older brother in the showier of the two main roles, but the real discovery is Henson, whose performance is made all the more endearing and heartbreaking by its remarkable warmth and subtlety.

More than either of these elements, however, 20th Century Women is a film powered by the studied, instinctual, and endlessly endearing performances at its core.

However, director Stephen Frears and co-writers Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope take this simple logline (based on a true story) and run with it in complete earnestness, crafting a sweet, thoughtful, and endearing story of guilt, redemption, and friendship that is buoyed by a remarkable performance from Judi Dench and excellent chemistry between the actress and her co-star, Steve Coogan.

It may not have the emotional resonance of a Pixar movie, but with its playful premise, endearing performances and outstanding score by Alexandre Desplat, «Pets» is fun, family -(and animal --RRB- friendly fare.

Twitter had endless jokes to make about the pairing of Eisenberg and Segel in a film about David Foster Wallace, but The End of the Tour gets the last laugh with each of them pulling off remarkably interesting and endearing performances in a film that feels more than anything like two writers waxing vulnerably about staving off impostor syndrome.

The youthful exuberance and curiosity of both Hogarth and the Iron Giant are incredibly endearing, a quality bolstered by the vocal performances of Marienthal and Diesel.

THE GOOD: Gene Wilder's masterfully funny performance, Peter Boyle's endearing portrayal of the monster, the lush black and white photography, a great song and dance number, Gene Hackman (The French Connection, Bonnie and Clyde) as the blind man, Mel Brooks» adept direction, and some genuinely hilarious sight gags and characters.

As for the lead performance, Quvenzhane Wallis is quite endearing as the latest incarnation of Annie, right from the opening scene where she ostensibly takes the proverbial baton from a freckle - faced redhead (Taylor Richardson) resembling all the other actresses who've previously played the part.

Wilder keeps the film zipping along, and has three absolute comic hurricanes in his leads — Curtis cool as anything as he darts between identities, Lemmon gloriously funny in his interaction with smitten millionaire Joe E. Brown, and Monroe endlessly endearing and dunder - headed (no matter how many takes it legendarily took Wilder to get the performance out of her).

Best characterised as a melding of «Allo «Allo with Star Trek, the film revels in broad performances and a high - school kind of kitsch that's endearing enough and would have taken the film to Galaxy Quest levels if it only had some decent gags.

Julia Roberts turns in an engaging, if less than endearing, performance in the lead role of Liz, a terminally - introspective playwright / journalist stuck in an unhappy marriage.

He delivers one of the most endearing and charismatic performances of his career and happens to have a moment in the film where his expression is solely focussed on, as he hears about the tragic and abusive events that took place.

Following up her fearless performance in Unfaithful, the endearing Lane makes a perfect Frances, one of the few «low - maintenance» Hollywood stars who looks like a real person, and yet stunning at the same time.

Yet no Mustang endears itself to the right foot quite like the 2011 Shelby GT500, the pinnacle of pony performance.

That's hardly the sort of performance that would endear it to conservative investors.

The LA - based performance and video artist, Hirsch, will be performing the new work which «delves into the predicament of her recent marriage, a growing addiction to pornography, and an endearing bitterness for sex positive feminism.»

The act of drinking takes on an air of performance, accompanied by full orchestral renderings of Edward Elgar's «Pomp and Circumstance» and Edvard Grieg's idyllic «Morning,» and the somber scene becomes an endearing comedy.