45 minutes of outrageous situation comedy with hilarious consequences, 45 minutes of gut wrenching and heart
felt emotional drama, 45 minutes of impeccable acting from its two leads, who's on - screen chemistry (excuse the pun) has garnered them with a total of 4 Emmy's, and 45 minutes (im about to come back full circle here) of impossible to predict story lines that make the twists and turns in shows like Lost and Fringe genuinely feel like amateur hour.
Not exact matches
Of course, a documentary shouldn't manufacture
drama or manipulate
feelings, but Unlocking the Cage is a bit rudderless, without a real
emotional centre.
While still fantastic, Dory delved a little too far down the
emotional drama pipe and at times
felt suffocating.
At times, the film
feels to be a straight
drama, exploring the
emotional arcs of Assaf and Tamar on their respective journeys.
He is a master conductor who plays scenes like symphonies of
feelings, continuing long past the narrative point has been established to express the
emotional intensity of the characters and situations, and to add moments of pure grace to the mighty
drama.
An adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel, Never Let Me Go is a
drama that reaches for a strong
emotional resonance, but
feels cold at times.
It can be hypocritical when filmmakers bemoan the
emotional immaturity of their male characters, when they have chosen not to tell the story of the poor bastards who have grown up and settled down, presumably because they
feel the best
drama or comedy is found in the lives of those who haven't.
I also
felt there wasnt a lot left to say after the initial
drama and the film - makers solution seemed to be, to create hoaky set ups were
emotional manipulation was the key, which for me
felt weak and didn't always work effectively.