Sentences with phrase «film about the plight»

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Halvorssen produced The Sugar Babies, [68] a film about human trafficking in the Dominican Republic and the plight of its migrant farm workers.

None of the characters are called by real names, neither in the film nor in the script, for reasons that one can only speculate about, further distancing these characters and their plights by being impersonal.

The most kindred film in feeling I can think of would be Bachelor Party and while that early Tom Hanks vehicle played raunch and gender politics purely for laughs, this one wants you to think and feel about its men and their plight.

Chronicling the plight of two particular vessels for the problems of others, the film ensures every instance of parity is punctuated by constant thematic reinforcement about their shared plight.

The lack of action and suspense within the proceedings becomes increasingly problematic as the film progresses, as the viewer is never entirely given a reason to care about Tom's plight - as screenwriter Matthew Aldrich disguises such deficiencies by piling on one complication after another.

It's a credit to the film's sober, down - to - earth tone that Lars And The Real Girl isn't as insufferably precious as it sounds; everyone onscreen cares enough about Gosling's plight to keep the story's basic ridiculousness from seeming too cartoonish.

Then we chat with Kelly Reichardt about her latest film, Night Moves, which charts the plight of three extreme environmentalists.