Sentences with phrase «film as a disappointment»

While this is a major plus for «An Unexpected Journey,» yet again, it solidifies the full film as a disappointment.

Though Disney's «Star Wars: The Last Jedi» has grossed more than $ 1.32 billion worldwide since its release in mid-December, some observers have nonetheless pegged the film as a disappointment, given the lofty expectations.

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The actress, who is serving as a jury panelist for the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, spoke publicly about her disappointment at the depiction of women in this year's films, saying, «I do hope that when we include more female storytellers, we will have more of the women that I recognize in my day - to - day life.

That's not to say that leading man Steve Martin isn't good - he's as wacky and occasionally funny as he's been in recent years - but given how effective he used to be in films like Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Parenthood, that he's essentially become another Eddie Murphy is certainly a disappointment.

Mostly seen as a disappointment in Turkey, Climates tells a much more low - scale story compared to Ceylan's previous films.

The Cloverfield Paradox is an unholy mess... As the film bumbles from one confusingly mounted scene to the next, disappointment turns to boredom.

This film was not as cohesive nor as funny as the first, and it was a disappointment for both Reubens and his fans.

This is a particular disappointment given that the actress gave, to my mind, the most grownup performance of her career as the wife of a military man lost and presumed dead in the 2009 film Brothers.

Since some films with as much to live up to have managed to do so in recent years, I wasn't setting myself up for certain disappointment.

They were all hyped as the hot new horror film and I found them to be dismal disappointments.

The film's disappointments lie not so much in Almodovar's controlled, respectful direction as in the strange gaps and displacements of his screenplay, which never seems to supply the scenes we most want to see.

Though Con Air was a disappointment from a critical perspective, it was the top box - office action film of the year and audiences thrilled to the kinetic action sequences that also cemented Nicolas Cage's abilities as a viable action star (following on the heels of Bay's previous mega-hit The Rock [1996]-RRB-.

An important film for star Jennifer Aniston, showcasing a depth previously untapped, this quietly impactful comedy drama about small town disappointment also allowed Reilly to shine as her misunderstood husband.

[Watch the trailer for true story - inspired The Disappointments Room right HERE] Disturbia director D.J. Caruso returns to the horror genre with a haunted house film that was inspired by true events in The Disappointments Room, a psychological thriller that they are saying is in the same vein as The Shining.

Italian director Paolo Sorrentino's first English language film This Must Be the Place was a drifting disappointment, but when his follow - up, The Great Beauty, wowed the cinemagoing world (and won the Foreign - Language Oscar) his status as a master filmmaker was confirmed.

Not only does the uneven Tomorrowland ultimately disappoint as a Bird film, its failure carries potential disappointment for Disney fans hoping the company might find a reason to produce more in - house movies beyond live - action recreations of their classic cartoons.

Such inadequacies would be acceptable, if not expected, in any of Affleck's prior disposable action flicks, but as a newly minted director of superior films (Gone Baby Gone), and being that The Town vaguely aims for something higher, the result is a disappointment.

WAFCA also honored the cast of «Barbershop» as the best acting ensemble, while selecting «Lilo and Stitch» as Best Animated Feature and dishonoring the George Clooney / Steven Soderbergh film «Solaris» as the year's biggest disappointment.

Nevertheless, it is still a bit of a disappointment, as the major flaws of the film cripple any chance of taking off to the heights it aspires to.

Perhaps expectations might have played a role as to why surprise like Cherish has become a minor favorite of mine and an expected success like The Darwin Awards is a disappointment, In this outing, Taylor seems like he's trying too hard to be clever, and though his imagination is admirable, as a comedy, his film falls short regardless of whatever direction he manages to take it, primarily because it goes everywhere and nowhere at once.

I confess that my initial disappointment came as a result of my own expectations — my desire that the film be more like Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, and Raging Bull.

The Almost Famous and Jerry Maguire director released Aloha, which on paper had a lot going for it, such as a talented cast, but ultimately was hailed by many critics as one of Crowe's worst films and a box office disappointment.

On the other hand, the DD 1.0 mono audio is a major disappointment, given the musical nature of the second half of the film (and the acerbic sound - editing of the first, which recalls Walter Murch's early experiments in noise - as - wallpaper)-- it all sounds like a sausage forced through the eye of a needle, and as sharp - eared observers have pointed out elsewhere, the trademark line «Here's to Old England!»

Directed with the usual dark and bleak look of Zack Snyder films like last year's fan disappointment Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the new movie fails to find the fun in all of this and ranks as a setback for the genre after three previous winners this year: Wonder Woman, Spider - Man: Homecoming and the current Thor: Ragnarok.

That excitement, however, was dampened by the release of the first film in Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, as the result was a bloated, CG - filled disappointment that seemed to relish in meandering instead of advancing the plot.

Brandon Routh — who took the role after it had been passed over by Jude Law, Josh Hartnett and Paul Walker for fear of the curse — was a dead ringer for his predecessor but the film was overlong and is generally regarded as a disappointment.

Tellingly, Signs also features bookend title cards touting it as «An M. Night Shyamalan Film» in thirty - foot letters — it's a total ego trip (note Shyamalan's extended «cameo» and exactly how crucial it is to the film: the man makes himself the most important character in the piece), and no matter how beautiful it looks, how expertly its sound is mixed, how funny it can be, and how effective a few tense scenes are, the picture is a first - class disappointment.

Viacom's Paramount Pictures film studio released two major disappointments in the company's fiscal second quarter, including «Zoolander 2» with, from left, Ben Stiller as Derek Zoolander, Owen Wilson as Hansel and Penelope Cruz as Valentina Valencia.

The main attraction, of course, is another film - specific essay from in - house historian Julie Kirgo, who does not disappoint as she celebrates the film while trying to make sense of its mix of critical acclaim and commercial disappointment.

Ant - Man star Michael Pena jokes about his disappointment after TV mogul - turned - actress Oprah Winfrey decided to present each of her castmates and crew members on new film A Wrinkle In Time with a top - of - the - line juice machine as a wrap gift.

Though only 12 when the film was shot, it's an impressively mature performance from the young actress, who sells Leila's anger and disappointment at her father, as well as her ongoing grief.

Neither resulted in an Oscar nomination for the pair and both films missed Best Picture nominations, with the latter in particular (one of a number of would - be Oscar vehicles for comedy superstar Jim Carrey) seen as a disappointment.

Oscar hopefuls turned Oscar disappointments are the other big new releases, with Angelina Jolie's inspirational chain - letter on film «Unbroken» making its way to Blu - Ray; stirring in its action sequences (aerial fights, men stranded on the ocean), it becomes lugubrious as soon as it focuses on Louis Zamperini's torture in concentration camps.

The Cloverfield Paradox is an unholy mess... The characters here never feel like they could exist in a world outside of this space station, all of them barking in tech - speak at each other, rarely acting in what could be classified as recognizably human behavior... As the film bumbles from one confusingly mounted scene to the next, disappointment turns to boredom... The Cloverfield franchise is rumored to grow even more later this year with a second world war - set thriller potentially unspooling in Octobeas recognizably human behavior... As the film bumbles from one confusingly mounted scene to the next, disappointment turns to boredom... The Cloverfield franchise is rumored to grow even more later this year with a second world war - set thriller potentially unspooling in OctobeAs the film bumbles from one confusingly mounted scene to the next, disappointment turns to boredom... The Cloverfield franchise is rumored to grow even more later this year with a second world war - set thriller potentially unspooling in October.

As ever, the film, including the title, is top secret, and there's little real indication of whether it'll be a gem or a disappointment.

One more thing that may make the film a bit of a disappointment to some, perhaps, is that with each successive critical success under the belt of Alexander Payne, the more we expect as an audience, and that doesn't exactly bode in Nebraska's favor.

Even disappointments can often have that one scene that catches you off guard or moves you unexpectedly, a hallmark of film's power as an artistic medium.

In what will more than likely go down as the biggest disappointment of the year in film for me, Jacques Audiard's Rust and Bone isn't something that I would label as bad but I certainly couldn't call it very...

Nevertheless, though the film is definitely captivating, it's difficult not to suffer a tinge of disappointment while watching Eastern Promises, as Cronenberg's latest film feels more standard than his preceding project.

As a film however, an eighty - four minute film, Borat is a disappointment.

It's ultimately hard not to feel a twinge of disappointment at Reservation Road's decidedly less - than - compelling vibe, as the film features a premise that should've resulted in an electrifying, thoroughly compelling piece of work (somewhere along the lines of thematically - similar efforts 21 Grams and In the Bedroom).

Written and directed by Terrence Malick («Badlands,» «Days of Heaven,» «The Thin Red Line»), «The New World,» the eagerly anticipated period drama set during the pivotal founding of the Jamestown colony by the British in 1607 and the inevitable clash between English settlers and Native Americans, proves to be, if not a major disappointment (thanks to Malick's visual lyricism, obsessive attention to period detail, appealing leads, including newcomer Q'Orianka Kilcher as Pocahontas and a surprisingly restrained Colin Farrell as John Smith), a disappointing film nonetheless.

There's been some disappointment over the film's relative lack of action, as if that's a bad thing.

Interesting, yes; yet the film is still sadly distancing, never capturing events as intimately as I felt it should have, ultimately becoming a moderately frustrating disappointment even though it offers up a number of aspects that are unquestionably sensational.

Its message one of unavoidable predestination mixed with the importance of being a good person through all of life's stunning disappointments (and one's own personal shortcomings as a human being), I'm inclined to give the film credit for not creating much false hope for the hopeless; save for the fact that it milks Mr. Hundert's humiliation for maximum uplift.

Imagine my disappointment when Office turned out to be an overlong slog of a film that isn't nearly as clever as it thinks it is.

Andrew Rossi's behind - the - scenes documentary Page One: Inside the New York Times was another disappointment, as its unfocused and sprawling internal narrative makes for rather uninvolving film - going.

A major disappointment for Miss Congeniality fans, as this superfluous sequel completely ignores almost everything that made the first film succeed, and injects a whole lot of ineptitude in its place.

This came as quite a disappointment for Richardson, who considers the film a triumph in storytelling and one of the best of... Read

The actor has shown comedic promise in films like 17 Again and That Awkward Moment (even if the latter was a bit of a disappointment as a whole), but the former High School Musical star goes full tilt in this flick, showing he can run with the comedy bull that is Seth Rogen.