Sentences with phrase «film misses the mark»

So much of the film misses the mark, but it struggles most when it loses focus of Emily and Linda's relationship.

Not exact matches

Sometimes films with extremely high scores on the critical aggregator often miss the mark for the majority of audiences.

«Through villainizing and trivializing biological parents, or through erasing them from the narrative altogether, such as in Anne of Green Gables, the film industry has a reputation for missing the mark on the importance of biology to adoptees.

The Missing marks a definite return to form for Ron Howard, whose last two films - the overwhelming How the Grinch Stole Christmas and the sappy A Beautiful Mind - felt more like products geared towards a large audience than anything else.

While this film is beautifully crafted and shot, it misses the mark in telling a coherent story.

Danny Strong's directorial debut stars Nicholas Hoult as J.D. Salinger, in a film that misses the mark in trying to capture his unique talent.

The film persistently misses the mark as a raunchy comedy amid all the side commentaries and Park's earnest tone.

In another weak year for candidates that fit this column, I've decided to go with a film that ultimately misses a mark, but is never less than interesting along the way.

Metcalfe does pretty much the same as he did with the role in the previous film, but like Haysbert, he has a few moments were the delivery misses the mark.

That is to be expected with 8 short films in one package, but I don't think, at the very least, that I've ever seen one miss the mark so much as this movie has.

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers throws all of the wonderful character study out the window established in the previous film and just aims straight on for pure terror only, and ultimately misses its mark.

Working with a screenplay by «Star Trek: Enterprise» story editor Jonathan Fernandez, De Fellita infuses the film with comedic moments that often miss the mark.

But, thankfully I still love this film that misses the mark in so many different ways.

This is an empty film that missed the mark.

The film's star, Mark Wahlberg, missed out on a nomination as Eklund's half - brother, boxer Micky Ward.

Outside of sporadic humor from Jones and Free, this film repetitively misses the mark.

Her April grows and changes throughout the film, and yet Fisher never seems to miss her mark.

The overall direction of the film was solid, but the execution missed the mark.

«Solo» is the fourth film in Disney's revamped franchise machine to creatively malfunction: Director Josh Trank exited a still - unmade Boba Fett spinoff in 2015; Oscar - nominated filmmaker Tony Gilroy was brought in to save 2016's «Rogue One: A Star Wars Story» when director Gareth Edwards» efforts missed the mark; and «Jurassic World» helmer Colin Trevorrow — who was originally hired to direct the next «Star Wars» movie, «Episode IX,» in 2019 — was shown the door following clashes over the script.

# 2: The End of Love - Mark Webber starred in three films at Sundance this year (unfortunately I missed For a Good Time Call...), and while it's clear I loved the actor in Save the Date, it's his work behind the camera as well as in front of it that made The End of Love a surprise treasure.

After spending nearly the entire film crawling through the story, the movie picks up towards the end, but rushes so fast it misses nearly every mark.

I missed the kooky, at times cryptically obsessive quality that Joss Whedon brought to «The Age of Ultron,» but this is a smoother, more consistent film with its own oddball moments, such as Paul Bettany's Vision making paprikash for Scarlet Witch while listening to Chet Baker, and Falcon's startling name - check of racist police officer Mark Furhman.

The main goal of this film is to scare and it missing that mark complete.

As a director, Oliver Stone's films hit the mark more than they miss and always try to make a statement about the world we...

Of course, I could be entirely off - base and the film could miss the awards mark entirely — but if it does, I don't think the reason would be as simple as modern viewers not responding to silent film.

Based on Augusten Burroughs» bestselling memoir of the same name, Running With Scissors is a hit - and - miss, serio - comic coming - of - age film, which marks the feature filmmaking debut of Nip / Tuck creator Ryan Murphy.

CHICAGO — Josh Radnor's «Happythankyoumoreplease» wants to be a new - generation Woody Allen film but misses the mark wildly by presenting characters that aren't likable in situations that aren't believable.

And Soon the Darkness by D. B. Bates — December 22, 2010 — It comes close to greatness but misses the mark as a result of some clumsy foreshadowing and director / co-writer Marcos Efron emphasizing the film's familiar plot rather than its unique, fairly compelling characters.

Club Dread: The Broken Lizard gang misses the mark big time with this broad, painfully unfunny spoof of horror films.

u This film, which its makers admit is «freely adapted» from Hawthorne's classic, misses the mark.

This film felt like it missed the mark when it comes to tripling the number of infants.

And with Toby Jones leading the film I could only image great things for Berbarian Sound Studio but unfortunately this one missed the mark.

There are moments when it's deliriously silly and delightful, and others where it misses the mark, lacking the consistency of the first film.

The director, once so in tune with what this franchise should be in the great first film and its first sequel, completely misses the mark in this cluttered, noisy mess of a movie.

Though «A Serious Man» is generating some Oscar buzz, I'm afraid this is one that clearly falls into the category of appealing to critics and film elitists but completely misses the mark for the general viewing public (that said, a Best Actor nod for Michael Stuhlbarg would not be undeserved).

One of the real crimes of the film is Jackson's mishandling of contemporary ideas on the slippery nature of facts at the hands of nefarious forces, which Denial all but misses the mark if you're not there to connect the threads.

Together with Jack Davenport, Michael Caine and Mark Strong, this feels like a film filled with those who missed out on playing Bond.

While the film somewhat missed the mark, and disappeared quickly from the Best Picture race, Lawrence came from near - nowhere to be nominated for Best Actress.

Attempting to infuse the torture with off - kilter humor that frequently misses its mark, the film ultimately comes off as a pseudo-intellectual torture - flick rather than a character study with a solid narrative.

The film marks the welcome return of cinematographer extraordinaire Roger Deakins, whose work has been so intertwined with the Coens since Barton Fink until scheduling conflicts forced him to miss Inside Llewyn Davis.

Finally, it's here, the film not a single person has been waiting for, Men, Women & Children, essentially Jason Reitman's «Reefer Madness» for the digital age, is a decade late tonally conflicted mess that completely misses its mark.

Berberian Sound Studio may have just missed the mark but it's a interesting modern - day look into the world of old - school horror and will no doubt find many fans who enjoy a stylish claustrophobic film with an amazing lead in Toby Jones.

These two components work together so well that they actually weaken the movie as they underscore how badly everything else misses the mark in comparison and leave viewers yearning for a film that could have capitalized on this project's potential.

In «The Graduates: Another Film That Shouldn't Be Missed,» Edutopia blogger Mark Phillips shares why he was so inspired by this film.

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