Sentences with phrase «film on one's shoulders»

Usually known for smaller roles himself, his performance proves beyond a doubt he has the ability to carry the weight of an entire film on his shoulders.

He manages to carry the weight of the entire film on his shoulders, and that's a lot to say for someone outside of that leading - man category.

And if you thought Gyllenhaal was great in «Prisoners,» you ain't seen nothing yet: the actor «carries the entire film on his shoulders, and he delivers with a smoldering internalized performance of torment that is easily his finest work.»

The Directing Award: U.S. Documentary was presented to: Alexandria Bombach for her film On Her Shoulders (Director: Alexandria Bombach, Producers: Hayley Pappas, Brock Williams)-- Nadia Murad, a 23 - year - old Yazidi, survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS.

Wahlberg is fully capable of carrying a film on his shoulders and does as best he can here, but when you're stuck with a character so cynical and ungrateful, we need something more to compel us and keep a vested interest in his journey of doom and gloom, something the introspectively passive script fails to provide.

But it is Steven Brandon who guides us on this journey, effortless carrying the film on his shoulders (often on his own) with a confident nuanced performance that is everything from fun and cheeky to utterly heart rendering.

She isn't a bad character, but when you have three interesting figures and Sanchez making up numbers, she feels strangely blank, which becomes a problem when a large chunk of the finale is spent with her holding the film on her shoulders.

Exarchopoulos, especially though, is able to carry the weight of the film on her shoulders.

He carries this film on his shoulders and never strikes a single false note.

Holding his own and nearly carrying the film on his shoulders, McCracken touches the deepest parts of the cinematic soul.

Despite being surrounded by a talented cast Spall outshines them all and bears the weight of the film on his shoulders.

A veteran in Neeraj Pandey's movies, Manoj Bajpayee carries the film on his shoulders.

Even though he doesn't appear until the final act, Rhodes carries the emotional weight of the film on his shoulders, showing the years of pain behind his character's eyes.

But it's Fiona Dourif who carries the dramatic weight of the film on her shoulders, succeeding in making us take the mystery and tension seriously even as people get decapitated by a red headed killer doll.

She has to carry the entire film on her shoulders (she's almost the only recognizable face in the film, Glazer cannily contrasting her megastar status against actors from Ken Loach films or even non-pros to emphasize the sense of an otherworldly being walking among us), and does it without breaking a sweat.

He carries the film on his shoulders, providing the laughs and most of the interest, and when he's onscreen the film is at its best.

While Larson does hold a lot of the film on her shoulders, it wouldn't be fair to ignore her wonderful supporting cast that adds a lot of heart, humor, and emotion to the film.

She is the wounded heart of the film and helps carry some of the less successful material of the film on her shoulders.

She holds the film on her shoulders without speaking a word.

The Oscar - nominee carries the film on his shoulders, singing and dancing throughout the runtime in an effort to bring joy to viewers.

Alexandria Bombach for her film On Her Shoulders / U.S.A. (Director: Alexandria Bombach, Producers: Hayley Pappas, Brock Williams)-- Nadia Murad, a 23 - year - old Yazidi, survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS.

Through it all, an actor named Russell Crowe holds most of the weight of the film on his shoulders and gives the best performance of his so far short but astounding career.

Here, Verbinski hangs his film on the shoulders of Dane DeHaan, who plays a young financial executive named Lockhart who is enlisted to travel to a remote and mysterious wellness center hidden away in the Swiss Alps in order to retrieve their AWOL CEO, Pembroke (Harry Groener) who went for a retreat and never returned.

Lawrence, who came to notice in the art house hit Winter's Bone, is sensational as Katniss, ably carrying the weight of the film on her shoulders.

An is a newcomer, but carries much of the weight of the film on her shoulders, as the young Korean girl who just wants to rescue her giant pig and go home.

Though I will say that Hart seems at his best when he's got someone to react to rather than have the entire film on his shoulders.