Sentences with phrase «film picks up momentum»

Despite rather flat direction from brothers Anthony and Joe Russo («Welcome to Collinwood»), the film picks up momentum as the mayhem escalates.

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Midway through, Miike punctuates the film with one of the most effective startles in modern horror, and then picks up the pace, building grisly momentum toward a perversely uncomfortable climax.

Available on DVD from New Line, the film should pick up some cult momentum on home video, especially now that you can view it as originally intended; unfortunately, the Storytelling disc is another Todd Solondz special, meaning no extras save for a trailer.

It takes a good 30 minutes to pick up the kind of momentum needed to drive a depressing character like Largeman through the finish line, but once Portman pops up as the cheerful love interest (reminiscent of her earlier work in «Beautiful Girls»), the film glides to its conclusion.

Some of this may be by design, but once some of the film's major revelations occur, you'd expect the molasses - like forward momentum might pick up a bit; it does not, and Damsel's biggest drawback is that it drags more often than not.

Director Michael Gracey was hired for the job in 2011, but the film did not pick up any forward momentum until much later, as principal photography began in November 2016 with stars like Zac Efron, Zendaya, and Michelle Williams also cast.