Sentences with phrase «for uptight»

Terminally ill Earth mother Charlize Theron makes things easy for uptight business - dude Keanu Reeves in 2001's Sweet November, an appropriately maudlin remake of the 1968 tearjerker.

Colossal uses the kaiju genre to explore the addictive and self - destructive behavior of Gloria (Anne Hathaway), a Manhattan party girl who escapes to her childhood suburb after her latest all - night binge proves to be the last straw for her uptight boyfriend (Dan Stevens).

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But there is a time and place for psychological stripping; call me uptight and closed - down, but I don't think it should be in front of just anyone who will listen, not to mention on national television or in supermarket magazines.

Perhaps the dimly lit Presbyterian Gothic spaciousness of Fourth Church's sanctuary intimidated the hymnologists: an uptight bunch of white folks listened attentively but for the most part firmly resisted Gillespie's efforts to turn the place into a singing, clapping, toe - tapping, I'm - so - glad congregation.

Second, for someone who is so uptight as this author about knowing religions and even writing a book about it, the mere fact that not ONCE in this article did you use the official and correct name of the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints (aka Mormon) in my mind completely discredits your temper tantrum.

Thank you for not making me homophobic, trans - phobic, cis - gendered - phobic, heterosexual - phobic, islamophobic, anti-semitic, biblical - literalist, fundamentalist, institutional church - phobic, pro-traditional family, anti-choice, anti-feminist, atheist - hating, heresy - spurning, doctrinaire, uptight.

When I was a kid and they used to serve breakfast for lunch at school, I would be really disappointed, and I am still to this day a bit uptight and overprotective about my meals.

We're pretty relaxed people and didn't get too uptight about it but it was a little annoying to line up for the buffet, towels, booking a la cartes etc..

The laid back individuals may need to remember that parameters and boundaries are very necessary for small children and the uptight parents must learn that kids need breathing room in order to grow and express themselves.

I recognise the tiredness in myself making me occasionally irrational or uptight, the endless after school activities that mean a regular routine is out of the window, fitting in homework, rhythmic training exercises (for the ADHD - er) all making the nightly rou - sort of - tine marathon, hell, often.....

If it comes across as too much of an uptight and straight laced name for you then you could always consider Dougie as a nickname.

Boyle, with a dying mother and an appetite for prostitutes and confrontations, is forced to partner with uptight FBI agent Wendell Everett (Cheadle) to solve the case.

But his blow - dried, sometimes uptight demeanor also made Fossella the poster boy for everything that the left claimed was wrong with America under the Bush administration: Too conservative, intolerant and, in the end, a «family values» lawmaker with feet of clay.

I'm there in my business suit, nervous and uptight, waiting in the lobby for someone from Human Resources to hand me some forms to fill out,» says this frustrated scientist.

For baby's sake I had to relax and let her come down and that yes, it would hurt and that it would be over faster if I could just get over being uptight.

Come to think of it, I did dress really uptight (like a blouse with a pencil skirt) for the first week at my office, until I realized everyone was else was wearing a tee shirt and jeans.

So don't get uptight about finding a name for your style.

I feel like it's an occasion that allows for a more feminine look, which is completely appropriate, so it doesn't come off as stuffy or uptight.

Don't go out with every single guy who sends you a private message, but don't be so uptight that you get creeped out the second a guy asks for your phone number.

It's not like the other dating sites I've seen that are full with tons of uptight girls just looking for an ego boost.

I'm not that uptight;) for once I want to be spoiled and loved.

I love to have fun looking for someone who isn't too uptight and taking life too serious!

But you can tell there's a lot of goodwill lingering around the edges since they are charmed by Dad's transformation from uptight to slightly crazy as he converts his apartment into a frigid ice and snow playground for his penguin pack.

Stu (Ed Helms), an uptight dentist who's verbally and physically bullied by his horrid girlfriend, Phil (Bradley Cooper), a cocky, sleazy teacher, decent groom - to - be Doug (Justin Bartha) and Alan (Zach Galifianakis), the stag's insane brother - in - law («a one man wolf pack» who doesn't care «if we kill someone»), drive to Las Vegas for Doug's bachelor party.

He's an ordinary rules - following, perfectly average Lego minifigure content to live exactly by the instruction manual provided by President Business (Will Ferrell), aka Lord Business, an uptight CEO who has a hard time balancing his thirst for world domination with micro-managing his own life.

Scott and Schilling make for an ideal «uptight... but not unwilling» duo, and their gradual expanding of their boundaries is totally believable.

Mr McGregor is not long for this earth either, it turns out, which brings his uptight, city - dwelling nephew Domhnall Gleeson to fill the Lake District homestead.

He was most familiar for his three - season (1984 - 1986) portrayal of uptight attorney Harrison K. Fox on the tongue - in - cheek private eye weekly Crazy Like a Fox.

One week before his wedding, an uptight lawyer finds himself driving his foulmouthed grandfather to Daytona Beach, Fla., for a wild spring break that includes frat parties, bar fights and an epic night of karaoke.

The film revolves around an uptight guy who is tricked into driving his foul - mouthed grandfather, a former Army general, to Florida for spring break, just a few days before his wedding.

Everything is a bother for poor Kelly, who roils from the single - engine flight into town, sprays clouds of Raid in the air to kill off mosquitos, slaps the genial local sheriff (Brendan Gleeson) twice for hauling a decapitated moose head on their boat, and generally acts like an uptight city slicker.

The uptight woman is Sandra (Imelda Staunton), who's currently married to Mike (John Sessions), who's about to awarded a title for his life's work.

For a while, we could be watching a twisted mismatched - buddy comedy, one about an uptight do - gooder under both social and financial obligation to tolerate the off - putting tactlessness of this strange girl from her past.

Lovably impulsive oldsters Ella and John infuriate their uptight children (played by Christian McKay and Janel Moloney) by heading off in their cranky old Winnebago for a last road trip in the sunset of their lives, despite their frailties.

Everett Stone (Dermot Mulroney) brings his overwhelmingly uptight girlfriend, Meredith (Sarah Jessica Parker), home for the holidays to meet his down - to - earth family.

The Sherlock actor, known predominately for playing villains, shines in his uptight, stiff - upper lip but ultimately kind - hearted role, while Wilkinson manages to be both a hot - bed of intensity and a warm venerable figure.

Rudd is enjoyably uptight as the moustached man, a guy who allocates time evenly between them on the boombox — except for when he's playing his French lessons.

In what just might be one of the sillier premises for a Liam Neeson movie, director Hans Petter Moland's Hard Powder stars Neeson as an uptight snowplow driver in Colorado who begins a wintery quest for vengeance when his son is murdered by a local drug kingpin.

A ’12 Berlin Film Festival winner (Silver Bear for Best Director), Barbara, sees Hoss embody the title character, an uptight physician banished to a rural village in East Germany in 1980 as punishment for an unknown deed, with a subtle fragility that only peaks through her callous guise.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 5, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS Due Date (R for profanity, sexuality and drug use) Robert Downey, Jr. and Zack Galifianakis co-star in this raunchy road comedy about an uptight dad - to - be who hitches a ride across the country with a wacky slacker in order to make it on time to witness the birth of his baFor movies opening November 5, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS Due Date (R for profanity, sexuality and drug use) Robert Downey, Jr. and Zack Galifianakis co-star in this raunchy road comedy about an uptight dad - to - be who hitches a ride across the country with a wacky slacker in order to make it on time to witness the birth of his bafor profanity, sexuality and drug use) Robert Downey, Jr. and Zack Galifianakis co-star in this raunchy road comedy about an uptight dad - to - be who hitches a ride across the country with a wacky slacker in order to make it on time to witness the birth of his baby.

But Linklater provides a wide array of personalities here, from the happy - go - lucky stoner (Rory Cochrane) to the uptight intellectual (Adam Goldberg), and we can latch on to any of them for the film's slow ride.

The body count is kept high by some stock characters such as a skeevy boss, uptight office workers, and sexy ladies in tight blouses and short skirts destined to be ripped away for some gratuitous shots of boobs and butts.

For, Stuart will stop at nothing to steal Flakes» formerly loyal customers over to his antiseptic alternative, despite his place's having a bright, uptight, fast food chain environment where employees have to wear name tags and rubber gloves and pay strict attention to portion size.

The Gist: Two years after «Frances Ha» debuted on the fall festival circuit, Noah Baumbach re-teams with «Greenberg» star Ben Stiller for a $ 10 million Scott Rudin production («While We're Young») about an uptight documentary filmmaker (wait, Ben Stiller playing someone uptight?)

The club's owner and manager (Alec Baldwin and Russell Brand), a sleazy rock star (Tom Cruise), a strip club manager (Mary J Blige), a money - hungry record producer (Paul Giamatti, The Ides of March), a horny politician (Bryan Cranston, Drive) and his uptight wife (Catherine Zeta - Jones), plus a frizzy - haired reporter (Malin Akerman, Watchmen) all find themselves crossing paths amongst these two youngsters» love story for the ages (see what I did there?)

Ines (Sandra Hüller) is his uptight daughter, who works for a consulting firm that helps companies outsource jobs.

A road - trip buddy comedy in which Jason Mantzoukas gets to go full manic Mantzoukas opposite an uptight straight man (Grand Budapest Hotel's Tony Revolori) for 90 minutes?

Ackerman doesn't know it yet, but he's ready for some rage therapy, which Pulovski is more than willing to stoke in his uptight partner.

Unfortunately for Meredith, she's everything the Stones despise, an uptight, dressed - for - success New York careerist who doesn't like to hug.