Sentences with phrase «from predictable plotting»

Feature debut for writer - director Sara Colangelo, expanded from her prize - winning 2010 short, shows an admirable concern for the plight of the American blue - collar worker and features a standout central performance by newcomer Boyd Holbrook («The Host»), but suffers from predictable plotting and shallow characterizations that keep the movie from ever transcending the obvious.

Features a standout central performance by newcomer Boyd Holbrook («The Host»), but suffers from predictable plotting and shallow characterizations that keep the movie from ever transcending the obvious.

Filled with rollicking songs by Tim McGraw, Bonnie Raitt and k.d. lang, Home on the Range doesn't stray far from the predictable plot we've come to expect in the musical Western.

Not exact matches

That's because most of the story dances around a «plot twist» or discovery or whatever it is that is hardly exciting, and all too predictable (Lime is alive, duh) and our main lead is a doofus, and not exactly the charming type, just a helpless goon going around from one point to another.

Perhaps the weakness of Coco will lie in its predictable storyline, as it becomes clear from early in the Land of the Dead sequence where things will be going for the rest of the plot, if you know how these stories always go.

Everything here is predictable, from the tired plot whose revelations are deeply unsurprising to the gritty dialogue and casual everyday violence of the cops involved.

It would be interesting to know exactly when Eugene Levy lost the plot and became unable to distinguish funny from boring, predictable and unimaginative.

The script is particularly weak, being more concerned with moving from one joke to the next via predictable plot points than it is about developing the characters and moving our fantasy world on a little bit.

The plot is entirely predictable from start to finish.

The plot is rather predictable and far from being a «race».

Strangerland does, however, suffer from a fairly predictable plot as well as an awkward balance between trying to be both arthouse and accessible cinema.

Midnight Sun is otherwise a bland mix of familiar types (the doofus Dad, the quirky best friend who wears woolly hats indoors, etc.) who trundle along the rails of a predictable plot, one that relies on Katie preposterously keeping her illness a secret from Charlie until it inevitably catches up with her in a Cinderella - ish manner.

Perhaps a bit too dry or sedate for a Saturday night sleepover sort of horror experience, The Invoking does benefit from at least two performances that are worth enjoying (Miller and Midili); a calm but welcome amount of attention paid to things like mood, tone, music, and atmosphere; and a plot that starts out as the epitome of predictable and gradually grows more novel as we move on.

«A Wake in Providence,» which could just as well been called «Awake in Providence,» is well directed by Rosario Roveto Jr., who keeps the predictable plot humming along and keeps his actors from going over the top.

Naked is a very inconsistent film with dumb plot points and an incredibly predictable conclusion, which sort of takes away from the comedy that does work, but I'm not going to be too picky about a film like this.

The plot here is entirely predictable but as with Ozu's family dramas the real meat is in the film's visual aesthetic and cultural context, at once captured most intensely during a scene where Teresa witnesses a financial crisis - related suicide with all the suddenness of an Alfonso Cuaron action sequence and Chen captures her jaded shock by shooting her from low angles through light - heavy filters.

Added to this, Bring It On may be cute, but as a comedy it's far from funny, and to watch gag after gag fizzle for 90 minutes can be tedious with a plot this predictable.

Squirming just below the surface of Goodnight Mommy, a nerve - shredding new thriller from far - flung Austria, is an almost comically predictable plot twist.

The movie is far from perfect though as the story's overall plot is fairly predictable, some of the jokes are too childish and it has a fairly short running time of less than 90 minutes.

Aimed at the teenaged crowd, this spy flick follows a predictable plot line that includes fistfights, big explosions and in this case, a man who disintegrates from the inside out, along with some mild language and sensuality.

The twists and turns of the narrative are largely predictable — and more than one plot device is lifted wholesale from the «Mission: Impossible» series — but the character shading and vast political subtext provides for a dynamism that few superhero films have attempted.

Stripped of these extravagances, the plot is straightforward and the outcome predictable, aside from the somewhat fantastical sci - fi manner in which resolution is found.

Million Dollar Arm is beyond predictable in every possible way from the supporting characters to the plot points and conflict.

Unlike White's other works, The School of Rock is far from original, as the main premise is very reminiscent of other films (such as Sister Act) and every plot twist in the movie is incredibly predictable.

Borrowing heavily from The Muppets (or even High School Musical), the overall plot — put on a show, save the home from closure — is predictable, but the performers are clearly having a good time; Michael Gambon is deliciously cruel as the show's controlling musical director, while unlike Marigold Hotel, Maggie gets more to do than simply look at people with a withering expression.

But Bell and co-star Simon Pegg are such enjoyably unlikely rom - com leads, and they have such crackling chemistry from the word go, they more than make up for some of the film's more predictable plot elements.

Butterfield and his big blue eyes make Gardner's exploration of Earth sweet, and solid performances from a veteran supporting cast including Gary Oldman and Carla Gugina give what life they can to the plodding, predictable plot.

Diamonds Are Forever (1971): Diamonds is the weakest of the early Bond films, a»70s clunker that suffers from phoned - in performances and a predictable plot.

Plot twists keep it from being predictable.

The plot has its share of predictable moments, and the majority of the twists are visible from miles away.

As mentioned previously the visuals are certainly impressive, and for anyone hoping to walk around some of the finest worlds and moons of the one of the best sci - fi universes, Star Wars Battlefront II is a great recreation, but from the very first mission to the very last, mission pacing is excessively slow, the set pieces — whilst stunning — are predictable and the story is nothing more than the typical revenge plot we've seen so many times before.

Cons: Story mode sucks, and the plot was even more predictable than the first Some content from the first is gone The music is way worse than the first, the first game's soundtrack was amazing, this one is terrible, it doesn't even have one song from the first.

The plot in itself is definitely sure to keep casual fans and even non-comic book readers spellbound, but for hardcore DC fans the borrowing of elements from Kingdom Come and JLA: Earth 2 makes for a predictable story.

Overall, Hotline Miami: Wildlife is a somewhat predictable and unambitious start: trapped between emulating the basic plot we'd expect from this particular licensed property, and creating an original world all of its own.