Sentences with phrase «gains poignancy»

Widely derided as one of George Stevens» worst movies, its sincerity gains poignancy when you process its love - and - especially - peace message through Stevens» own backstory.

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So, too, does Stallone gain more poignancy in those two films, not necessarily by doing things differently (in the worst of circumstances, he's pretty charming as Rocky) but by allowing his advanced age to sink in on screen.

This touching exhibition gains further poignancy by being among the last to be held in this building, home to many galleries over the years but now one of four adjacent structures slated for demolition.

(This revelation gained a certain poignancy by the fact that David Weiss had passed away only two weeks earlier.)