Sentences with phrase «gentle humour»

With Catrin struggling against the era's ingrained sexism, Their Finest starts out as a tale of proto - feminist glass - ceiling shattering, seasoned with gentle humour courtesy of Nighy (in a role he was born to play) and Jake Lacy as war hero Carl Lundbeck, drafted into the film despite zero acting ability.

The tone of wistful regret and longing doesn't preclude a good deal of gentle humour.

Director Bobcat Goldthwait steers the film around its gross - out premise to find gentle humour as Amy clings onto personal relationships for dear life.

Early Man does little to move things on, in evolutionary terms, but — for younger viewers especially — its straightforward storytelling and gentle humour still work a treat.

That being said, there's potentially just enough gentle humour in the characters who dish out these quests, and sporadic comedy in the reasons behind all of your fetching and carrying, to get something out of this.

After Chesterton's Fr Brown (who has recently once more been on our screens), Vincent Cronin gave us Fr Chisholm, and Bruce Marshall Fr Malachy — all painted with gentle humour and a certain hyperbole (which possibly explains why Scottish seminarists of the Sixties tended to cringe at All Glorious Within).

De Haan first showed Hope, Love, Peace, Generosity, Purpose, Harmony in 2008 at Galerie Sans Nom, an artist - run centre in New Brunswick, as «a gesture of good will» with a characteristic tone of gentle humour.

The important part to remember about humour is not to make it rude or offensive, just light, gentle humour.

The story is slight, but the gentle humour and mild suspense will keep young viewers engaged, and the animation provides its own magic, particularly in the moments when Tink sets foot inside the Winter Woods and her wings gain a shimmering iridescence.

It's undoubtedly fun for youngsters, who'll be amused by the gentle humour and wacky scenarios.

He directed most of The English Patient with an ankle in plaster, never losing his gentle humour and precision.»

As well as being a household favourite, the TV show was a period piece... the period being the 1970s, where its gentle humour felt fresher.

Nonsensical and satirical in turn, they lend a gentle humour and dreamlike grace to the human struggle of making meaning (whether scientific or spiritual) from within an endless present of not - knowing.

Gallery EXIT presents «Some like it witty», a group exhibition of twelve artists that revives the ancient Japanese concept of «mono no aware» — pathos — and combines it with gentle humour.

Thank you for your leadership, your gentle humour and your insight.

Jerry can arrive in any place and in any situation with tremendous class and still make everyone at ease with a gentle humour often directed at himself that puts all around him at ease.