Sentences with phrase «give meaty roles»

Both give meaty roles to women, but their appeal is overshadowed by quirky secondary characters.

It was Christina Choe's dramatic - competition entry, however, that gave her the meatiest role: a New Jersey woman who believes she may be the long - lost abductee daughter of a well - to - do couple (J. Smith - Cameron and Steve Buscemi).

Not exact matches

besides being hugely entertaining, the film also gives Colin Firth yet another meaty role...

Given Payne's history this is sure to be a meaty role, and I'd love to see Hackman knock it out of the park with some of that Royal Tenenbaums bravado.

besides being hugely entertaining, the film also gives Colin Firth yet another meaty role to dive into.

So it feels like a rare treat to see her given what looks to be a meaty leading role in this new one from writer / director Martin McDonagh.

Given one of the meatier and more dynamic roles of his career, he displays impressive range as the everyman just looking to get by.

Let's hope the next time Silverman lands a meaty dramatic role — and she surely will — it will be attached to a stronger movie with a screenplay that adds more context and gives more texture to its characters.

Apparently a huge fan of English TV star Miranda Hart (an unknown in the USA), Feig gives her a funny and meaty role, and she almost steals the film from McCarthy at times; they're like a kind of female Laurel and Hardy.

Unfortunately, while The Monster gives Kazan a meaty, sometimes challenging role, it doesn't offer much in the way of a comeback for Bertino.

During the Q&A, M. Night Shyamalan talked about how he wanted theater - trained actors, that's why he was thrilled to land McAvoy for this role that gives him an opportunity to sink his teeth into some meaty scenes.