Sentences with phrase «give terrific performances»

Luke Wilson and Olivia Wilde both give terrific performances as a couple whose young son mysteriously disappears at a rest stop, à la The Vanishing.

Leading an outstanding ensemble cast, Bruhl and Pike both give terrific performances, letting us glimpse the early commitment of their characters and a growing disillusionment when the ordeal drags on.

I truly believe that this movie is able to hold everyone's attention because Sverrir Gudnason and Shia LaBeouf give terrific performances here.

The main two, Harvey Keitel and William Hurt give terrific performances as always.

I actually loved watching this film at times, given the terrific performances all around and a story that is worth exploring, but it is without question that the film feels about 20 - 30 minutes too long.

Of course we have to thank the co-writer of the screenplay, and the director - both embodied by George Clooney, who also steps from behind the lens and gives a terrific performance as the «perfect» candidate... I heard that Clooney was also the caterer for the project!

She gives a terrific performance in Love and Other Impossible Pursuits and it's a shame that film was never released.

Passing away in the midst of the most productive phase in his over twenty - year acting career, Gandolfini gives a terrific performance as the generous target doing what he can to mask his depression.

Juliette Binoche, one of my favorite actresses, gives a terrific performance, as does Daniel Auteuil as a couple being harrassed with weird videotapes of their house.

Oscar Issac gave a terrific performance as Llewyn, an angry and devious Greenwich Village folk singer whose fortunes fade just as a young man called Bob Dylan arrives in town.

Lau and Leung also gave terrific performances in comedies this year (Fat Choi Spirit and Chinese Odyssey 2002), but I'm going with their redefinitions of the cop / triad genre icons for their nominations.

She recollaborates with the star of that film, Jenny Slate, who gives a terrific performance here.

At the film's Los Angeles press day, Collider got the opportunity to sit down with actor Sebastian Stan (who gives a terrific performance as Harding's mustachioed and impetuous ex-husband Jeff Gillooly) to chat 1 - on - 1 about why he wanted to play this character, what he was most excited and most nervous about, the impression he got from meeting Jeff Gillooly, having Margot Robbie as a scene partner, and what it means to be a part of the awards conversation with this film.

It's a great cast that gives an terrific performance, one that was sadly overlooked by the public.

Cate Blanchett (Fellowship of the Ring, Bandits) gives another terrific performance as an English teacher who is disgusted by the lack of interest by the local Italian police to her husband's drug overdose, and decide to take the law in her own hands by planting a bomb in the office of the drug dealer she feels responsible.

Granted, the movie features quality actors, with Bening in particular giving a terrific performance, even if she's otherwise unappealing.

Ia Shugliashvili gives a terrific performance as Manana.

In this film, however, he was amazing and really gave a terrific performance.

Thirty years later, Kurt Russell would give a terrific performance as U.S. Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks in «Miracle» (2004), viewing Brooks as a mad scientist who treated the ice rink as his lab.

Not exact matches

And, as Lars, the reliably terrific Ryan Gosling gives a warm, earnest performance.

The centerpiece of the latest episode of Doctor Who is the terrific performance given by guest star David Suchet.

The disappointment of the film is made more depressing by the terrific performance that Raymond J. Barry gives in the middle of it.

In his role, Bardem gives a terrific, organic performance, providing a much - needed intuitive quality to an overly - planned work; he received an Oscar nomination in addition to the film's nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

The angelically pretty Swedish player will shortly give a memorable performance in Alex Garland's sci - fi thriller Ex-Machina, and is terrific in Testament of Youth (4 *, 12A, 130 mins), a very solid period drama based on the memoirs of Vera Brittain.

We got a terrific performance in End of Watch, saw him pull off double duty with Enemy, gave my favorite performance of last year in Prisoners, and repeated with what will likely be my favorite performance as Lou Bloom in Nightcrawler this year.

With a terrific central performance by Chadwick Boseman (42), Get on Up has what it needs to give «Godfather of Soul» James Brown his due respect, but is hampered by a messy script and pedestrian direction from Tate Taylor (who did a little better in The Help).

The largely improvised dialogue gives it a wonderful authenticity, but it's anchored by some terrific performances from Melanie Lynskey and Anna Kendrick.

Although Roberts takes top billing, she isn't in the film half of the time, but gives a subtle but terrific performance in a role that doesn't require much but for her to be herself.

He gave a terrific, Golden Globe - nominated performance, funny, layered and affecting, as a character who couldn't be more different to Charles in Four Weddings.

Henry Fonda gives a terrific, canny performance (with a prosthetic nose and chin) as Lincoln, stuck at a crossroads between practicing politics and law.

But that would be a shame: Not only is established young German actor Frederick Lau a terrific foil, but Spanish actress Laia Costa gives a tremendously nuanced and sympathetic performance as the title character.

She is terrific with what she has been given, but she needed a better script and stronger directing to elevate the performance and push her even farther.

And his work with the actors is exemplary, especially Gosling, who gives yet another terrific performance.

Given the picture's enduring popularity, there's really no point in rehashing the plot — OK, for the uninitiated (all two of you): Ripley (series star Sigourney Weaver) heads back into space and leads a team of military grunts against the nasty extra-terrestrials — but there's always room to rehash many of the highlights: Weaver's terrific performance in the central role; the contrast between the heroic Corporal Hicks (Michael Biehn) and the cowardly Private Hudson (Bill Paxton); the escalating villainy of company man Burke (Paul Reiser); scripter Cameron's ability to keep piling on confrontations and director Cameron's ability to milk them for maximum tension; and, of course, those wonderful alien creations.

Anchored by a quartet of terrific performances and shot with a grainy, handheld style that give it a documentary feel, it's the latest in a niche of true crime horror titles that are more brutal and nightmare inducing than the latest monster of the week film.

But the roles are so perfect that they give some longtime character actors room to find their strengths, and the performances are accordingly terrific.

Director Weinstein evokes terrific ensemble performances from the mostly amateur actors, giving the audience the chance to cheer Menashe on.

Befitting writer - director Jarmusch's deadpan style, Depp gives one of his stranger and more low - key performances, allowing more florid scene partners like the terrific Farmer, Lance Henrickson, John Hurt and, in his final film appearance, Robert Mitchum, to steal scenes as often as need be.

Despite being a consistently terrific presence on TV over the past two decades, Julia Louis - Dreyfus can't have been high on many lists of potential feature film leads, but she gives a sparkling performance here and the chemistry she shares with Gandolfini is magic.

We got a terrific performance in End of Watch, saw him pull off double duty with Enemy, gave my favorite performance of last year in Prisoners, and repeated with what will likely be my favorite performance as Lou Bloom in Nightcra...

The 1.0 - litre EcoBoost engine gives the EcoSport terrific performance, although there is a fair bit of vibrations through the pedals post 4500 RPM.

Thus you really have to work the gearbox in the Swift DZire to get going while the more linear performance in the Zest gives it terrific drivability.