Sentences with phrase «give tour de force»

While James Cagney and Doris Day both give tour de force performances, it's a career best for Day.

The movie also stars Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, and Jane Fonda, whom her co-stars say gives a tour de force performance despite her small amount of screen time.

«Breaking Bad» actor gives a tour de force performance as middle - aged everyman who watches his life happen without him

In the devastating first film of the Three Colors trilogy, Juliette Binoche gives a tour de force performance as Julie, a woman reeling from the tragic deaths of her husband and young daughter.

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I would have given this a higher score but the two points above detracted enough to stop Cabin in the Woods being a tour de force, instead leaving it more a tour de genre.

By the way she is insanely gorgeous and I haven't seen her in anything before but she gave a real tour de force.

As Churchill, Oldman gives a definitively tour de force performance, revealing a rounded character that never feels larger than life despite his larger than life accomplishments.

This is his show, and his tour de force performance is what gives the movie all the bite it needs.

Collette gives an absolute tour de force performance of a woman who slowly becomes unhinged.

Best Actress: Annette Bening — Kids Are All Right — stern, intelligent yet moving and likeable — it takes a real pro to accomplish that with such style and verve Nicole Kidman — Rabbit Hole — heartbreaking but resilient — a perfect balance between broken and fixed — it is so joyful to watch a character so succinctly communicated Lesley Manville — Another Year — heartbreaking with closeup after closeup of vulnerability and grasping hope — truly a fragile and pulsating performance Julianne Moore — Kids Are All Right — courageous and oh so human — sexy and vulnerable in an earthy way — her struggles with herself are the heart of the movie and she carries it magnificently and warmly Natalie Portman — Black Swan — the tour de force this year — the crazy, emotionally volatile core of a crazy, emotionally volatile film — some wonder if it might be «easer» to play such big emotions but the incredibly thin wire she has to traverse in such an extreme environment is daunting and she makes it work and gives us believability and solicits true sympathy in the middle of a fright fest — a truly accomplished achievement

Light Sleeper (1992) In Light Sleeper, one of Schrader's very best «man in a room» films, Willem Dafoe gives an emotional tour de force performance as John LeTour, a world - weary New York drug dealer who spends his nights making deliveries to his high - end clients and journaling in his notebook.

Moreover, she gives something bordering on a tour de force performance opposite Paul Giamatti in the new film version of Mordecai Richler's 1997 final novel, «Barney's Version.»

She gives yet another tour de force performance, keeping you glued to the various parts of the Molly Bloom saga.

A tour de force, this book gives intellectual dilemmas a human face, while restoring grandeur and mystery to a universe still too richly intricate to fit within a computer protocol.

Detective Lionel Essrog, attempting to solve the murder of his mentor, suffers from Tourette's syndrome, and his narration is a tic - y tour de force, his uncontrolled utterances are like Zen koans: perfect, given the Buddhist angle.

+ Hockney's multi-camera films of the east Yorkshire countryside «could save cinema» The Guardian, 2011 + «A tour de force»: Hockney's high - tech pictures open eyes at Royal Academy by Martin Gayford, chief art critic for Bloomberg News, Jan 2012 + Whatever game David Hockney is playing in his hotly anticipated Royal Academy show eludes me, says Alastair Sooke Daily Telegraph, Jan 2012 + > Tate given artworks by David Hockney, Lucian Freud and Rachel Whiteread guardian + > David Hockney's «Fresh Flowers» at the Royal Ontario Museum rom.on.ca

«If the art world gave out Oscars, Cate Blanchett should win for her tour de force of starring roles in Manifesto at the Park Avenue Armory.»