Sentences with phrase «given us a standard biopic»

David Teboul has already given us a standard biopic in Yves Saint Laurent: His Life and Times — as well as one of the strangest and most beautiful of all documentaries about creative production in Yves Saint Laurent 5 Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris.

Few things are more frustrating than when a transgressive figure is given the standard biopic treatment.

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More significantly, not only does Stone not give us the standard music - star biopic, but he doesn't even give us a plot.

Unfortunately, a great life has not been given a great life on screen as this is even well below typical biopic standards and a chore to get through.

Nicholas Martin's screenplay could have been given the standard Hollywood biopic treatment, but in the hands of Frears, cinematographer Danny Cohen, composer Alexandre Desplat, production designer Alan MacDonald, and costume designer Consolata Boyle, the film presents 1940s New York in all its flashy glory, a heightened world suited to serve as backdrop to such an extraordinary — and sometimes painfully funny — story.

Instead, it is all about mood while telling the rise - to - fame story through its sharp and unique editing style — the film's co-directors earlier work includes The Tree of Life, Moneyball and 28 Days Later, which should give you a good idea how Jimi: All Is by My Side feels vitally different from your standard musical biopic.

The rest of the film plays like a standard biopic, giving the more important events in Nash's life.