Sentences with phrase «grand sweeping melodrama»

Bolstered by one of the best ensembles of the year, Chewitel Ejiofor deftly gives us a window into Northrup's soul through those eyes and stoic stares (and that doesn't even cover Michael Fassbender or Lupita Nyong «o, who frequently light the screen on fire), while McQueen makes sure to ratchet up the tension and never betray his tone or convictions with the sort of grand sweeping melodrama that so often rears its head in slavery epics.