Sentences with phrase «hander scenes»

Among the numerous knock - out two - hander scenes, the film's greatest triumph is a sub-plot involving James and his semi - estranged / suicidally depressed daughter played by Kelly Reilly.

It's Bullets» deft, pitch - black script you remember most, but Allen's masterful handling of his ensemble cast in their seven - hander scenes shouldn't be underestimated, least of all in favour of Forest Gump.

A drippy romance, spending the vast majority of its time in private, two - hander scenes imagining inane dialogue between a dead Princess and a famously reclusive, private surgeon; it only exists because it knows neither of them is going to complain.

Not exact matches

Even though other characters appear from time to time, Barracuda is a two - hander, with one extraordinary scene after another (the script was written by Cortlund).

Goold shoots the film with a fine restraint, never coming off dull or dry in the two - hander and courtroom scenes and never going over the line into exploitative sensationalism for a story about a grisly crime.

Abrahamson adopts the bifurcated structure of his source material, dividing the running time between a harsh, rigorously contained two - hander and later scenes of mother and son trying to acclimate to the aftermath of their ordeal.

Though this is essentially a two - hander with hardly a scene that does not include either principal actor, side issues are explored.

On the surface, it's not a complicated film, with a small cast and many scenes that are just two - handers — Ex Machina feels like it could have been adapted from a stage play.

Mostly a two - hander, there's some great feminine relief from male ego in Joan Cusack (a scene stealer as usual), Mamie Gummer, Mickey Sumner from «Frances Ha,» and Anna Chlumsky (Ron Livingston shows up briefly as well).

While many of their shared scenes might have easily resulted in a stagy two - hander, Stearns» reliance on static shots, complemented almost exclusively by slow zooms and pans (Pakula's paranoia thrillers of the «70s come to mind) and subtly dated production design (the 1980s, perhaps) put a very deliberate focus on the players, who all rise to the occasion.

The script by Clooney and Grant Heslov offers the actors an outline and some functional scenes, mostly two - handers.

It's not an exaggeration to say that, from this point on, almost every scene in the film feels pivotal, momentous, in much the way that the characters in this two - hander experience their growing attraction.