Sentences with word «haplessness»

And this, a touch unfortunately, has had the consequence of throwing their ongoing and enduring haplessness against the other big teams into a thoroughly unflattering light.

Moreover, they give a sense of complete haplessness.

The project's overall haplessness is given away early with the tiresome, over-the-top performance of Ignazio Oliva as a buffoonish manservant Harlequin, who represents everything that one dreads about «classical» theatre.

It's something of a feat that the makers of Big Love are willing to put the ugly side of this phenomenon up against the mainstream sheen of Bill's setup, and — thanks in great part to the marvelous acting on display, from Paxton's rugged haplessness to all three women's unique variations on maternal stress and wifely sensuality — still offer up a family to root for, warts and all.

The part provides Ferrell with a rare chance to ratchet down his usual manic energy, adopting a mask of Stan Laurel haplessness as Eiffel's narration upsets his carefully ordered universe.

A schlubby yet endearingly goofy presence, he cares for his customers but irritates his boss, who finds his habitual haplessness exasperating.

But Ray Liotta is no slouch in the raise - a-smile department, his sheer coke - fuelled haplessness a vital corrective to the steely gangster heroes of «The Godfather».

And though the tar pots and bushels of feathers are only figurative, haplessness is still in.

Thank God for them all, of course, and for that strange interval, which was most of my life, when I read out of loneliness, and when bad company was much better than no company You can love a bad book for its haplessness or pomposity or gall, if you have that starveling appetite for things human, which I devoutly hope you never will have.

After more than two hours of this haplessness, you get the feeling that Gods of Egypt aspired to be some sort of swashbuckling adventure akin to The Thief of Bagdad, with a side of Indiana Jones.

Segel gives us a character who is funny in his haplessness, but is so clearly damaged and fundamentally decent that he is not an object of scorn.

However, his haplessness works for the character, as he is perpetually trying to hold it together when he finds his apartment being squatted by a large African family, dealing with a degenerative brain disease and the effects of its treatment, and reconciling with his family.