Sentences with phrase «heavy hands of director»

Taking the original book by Alexandre Dumas and turning it into a big special effects extravaganza is an interesting concept but ultimately fails under the heavy hands of director Paul W.S. Anderson (Resident Evil).

Not exact matches

Ron Deutsch, the executive director of New Yorkers For Fiscal Fairness, said the swing into a provinicial issue was a heavy - handed one by the governor.

Thanks to the heavy synthetic hand of director George Roy Hill, the potentially charming aspects of th kids» infatuation curdle into syrupy gruel.

Extremely heavy - handed satire from director Spike Lee — disturbing and thought - provoking but ultimately lacking a sense of focus.

Critics Consensus: It's sweetly amiable and solidly performed, but Black Nativity suffers from director Kasi Lemmons» heavy - handed treatment of its celebrated source material.

Critic Consensus: It's sweetly amiable and solidly performed, but Black Nativity suffers from director Kasi Lemmons» heavy - handed treatment of its celebrated source material.

Some of it is director Steven Spielberg at his best, but some of it is too heavy - handed to not make your eyes roll a bit.

See it for her but be prepared for some heavy handed acting from the rest of the cast and a stolid pace set by the director.

The film isn't perfect and I think for a vérité film to be seamless, the director has to have a heavy hand or the scope of the film needs to be limited.

In the mid -»30s, Leonard truly hit his stride as a director, making the fine «A» pictures A Tale of Two Cities (1935) with Robert Donat and The Great Ziegfeld (1936), which took the Best Picture Oscar for that year; his version of Pride and Prejudice (1940) starring Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson also remains highly regarded, despite its rather heavy - handed adaptation of Austen's novel.

Alas, if a good film could be made out of this, it isn't going to be a the hands of co - writer / director Lustig, as she employs heavy and largely unnecessary doses of directorial masturbation throughout.

The robbery, Killing Them Softly So much critical antipathy was directed at the heavy - handed politics of Killing Them Softly that not enough attention was paid to how skillfully director Andrew Dominik delivers on the genre elements — at least when he cares to follow through on them.

Maoz's periodically surreal sensibilities perpetuate the film's hands - off vibe and ensure that large swaths of the picture fall flat, and there's little doubt, as well, that the director's heavy - handed approach to the material grows tiresome almost immediately (ie the message here is about as subtle as a sledgehammer to the face).

Instead of relying on maudlin music cues and a barrage of heavy - handed dialogue spelling out how its elfin lead is destined to do great things, director Peter Chelsom has faith enough in his script (written by Charles Leavitt) and his cast to allow them to strike emotional chords on their own — and the lead actors, in particular, succeed marvelously.

It's clear virtually from the get - go that director Sidney Lumet, working from a screenplay by Robert J. Avrech, isn't looking to take a subtle approach to the material, as A Stranger Among Us is rife with laughably heavy - handed instances of plot and character development - with the entirety of Emily's character arc handled especially poorly and negatively coloring the remainder of the proceedings.

This earnest but heavy - handed political drama from venerable director Rob Reiner chronicles a worthwhile and relevant true - life account of investigative reporting in the face of post-Sept.

To director Brad Anderson's credit, he does his best to visually elevate proceedings above their painfully televisual material through heavy use of helicopter shots on the one hand and leering, shaky - cam close - ups on the other.

Manty Stanley, managing director at TEAL Patents, a world leading, UK manufacturer of portable hand washing units, says: «Infections take a heavy toll on schools and nurseries across the world.

When I first met Rick, who now has his hands full as Executive Director of FCNMHP, he was in heavy equipment sales.