Sentences with phrase «hold viewer interest»

Billingsley (Couples Retreat) has a remarkable disregard for anything that might hold viewer interest, though he and Vaughn (who also produced) have managed to put together a heck of an ensemble for something that's basically a low - tier Nicolas Cage cheapie, minus Nicolas Cage.

Not exact matches

But in television, compelling characters are especially crucial, as they're tasked with holding the interest of viewers over the course of a season or an entire series.

It's a slightly trite bit of viewer hand - holding, as are most of the recollections that punctuate Louie's harrowing wartime horrors, but it sets the tone for a film less interested in blame than in illuminating commonalities.

There's exceedingly little within The Kingdom that's been designed to capture (and hold) the viewer's interest, as director Peter Berg and screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan consistently place the emphasis on the agents» increasingly banal investigation.

Director Ron Howard brings his usual light touch to the proceedings and manages to hold the viewer's interest even through the narrative's oddly action - packed final third (ie once the truth about Hannah's character is revealed, the film becomes more of a thriller than a cute little romantic comedy and there's even a chase sequence as the army attempts to capture the mermaid / woman).

It's immediately clear that Berg's penchant for incoherent, relentlessly shaky camerawork is in full effect here, with the filmmaker's aggressively unpleasant visual sensibilities holding the viewer at arms length right from the get - go - although, unlike most of Berg's previous endeavors, Patriots Day at least benefits from an interesting storyline that generally compensates for its inept cinematography.

A Most Wanted Man, like such other le Carré adaptations as The Tailor of Panama and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, has been hard - wired with an impenetrable narrative that holds the viewer at arms length from start to finish, with the convoluted, confusing atmosphere compounded by a total absence of interesting or sympathetic characters.

The film skews young, to be sure, and it isn't as memorable as the new Disney classics of the early 1990s, but there's still plenty here to hold the interest of viewers of all ages: delightful performances (particularly by Dench, plowing Angela Lansbury terrain), zinging comic dialogue and a soundtrack that's a wealth of sonorous riches.

Neither is an all - timer, but the performances are strong — in particular, Donald Sutherland as the eldest Getty, and Brendan Fraser as a cowboy - styled fixer named Fletcher Chase — and there are enough momentary fascinations to hold the viewer's interest during slack sections.

Despite such qualms, however, Fifty Shades Darker admittedly does manage to hold the viewer's interest throughout due to its solid visuals and strong performances - with, in terms of the latter, Johnson and Dornan delivering able work that's matched by periphery players like Marcia Gay Harden, Kim Basinger, and Eric Johnson.

Nine Queens is a well - acted, gorgeously directed, and finely written entertainment that will be sure to hold the interest of most viewers.

With dated special effects, Flight of the Navigator is probably only of interest for nostalgia buffs looking to recapture a childhood memory, although it might still hold the interest of today's youngest viewers..

She may not have seemed the ideal actress for this part initially, but when she dons a black wig Moll strikes an uncanny resemblance to Page, and she offers a supremely perky and lovable performance which helps hold the viewers» interest while the movie flails in no particular direction.

Invincible has its share of flaws, but it will probably hold the interest of most potential viewers, especially for fans of the Philadelphia Eagles, and of Papale especially.

Once the viewer gets past that colossally misguided decision, however, Jurassic Park III manages to establish itself as a quick - paced and action - packed thriller that does, for the most part, hold one's interest throughout (even if the whole thing basically vanishes from one's memory before the end credits even finish rolling).

The movie's problems are exacerbated by a sporadic emphasis on elements that couldn't possibly be less interesting (ie Uncle Andy's less - than - savory extracurricular activities), and although the narrative has been peppered with a handful of undeniably poignant moments (ie Arnold finally breaks down over his unwitting role in his brother's death), The Stone Boy's inability to hold the viewer's interest on a consistent basis ultimately negates its positive attributes.

Although Cleaner is certainly a substantial improvement over some of filmmaker Renny Harlin's more recent efforts - ie 2006's The Covenant - the film is nevertheless almost entirely lacking in elements designed to hold the viewer's interest for more than a few minutes at a time.

effectively holding the viewer's interest even through some of the film's less - than - successful sequences.

Ball's remarkably frank approach to a number of decidedly taboo subjects - rape plays an increasingly key role as the movie unfolds - is generally allayed by the undercurrent of darkly comedic elements, though it's ultimately Bishil's exceptionally strong performance that holds the viewer's interest throughout the movie's admittedly uneven running time.

This is not to say that the film as a whole is a failure by any means — however, it will be up to the individual viewer to figure out for themselves whether it is an okay movie containing a few too many hiccups to keep it from completely pulling together or a not - so - good movie with enough strong individual elements to hold one's interest for at least most of its running time.

The story in Reparation does not always mesh together logically and sometimes seems internally contradictory, but it is interesting and mysterious enough to hold the viewer's attention.

And in order to gain and hold the interest of your viewers, keep your trailer under two minutes.

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The end result is a quality painting that holds the interest of the viewer for a lifetime.

Even early practitioners are again very much front page of what is held happening — though it gave pause to overhear decor referenced by two viewers interested in the vivid Tom Wesselmann at Galerie Hans Mayer and the pulsing Sean Scully at Kewenig, as in «great with our colour scheme», and «would work as a neutral background for all that's going on in the carpet».

«I am particularly interested in the metaphysical aspects of painting; achieving that special quality of formal unity which can instil an almost involuntary yet visually intelligent response from the viewer... for me, tying painting into the realm of the «visual» holds it somewhat apart from the image dominated world of the merely «visible»

These interests fueled the creation of objects that have a profound sense of touch (whether his own or thousands of years of human contact), hold meaning within them, and suggest ideas to the viewer both functional and spiritual.

Hofmann holds a special interest for Bay Area viewers because he gave the University of California, Berkeley, 45 paintings — some of which are always on view — partly in remembrance of his time teaching there in the early 1930s and partly to spur the university to build its own museum, as it did not long after his death.