Sentences with phrase «interesting performance in this film»

Will Forte plays Kenney, who took the Harvard Lampoon that they helped through one of its most successful phases and turned it into an international phenomenon with his best buddy, Henry Beard (Domhnall Gleeson, giving the most grounded and interesting performance in the film despite an awful wig.)

Perhaps the most interesting performance in this film for me was Cameron Diaz's Malkina, a sexualized, confident, mysterious woman with an affinity for all things cheetah, right down to her eye makeup.

Not exact matches

Bullet to the Head is a wasted opportunity to make something quite interesting and worth your time, but instead it just takes bits and pieces to create something that in the end is not worth watching because the film lacks a good story, effective action and more importantly good performances and interesting characters.

The low - wattage, high - concept psychological drama Man Down is too misbegotten to be rescued by Shia LaBeouf's Method lead performance; in fact, the most interesting thing about it is his masochistic commitment to the film.

Honestly, while Samantha Isler gives a great performance in the lead role, I just didn't find the «modern day» stuff (in quotation marks since the film takes in 1977) to be all that interesting to be honest.

The Beijing - raised, London - and Mount Holyoke — educated filmmaker shares with the American Honey helmer an interest in young people at the margins, a knack for eliciting fantastic performances from amateur or under - the - radar actors, and what film critic April Wolfe described to me as a «dream - like realism.»

Very interesting L.A. cop thriller with Keanu Reeves in his best role and performance since the Matrix films.

But while the inelegant structure and lacklustre performances are a problem, a deeper issue is the fact that Eastwood seems to lose interest in the story as the film unfolds.

What's interesting is pretty much unintentional, centering in the film's performances, which are excellent indeed.

In the 20 years since, his career has been defined by a remarkable wealth and variety of interesting characters and intense performances in films as diverse as Lone Star, American Beauty, Seabiscuit and CapotIn the 20 years since, his career has been defined by a remarkable wealth and variety of interesting characters and intense performances in films as diverse as Lone Star, American Beauty, Seabiscuit and Capotin films as diverse as Lone Star, American Beauty, Seabiscuit and Capote.

Following up his performance in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, in which he played Koba, Kebbell stars in director Duncan Jones «fantasy film as Durotan, a noble orc more interested in peace than war.

Quite an interesting first film by Foughi and likewise a suitably intense performance by Jabbari, on whom lenser Sina Kermanizadeh concentrates sometimes in sharp close - up and other times in soft focus.

Collette's most recent outings (Little Miss Sunshine, In Her Shoes, The Last Shot) have been fairly disappointing (due to the films rather than her performances), and it's interesting to note that she was in the thriller Like Minds right after thiIn Her Shoes, The Last Shot) have been fairly disappointing (due to the films rather than her performances), and it's interesting to note that she was in the thriller Like Minds right after thiin the thriller Like Minds right after this.

A throwback to the star - driven cinema of the Fifties and a reflection of our own fanatical interest in cults of personality, the film features transparent performances (with the exception of Don Cheadle, each performer in Ocean's Eleven is playing his - or herself), and the same kind of sadistic voyeurism that impels us to simultaneously deify and find fault with our favourite actors keeps our peepers glued to the screen as George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Elliot Gould, and Carl Reiner revolve around one another in a loose heist intrigue intended to relieve Andy Garcia of both his millions and his girlfriend.

Interesting casting sees singer Norah Jones in her feature film debut, and while you certainly won't see anything in her performance to suggest big things in her future from an acting standpoint, she does a decent enough job in a relatively undemanding role.

But he's done enough good work in the past for me to be interested in this film and what his performance might bring to it.

It was a great choice in my opinion as Sutherland's performances in the first two films have been the most interesting thing about the YA adaptations.

I fail to grasp just why the film has the title it does, or why it is set in the era it is, but I'm willing to plead ignorance to these things if it means enjoying an interesting film with fine performances and an engaging plot.

Mad Dog and Glory falls under the category of being amore interesting film than it is a good one, However, there's enough to like to get a modest recommendation, even if the performances and situations could have been better served in a film with a better storyline.

falls under the category of being amore interesting film than it is a good one, However, there's enough to like to get a modest recommendation, even if the performances and situations could have been better served in a film with a better storyline.

Saying that all of the performances in Equilibrium are fatuous and inane is moot — better to note that Emily Watson (howlingly awful as a doomed love interest), between this, Red Dragon, and Punch - Drunk Love is now one - for - three for 2002; that Christian Bale is starting to remind me a little of the lost promise of Gary Oldman; and that dimwitted films that use poetry as a means toward sublimity (Red Dragon and Blake, Blue Car and Rilke, Equilibrium and Yeats) would probably be better served to leave the pretension to those able to carry it off.

What sinks the film, ultimately, is a flat storyline and a performance by Bale and his semi-adulterous love interest (Natascha McElhone, demonstrating that her inhuman remove in Solaris wasn't acting) that saps interest and disrupts rhythm.

Memories from production, the high - grossing performance, and other observations are complemented by lots of clips from the film in this interesting piece.

As in his last film, Clouds of Sils Maria, Assayas is ably helped by an interesting performance from Kristen Stewart.

Waste of a good cast excessively violent and obssesive period detail cant disguise some poor performances Guy pearce is ott, shitloaf out of his depth and goldman phones in his performance the girls do better with crumbs... chastain is the only interesting character in the film and put another great performance the great Mia recycles her sissy southern drawl to good effect but it just boys with guns with a corny ending

Not that a more lively performance could have saved this film, but it's interesting to see that actors can be just as bored making the same old films again and again as we are in watching them.

Inherit The Wind — This straightforward adaptation of the play about the Scopes Monkey Trial (It's very thinly veiled), gets the good performances you'd expect out of Spencer Tracy and Fredric March, but director Stanley Kramer doesn't really bring anything interesting to the film (not unprecedented in Kramer's career).

While I didn't find enough here to satisfy me (in fact, I grew bored with it fairly early), the performances and the look of the film were enough to keep my interest modestly throughout.

As the second half of the year revs up with some interesting subjects in cinema, I'm hearing a lot of love for what may be deemed «unconventional» films and performances.

Gerwig, who has acted in numerous films, including Noah Baumbach's Greenberg and Frances Ha, Todd Solondz's Wiener - Dog and Barry Levinson's The Humbling, has crafted some interesting performances.

Sure, the film is technically unimpeachable, and it contains the most interesting Meryl Streep performance in years, but it's easy to see how rushed this production was, and I wish everyone involved had taken a little more time to round out the reasons why they were making it and imbue it with a bit more heart and soul.

Arguably the more interesting performance came from Tom Hiddleston as the villain of the piece, Loki, looking as though he borrowed a lot from Brad Dourif's slimy performance as Grima Wormtongue in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films, albeit with much more command and presence that such an antagonist requires.

An interesting companion piece to «Mud,» the film tells the story of two best friends (future megastar Nick Robinson, «Super 8» actor Gabriel Basso) who, fed up with their overbearing parents (including Nick Offerman, in his best non «Parks and Rec» performance to date), and with the help of show - stealing oddball Biaggio (Moises Arias), build a house in the woods where they can act like grown - ups.

The film's politics are often glib and reductive — it doesn't have a keen interest in the Lebanese people or the history of the region — but, if you like spycraft stories in the vein of John le Carré's work, this is a briskly paced, occasionally clever thriller featuring a winning performance from Hamm, who has struggled to find the right star vehicle since the end of Mad Men.

As a result of his performance, he appeared as Bridget Jones» love interest, Mark Darcy in the film of Helen Fielding's novel, Bridget Jones» Diary (Bridget Jones was played by the actress Renee Zellweger).

If the film's goal was to make Lara a more interesting character by exploring her early life, it fails quite miserably, despite a generally good performance by Vikander in a role that gives her precious little with which to work.

Alessandro Nivola gives the best performance in the film with a very funny and endearing display as the reckless and egotistical Gavin Harris, Marcel Iures is a strong presence as the boss and Anna Friel (despite sporting a Geordie accent which tends to wander at a moment's notice) is pretty and effective as the love interest.

To be sure, the gigantic, all - powerful, merciless Thanos (voiced and performed by Josh Brolin in perhaps the film's most interesting performance) is a genocidal maniac who DOES want control of all living things — but according to his twisted and demented and damaged mindset, if he can arbitrarily remove half the population through a snap of his mighty fingers, he'll actually be saving the universe by thinning out the population to a manageable number.

With not much happening of interest in the story, and a director that seems to want to practice his technique more than further the film's plot, what we're left with is an exercise in missed opportunities and squandered performances.

I barely remembered him in the previous two films, and despite one good moment for his character in this latest film, I have no interest in his character and even less in Hemsworth's leaden performance.

Twitter had endless jokes to make about the pairing of Eisenberg and Segel in a film about David Foster Wallace, but The End of the Tour gets the last laugh with each of them pulling off remarkably interesting and endearing performances in a film that feels more than anything like two writers waxing vulnerably about staving off impostor syndrome.

As he did in Hercules, Woods has fun with the role and is able to hold one's interest in the film, with his strong vocal performance and immediately recognizable voice.

Only Roth and Sands display signs of life in the designated «showy» roles, and Roth — who gives the film's most interesting performance — is onscreen just little enough to show how listless most of the film is.

is a nice, small film with good performances and engaging direction, worth the trip for those who love fact - based historical dramas with lots of sweeping shots of the landscape, and who are more interested in the little personal stories than the great historical ones found in all the text books.

Southcombe is the son of the film's star, Charlotte Rampling, who delivers a fine performance in a movie that ultimately feel like interesting developments that fall short of their initial promise by the story's end.

Rabbit - Proof Fence is a nice, small film with good performances and engaging direction, worth the trip for those who love fact - based historical dramas with lots of sweeping shots of the landscape, and who are more interested in the little personal stories than the great historical ones found in all the text books.

With the dialogue mostly snide and the direction largely comprising slow push - ins and static two - shots, the most interesting thing about the film is the florid variety of its performances.

There are interesting ideas and cool moments sprinkled throughout, and each member of the ensemble cast gives an enjoyable performance (Rockwell and Rourke especially), but momentum is rarely allowed to build and characters regularly seem to be forgotten about in Favreau's film, which makes it frustrating more often than not.

But make no mistake: In The Ambassador, Mads Brügger — who, as both featured performer in and auteur of films that seek to capture reality through fiction, is sort of the Euro film - festival equivalent of Sacha Baron Cohen, when Cohen was interesting — gives what has to be one of the riskiest and most committed performances of the yeaIn The Ambassador, Mads Brügger — who, as both featured performer in and auteur of films that seek to capture reality through fiction, is sort of the Euro film - festival equivalent of Sacha Baron Cohen, when Cohen was interesting — gives what has to be one of the riskiest and most committed performances of the yeain and auteur of films that seek to capture reality through fiction, is sort of the Euro film - festival equivalent of Sacha Baron Cohen, when Cohen was interesting — gives what has to be one of the riskiest and most committed performances of the year.

Reeves» lackluster performance aside (more on that later), Conor, who begins the film as a compulsive gambler deep in debt to loan sharks, is hardly an interesting or appealing «hero.»