Sentences with phrase «less a character study»

The film is a moving and elusive blend of naturalism and melodrama, less a character study than an analysis of a community.

A moving and elusive blend of naturalism and melodrama, less a character study than an analysis of a community.

The more we learn about his plan, though, the more that Washington's performance seems a bad - to - the - bone stunt, a glib dabble in malevolence; it's less character study than career move.

Sollers Point is a moving and elusive blend of naturalism and melodrama, less a character study than an analysis of a community.

Not exact matches

(One partial exception to the commission's study results may be the popular program «Golden Girls,» in which the major characters are all women — who are generally portrayed with less egregious exaggeration than some other shows» characters.)

In the study of theology proper the whole - church orientation of the schools may be less evident, yet differences are less of a denominational or national than of a party character.

However, a new study from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business titled «Less Evil Than You: Bounded Self - Righteousness in Character Inferences, Emotional Reactions, and Behavioral Extremes,» to be published in the forthcoming Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Nicholas Epley and Nadav Klein ask whether the extensive research on self - righteousness overlooks an important ambiguity: When people say they are more moral than others, do they mean they are more like a saint than others or lesslike a sinner?

Called the anterior insula, this structure — which fires up in response to the face of an unsavory character — is less active in older people, possibly making them less cagey than younger folks, a new study finds.

A study by Sidekick says the perfect subject line is unique to the recipient and contains 30 characters or less, just to name a few suggestions.

Like «The Squid and the Whale,» this character study pushes the definition of comedy to the breaking point, and unlike the far less successful «Margot at the Wedding,» it leaves us faintly smiling after the workout.

An impeccably written character study from Israel that is at times exhilarating, angry, passionate, funny, provocative, and is never less than absolutely absorbing.

Pop Aye never dips into cutesiness or sentimentality, even when you might find yourself wishing it would; it's less a big - top circus and more a low - key character study.

Written by Michael Hirst (the first «Elizabeth») and William Nicholson («Gladiator»), it is less a study of Elizabeth's character and more a recitation of the things that occurred during the middle years of her reign.

Only occasionally does a master director implode it from within (Martin Scorsese with Raging Bull, less a conventional underdog tale than a character study that puts us in the ring with a defiantly confrontational and horribly fascinating central figure).

It's less a thriller and more a subdued, thoughtful character study.

Your main complaint seems to be that Howard likes, and focuses on, the admittedly more likable but, in your view, less interesting racer more than the racer you think the movie should have focused on, ultimately rendering the film a star vehicle rather than the character study in obsession you wish it were.

Not his most flashy picture, Davies structures the film as more or less a wordy, profoundly intimate character study that plays on subtlety in ways few directors truly can.

Compared to the precise character study of Obvious Child, it's a sprawling and less focused piece, but the film remains eminently appealing thanks to its wide - ranging empathy and lived - in performances.

Woody is often sharp with character study and Jasmine is something else, but his portrait of San Francisco working class folk is less convincing and carried only by the strength of a typically excellent cast (it also co-stars Louis C. K., Andrew Dice Clay, Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg) and an honesty and commitment that the socially poised rich of the film lack.

But as the film progresses, Vigalondo reveals the wild card up his sleeve: this is less a monster movie and more a character study about the so - called «nice guy» in town (Jason Sudeikis) becoming unable and confronting the failure of his hapless dreams and choosing to wreak havoc instead.

Doing what Vallee seems to do best, which is direct character studies to Oscar contention, I'm not Gyllenhaal looks that good, but that doesn't make this film any less interesting.

«Internet technology keeps leaping ahead,» Dawson's character soberly intones, sounding less like a savvy detective than a paranoid parent who's just read an alarming, 2001 Time magazine study on chat - room stalkers.

Similar to the participant in Wright's (2010) study of teacher candidates, she initially found the 140 - character limit constraining, but once she adapted to the discourse system and common abbreviations she saw in other participants» posts, Kim stated, «It was actually fun and challenging to get my point across in 140 characters or less!»

Most relevant to character education is a series of studies showing that individuals who have been rewarded for doing something nice become less likely to think of themselves as caring or helpful people and more likely to attribute their behavior to the reward.

A study by NPR found that the sweet spot is forty characters or less!