Sentences with phrase «less than the sum of their parts»

The collective intelligence of the group is surely less than the sum of its parts, and the more people on a committee, the less chance it has to be wise and crisp in its decision making.

Theologians can innovate to their hearts» content, but without a standard theology the total effect of our efforts is far less than the sum of its parts.

But this is a movie that is far less than the sum of its parts.

The whole of the Tech line was less than the sum of its parts for a few years, but the 2015 line showed promise, at least from a run - blocking perspective.

Off the pitch they're the usual mess of heavily - moneyed shouting, and on it they're nothing special, an incoherent headache, significantly less than the sum of their parts.

Worryingly, the Aubameyang - Mkhitaryan - Ozil axis looked far less than the sum of its parts, in part due to Spurs» excellent defensive structure.

Belgium march on but just as in 2014 the impression remains that they are considerably less than the sum of their parts.

(Although it might be worth you noting that the 51 % figure seems to suggest that Lib - Lab is worth a good deal less than the sum of its parts...) Is it just possible that Brown's disastrous economic mismanagement and loathsome disdain for the people of the country has got people's backs up rather?

But put it all together and the manifestos were less than the sum of their parts.

But in a case of the whole being less than the sum of its parts, these formulations never worked as well as the individual vaccines.

This dress is effectively a mirror image of itself on each side and the result is something a little less than the sum of its parts.

First - time writer - director Aimee Lagos» time - skipping thriller ultimately adds up to less than the sum of its parts, but good performances by the youthful cast help compensate for the overly familiar story.

Altogether it's pretty weird, a mishmash of ideas and atonal moments that is far less than the sum of its parts.

A dweeby and unenchanting concoction as romantic comedies go, Mark Decena's debut feature also juggles enough storylines to fill five or six movies in barely 80 minutes of screen time, ending up with a whole distinctly less than the sum of its parts.

Danny Collins is a perfect example of a whole that is less than the sum of its parts, some of which are quite good in themselves.

The sequel to «Divergent» is the cinematic equivalent of the KFC Famous Bowl: a nutritionally devoid mishmash of elements and past films that somehow manages to be less than the sum of its parts once cobbled together.

End result: Less than the sum of its parts.

While satisfying at times, poor story presentation and an abundance of superfluous elements make Valkyria Revolution less than the sum of its parts.

This handsomely executed historical drama is by turns ponderous and interesting, but interesting in a removed, unengaged fashion that renders the whole far less than the sum of its parts.

It's a film that is less than the sum of its parts, amusing though some of those parts may be depending upon your reaction to Fellini's obsessions with mis - shapen people, bodily functions, and women's rear ends and breasts.

The whole is far less than the sum of its parts in Drive Angry, Patrick Lussier's belligerent attempt at a disreputable B - movie.

As a film it's less than the sum of its parts, although many of those parts are strong.

It does what it does with an admirable level of professionalism but the whole of Lovely and Amazing is something a good deal less than the sum of its parts.

Despite great shots and several powerful scenes, it remains less than the sum of its parts, a lukewarm story about a worthy subject that ends up packing little emotional impact.

«Duplicity» may be much less than the sum of its parts, but at least some of those parts shimmer.

It's like a mix of The Exorcist, The Amityville Horror, Poltergeist and Child's Play, and less than the sum of its parts.

As if proving the genius of artists like Klimt by contrast, this movie combines its amazing, golden elements into something far less than the sum of its parts.

Spark Unlimited has made a game that is both more and less than the sum of its parts â $» but thereâ $ ™ s enough ambition there to see what Lost Planet 3 could have been.

But the movie is less than the sum of its parts.

Shyamalan explores some interesting ideas about the true worth of a person, the power of belief, and the lengths that the mind will go to normalize things that just aren't normal (insert your own current events joke here), but the whole turns out to be much less than the sum of its parts.

Neighbors is less than the sum of its parts, a simple comedy with adult overtones.

This disconnect between the areas creates a story that is significantly less than the sum of its parts.

It was one of those occasions where the whole was less than the sum of its parts.

Regrettably, this groundbreaking co-production comes to less than the sum of its parts.

However, during the day the film falls apart, primarily due to the abundance of ideas floating about; everything from religion to family history to psychology to the nature of creating a myth is thrown into the mix, and it all adds up to much less than the sum of its parts.

Unfortunately, whole is considerably less than the sum of its parts — and striking out with a big swing is still striking out.

The Good Dinosaur has a number of moments of great quality but is an unusually uneven listening experience as an album which makes it a bit less than the sum of its parts.

The whole feels less than the sum of its parts and although it does a fair job of holding the open - minded viewer's attention, in retrospect it feels both forgettable and dull.

The whole is simply less than the sum of its parts.

All in all, what looks like a good little taut conspiracy thriller on paper with a great cast and accomplished writer, in reality adds up to much less than the sum of its parts.

But the tone of the movie varies substantially from scene to scene (there's much unnecessarily overwrought, father - daughter melodrama), substantial gaps in logic abound, and the whole ultimately amounts to less than the sum of its parts.

The whole thing is MUCH LESS than the sum of its parts.

Even big organizations staffed with Ph.D. economists and other bright people like the Federal Reserve are less than the sum of the parts, as the bureaucracy enforces groupthink (and the Treasury is even worse).

They recognize that public companies are sometimes valued at less than the sum of their parts — the amount they could generate if they were liquidated.

The whole of Tales of Xillia is much lesser than the sum of its parts.

But the game is the anomaly that is somehow less than the sum of its parts.

Despite fantastic environmental design, solid action fundamentals and elaborate scripted sequences the game really becomes less than the sum of its parts, and it's surprising to see it flail around in this way.

They give one the impression that Pippin's peculiar homages to early photography, and in particular to Eadweard Muybridge, the late 19th century photographer of humans and animals in motion, are less than the sum of their parts.

Much less than the sum of its parts, «What Is Painting?»

The show is less than the sum of its parts.