Sentences with phrase «manic energy»

Of all of Wes Anderson's films, the smooth - yet - manic energy of The Grand Budapest Hotel puts it most in line with Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Bustling with manic energy, I, Tonya attempts to cobble together a variety of perspectives — including that of the filmmakers — to create a portrait of, and perhaps rejoinder to, history's assessment of the record - breaking athlete as little more than a»90s tabloid footnote.

Additionally just when you're getting the rhythm of this first set of yes - men, Andrea Riseborough and Rupert Friend are imported in as Stalin's wayward offspring to inject even more manic energy into the proceedings.

The opening 30 minutes in particular are chockfull of laughs, fully embracing the zany humor of the band members with such manic energy that it's almost impossible to keep up at times.

And to be honest, the only reason that I liked this better than White Chicks is due to the presence of Tracy Morgan, whose manic energy always makes me laugh.

In Central Intelligence, paired with Kevin Hart (The Wedding Ringer)-- whose manic energy makes him the perfect foil for Johnson's gentle - giant routine — Johnson shines once more.

The film's nightmarish, appropriately trippy visuals (particularly in Renton's «cold turkey» montage), a memorable rock and dance - tinged soundtrack and Boyle's undeniable ability to maintaining the story's momentum and manic energy seals Trainspotting's position as a striking, emotional and affecting viewing experience.

The film boasts enough manic energy and straight - up weirdness to keep you entertained before overstaying its welcome in the final act.

The part provides Ferrell with a rare chance to ratchet down his usual manic energy, adopting a mask of Stan Laurel haplessness as Eiffel's narration upsets his carefully ordered universe.

Devine's manic energy wears thin pretty fast, but his character is redeemed by the actor's relentless self - deprecation — characters are constantly telling Mike that he's human garbage compared to his god - like younger brother, and every shot across the bow earns a laugh.

The Big Short uses all of this to blitz along like a rolling thunderball of manic energy hellbent on pissing you off with laughter.

In amateur hands, «American Made» would be a mixed bag, but Cruise and Director Doug Liman, who previously worked on «Edge of Tomorrow,» combine for infectious manic energy.

I said that mainly because — even though Dosch's brand of manic energy here is more abrasive than anything we've seen from Gerwig — she brings to Jeune Femme the kind of irreducibly intense charisma that Gerwig brought to Frances Ha, another film in which a neurotic heroine is on screen in practically every shot.

In spite of the less - than - hilarious one - liners he's called on to recite, Rock's manic energy keeps the proceedings lively.

Rogen and Byrne have an undeniable charm that actively boosts one another's confidence, to a degree that their performances often feel improvised; performances that thrive off an uncontrollable and manic energy present in whatever room they are in.

Bursting with exhausting manic energy, Warren Beatty's Howard Hughes pet project Rule Don't Apply is not so much a misfire as it is a gatling gun firing on spin - cycling decimating everything in its path.

They're manic energy unleashed.

The drawings have an introverted, manic energy often associated with self - taught artists.

They convey a kind of manic energy tinged with desperation, longing, and a sense of the absurd.

For more than forty years, Richard Jackson has taken the piss out of painting, only to shoot it back with such manic energy and monumental ingenuity as to jolt the medium into sublime toxic shock.

pulsates with manic energy.

In their years as the tri-state area's premier bar band, Twisted Sister didn't just want to entertain their suburban audiences, they aimed to assault and delight them with dangerous volume, manic energy and over-the-top outrageousness.

Sure, Nic Cage has made some truly terrible movies, but Matchstick Men manages to capture his manic energy and use it to create a deeply entertaining mystery drama with surprising twists and an unexpected emotional punch.

Instead, my characteristic excess of creative / manic energy was going toward food: working in the garden, shopping for the next meal, and planning dinner parties.

The Grizzlies» appeal lies in the quirky personalities on their roster and the manic energy in their home crowd, less so than their style of play, which is as unassuming as it is unforgiving.

He's pouring much of his manic energy into that campaign by dispensing nonstop political advice to every Democrat running in a competitive Senate race.

Although he plainly lacks the manic energy of a Thatcher or Blair, he nevertheless personifies the insurgency within the Liberal Democrats which has ruthlessly and decisively supplanted the party's social democratic tradition with the economic neo-liberalism of the Orange Bookers.

Once the middle block of this puppy hits, a manic energy takes over and the pure zaniness can't be stopped.

The manic energy, the groovy angles, and the out there imagery are downright fantastic.

Critic Consensus: An uneasy mix of slapstick and gore, Idle Hands lacks the manic energy and comedic inspiration required to pull off its goofy premise.

The picture certainly succeeds at reproducing Belushi's manic energy and wired - up sensibility.

Critics Consensus: An uneasy mix of slapstick and gore, Idle Hands lacks the manic energy and comedic inspiration required to pull off its goofy premise.

The Popper role requires eccentricity, yet Carrey is contained and buttoned down, only cutting loose with his manic energy on a couple of occasions.

Helms really throws himself into the role, and matches Rusty's borderline insane behaviour with a lot of manic energy.

Lord and Miller inject the movie with the kind of silly, manic energy that's become a touchstone in all their projects, but there aren't enough truly laugh - out - loud moments, with many of the recurring jokes failing to hit their mark.

He reconnects with an old friend from his band days (Rhys Ifans, a long way from his manic energy in Notting Hill), and circles around a stop - start romance with personal aid and professional doormat Florence (Greta Gerwig).

McTiernan returned for Die Hard: With a Vengeance, which had manic energy to spare and significant added juice from Jeremy Irons» taunting puzzlemaster and Samuel L. Jackson's freaked - out everyman, a worthy foil for Willis.

And though he does inhabit the same filthy underworld as Quentin Tarantino, what Ritchie may lack in originality, he makes up for with boldness and manic energy.

Daniel Scheinert: — a coming - of - age teen comedy about ninth - graders crashing a party that the 12th - graders are throwing, but it has a bit of a Scott Pilgrim videogame aesthetic, where we would try to take that manic energy teenagers have and try to explore it with interactivity, where they're like, «What do I do?

Comic, shameful and deeply painful, the scene encapsulates the manic energy of the tremendous first instalment in David Nicholls's adaptation of Edward St Aubyn's five autobiographical novels.

Usually the role of the nagging, responsible, «keeping her guy on track» wife / mother, Byrne pretty much steals the film from her male co-stars as Kelly too wants more in her life than to play the straight (wo) man, and her manic energy and increasingly creative plans inject the film with likeability and fun.

Director Simon West tries for a manic energy and an anything - goes attitude, since, in addition to the snake bites, the movie also includes Turk riding a suitcase down a street and a man being strangled by an octopus.

For Best Actor, it would be nice to see the award go to Andrew Garfield in Under the Silver Lake, as his manic energy and stoned confusion is in more rhythmic lockstep with the irreverent shaddy - dog narrative of the film than David Robert Mitchell's direction.

It's an enormously fun note, though, and Hoffman's manic energy is infectious; his gesticulations alone arguably deserve some sort of plaque or citation.

At times Central Intelligence has the manic energy of a Richard Pryor / Gene Wilder film with Hart exhibiting some fine comic timing.

The manic energy of it all suited Montgomery Clift's own manic energy to a tee.

Lord and Miller inject the movie with the kind of silly and manic energy that's become a touchstone in all their projects, but there aren't enough truly laugh - out - loud moments, with many of the recurring jokes failing to hit their mark, including one about Jenko and Schmidt's age that's well beneath everyone involved.