Sentences with phrase «melodrama than a thriller»
Based on a novel by Ruth Rendell (whose books also inspired Claude Chabrol «s «La Ceremonie» and «The Bridesmaid,» and Pedro Almodovar «s «Live Flesh «-RRB-, it seems to be closer to a melodrama than a thriller, with comparisons already drawn to Douglas Sirk and George Cukor, which marks an interesting departure for the genre - hopping Ozon.
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More melodrama than shear horror, this slick looking but far from Perfect urban thriller shows a heel going from 0 to Psycho but its true villain proves to be the cliché.
Actor turned director Tate Taylor proves to be even less adept crafting mystery thrillers than he does insincere period melodrama with his third feature, The Girl on the Train, an adaptation of the bestselling pulp novel by Paula Hawkins.
It seems fairly obvious what roles each thesp will take with the promise of a character driven period drama featuring the two highly exciting considering what Crowley was able to do with «Boy A.» We're not familiar with the source material, but it sounds more melodrama than her usual thriller (the author, of course, was the writer of «Strangers On A Train» and «The Talented Mr. Ripley «-RRB-.
The review is available in Criterion's packaging of the genre - bending thriller - cum - melodrama, and is worth reading for no other reason than to re-experience Kael's capacity to pair snarky jabs with eulogizing hurrahs.
This may not be surprising considering the norms of the thriller genre, unfortunately it leaves the film feeling more like a Sunday tea - time melodrama, than the fascinating character thriller it could have been.