Sentences with phrase «melodramatic final act»

Critic Consensus: It's sentimental, and some viewers may feel manipulated by the melodramatic final act, but The Man in the Moon offers a finely drawn coming - of - age story with an excellent cast — including Reese Witherspoon in her film debut.

Critics Consensus: It's sentimental, and some viewers may feel manipulated by the melodramatic final act, but The Man in the Moon offers a finely drawn coming - of - age story with an excellent cast — including Reese Witherspoon in her film debut.

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What I can criticise is an over-reliance on religious symbolism, pretentious themes, a jarring, overly melodramatic score and a nigh - on incomprehensible final act.

It is a shame the final, unnecessary five minutes feel the need to hastily re-sanctify Lincoln for a melodramatic sign - off, for this is a micro-study in restraint: the neat concentration of a staggering man, and Day - Lewis maintains a tantalising balancing act between flesh and marble.

The final act is confidently melodramatic, employing subtle strokes of pathos and nostalgia to skilfully manipulate an audience's emotions.

The inclusion of several extraordinarily melodramatic sequences within the film's second act only cements this feeling, to the extent that one can't help but wish that such moments had been excised from the final product.