Sentences with phrase «melodramatic moments»

Though Michael Fassbender contributes a potential Oscar - winning performance (one critic opines that the Academy should not even bother voting: just mail him the Oscar), the fragmentation is disturbing and would grate on segments of the audience who like their bio-pics complete without being broken up into simply melodramatic moments.

The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in February, where our critic called it a «slow - ass» movie that never «cracks a joke and potentially melodramatic moments (a fairground ride collapse, the initial accident, a suicide attempt) are so painstakingly crafted to avoid splashiness that any momentum is killed.»

Hearing the dialogue out loud (or witnessing some of the awkward melodramatic moments shoehorned into the material), it may be hard for even the most ardent fans of the book to deny the lack of quality in the writing.

And for those who do know the movie, there are no shortage of before - the - fact nods to ingredients that would later filter into the project: as when Wiseau and Sestero play an awkward game of football (as they later would in The Room), or a couple of melodramatic moments staged on the roof of Wiseau's apartment building (a venue he would inexplicably approximate via lousy greenscreen on a soundstage for the film).

And although the movie begins to palpably run out of steam as it passes the one - hour mark - a feeling that's perpetuated by an increased emphasis on melodramatic moments - Prom, buoyed by an impressively romantic finish, manages to establish itself as a passable time - killer that isn't quite the arduous ordeal one might've anticipated.

In a film that has just a few melodramatic moments — such as when Nat is severely whipped for baptizing a white man on his master's property — the climactic, chaotic, violent moments might well give rise to cheers in the audience.

J Blakeson's (The Disappearance of Alice Creed) direction leads to some severely melodramatic moments.

Writer - director Gina Prince - Bythewood's film has its melodramatic moments, but Parker and Mbatha - Raw bring such honesty to their interactions -LSB-...]

But this is one slow - ass «novel,» in which no one ever cracks a joke and potentially melodramatic moments (a fairground ride collapse, the initial accident, a suicide attempt) are so painstakingly crafted to avoid splashiness that any momentum is killed.

But this is less of a concise drama than Farhadi's best and there are melodramatic moments (Bardem in the rain!

More notably, this movie doesn't bog itself down with melodramatic moments.

Nichols isn't a director who tends to indulge in grand, melodramatic moments; even Midnight Special feels restrained compared to the Amblin films that obviously inspired it.

We also get more Simon Pegg than in previous entries — which is good because Pegg can handle dramatic and melodramatic moments with the best of them while providing much of the M: I specific humor.

In a melodramatic moment of random hysterics, Tulip convinces Dink to fire Beth.

Not exact matches

The truth is that Tolstoy, as an epic writer, is majestically brilliant at his craft, while Dostoevsky, as a dramatic writer, has his many moments of genius (Mitya and Grushenka's night together just before Mitya's arrest, for instance), but all too often falls into the worst conventions of nineteenth century melodramatic theatre.

It's a stirring sequence that's heightened by Holbrook's engaging, downright poignant performance, with the film's compulsively watchable atmosphere perpetuated by the initial scenes set within the past - as Lawrence does a nice job of infusing such moments with a melodramatic and suitably old - fashioned feel that proves impossible to resist.

Before the Storm maybe doesn't take this to heart enough, with its more melodramatic plot beats actually detracting from the parts I enjoyed — and yet I'm inclined to forgive those sins, because the moments where it does stumble on some seemingly universal truth?

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.

A less effective version of the same fact - based story, even with the same actors doing the same excellent work — it's Jake Gyllenhaal's finest, truest two hours on film — might creak and groan with «inspirational weepie» biopic machinery, over-engineered Big Moments and an arm - twisting, melodramatic approach to its subject.

Then, like something out of a telenovela — this movie has its share of melodramatic soap - opera moments — Orlando suffers an aneurysm and dies.

Condon seems reluctant to cut a single moment from the venerable musical - theater warhorse, and the endless deluge of big, melodramatic scenes and show - stopping production numbers quickly proves exhausting.

«A Silent Voice» risks» being melodramatic on several occasions, but it's moments between Shoko and Shoya, or when they're on their own, are when the film works best.

The story definitely lends itself to being a tad melodramatic, and the director doesn't really temper those moments with anything understated, starting with when Joey has to plow a field full of rocks so he can save Albert and his family's farm.

The trailers are moody, artistically framed and a bit melodramatic, promising to explore the darker moments in Jackie Kennedy's life.

Throughout the film, there are moments that could have made this into a melodramatic thriller, much like some of Almodóvar's earlier films Matador and The Law of Desire.

And while some of the plot turns feel overly melodramatic, they also work as self aware moments that remind us how easily films can evoke emotions from us.

The moments of sadness are not melodramatic but scientific, encouraging the audience to study how its characters are acting.

Reynolds never, not for a moment, took the film seriously, playing to the crowd that likes to cheer for the hero and hiss at the villain in true melodramatic fashion.

The moment, so weakly melodramatic that Violet would likely roll her eyes at it, lacks the fluid self - awareness that Wells does an able job of capturing in the more tightly confined scenes (especially in the play's infamous dinner scene).

Nice review... I did nt really think there were any «melodramatic or cliched moments».

The game's soundtrack is also fantastic, ranging from inspiring to melodramatic tracks to fit the mood of each moment of the game.

Whether abstracting footage culled from 1980s blockbusters like Rambo into a vibrant slurry of sight and sound, or slowing down the introductory credit sequence of the 1970s sitcom Three's Company to a cryptic melancholic pace, as well as reworking the melodramatic prize package revealing moments from the game show, The Price is Right, Murata employs a variety of animation processes to highlight the decay of media narratives.