Sentences with phrase «melodramatic much»

The story has promise, and the actors make it work, but the execution of the plot seems flat and melodramatic much of the time.

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The feelings that my body was dirty, that it was not mine, that it was only for someone else to use, to decide if I was pretty, too fat, too thin, too plain, too made - up, too shy, too bold, too accepting, too melodramatic, too obedient, too defiant... you get the idea, that all never went away, I was just lacking explanation for much of it for a long time.

And I'm having trouble walking the line as I write this now, not wanting to sound melodramatic, but needing to express just how horrible it was, and how much it affected me.

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.

Though visually beautiful and boasting superb performances from the entire cast, Black Swan, much like the ballet Nina so adores, falters because of its emphasis on melodramatic style over substance.

All in all, the film is plenty conventional, even in a portrayal of Ancient Rome that is about as thin as a lot of the characterization, and as contrived as the melodramatics which slow down the impact of momentum almost as much as dull and draggy spells, thus making for a script whose shortcomings are challenged well enough by a powerful score, immersively beautiful visual style, solid direction, and strong lead acting for Henry Koster's «The Robe» to stand as an adequately rewarding and very intriguing study on the impact Christ had even on those who brought about his demise.

Despite a strong sense of its characters, however, Kelly rarely generates much melodramatic or amusing momentum.

In conclusion, there are melodramatic spells, as well as some focal unevenness, spawned from hurrying past certain plot aspects that really aren't all that needed in the first place, being not much more than supplements to the rather repetitious bloating that makes this overambitious effort too overblown for its own good, though not to the point of completely dismissing its engagement value, as there is enough sharpness to the production designs, cinematography and score work to provide striking style, as well as enough story value, brought to life by inspired writing, direction and acting, - particularly by leading lady Halle Berry - to make «Alex Haley's Queen» a rewarding near - epic study on the struggles faced by the mulattoes who struggled to fit into a post-slavery society that was rich with racial tension and plenty of other life challenges.

The reason many cinephiles loathe, as much as love, the fall movie season and its attendant Oscar hype is movies like Little Children, a piece of melodramatic malarkey that carries itself with an air of profundity unjustified by its contrived, pedantic, and phony narrative and aesthetic spine.

But I found that the film was much better than those pictures, being less melodramatic and handling its story transitions in a smoother fashion.

There's a collective energy amongst the group that affords Spotlight much of its profundity and their natural portrayals effortlessly absorb, a notable lack of melodramatic tension between key players resulting in a kind of harmonious interaction between spectator and creator that's rarely been seen this or any other year.

That's as much as can be disclosed from the nasty, well - knotted script by James Greer and Jonathan Bernstein (upping their game slightly from the Jackie Chan vehicle «The Spy Next Door»), before proceedings tumble into a writhing snake pit of melodramatic reversals and vintage B - movie jolts — some chilly, some silly, but all held together with defiant, dug - in credibility by Foy.

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.

It is very much a gothic romance, rather than a straightforward period horror piece, with a great emphasis on family dischord and melodramatic behavior, set in snowy Buffalo, New York, early in the 20th century.

De Rochemont's background informed the film: it was based on a true story and largely shot on location, and the espionage drama, which was defined as much by the workaday procedure of the American agents as by the melodramatic storyline and the exotic danger of covert spies and double agents, was framed by authoritative narration.

Director Nat Faxon as waterworks employee Roddy, and Director Jim Rash as a nerdy concessionaire at a booth «nobody goes to,» join in with the spirit of the occasion, the big melodramatic scene occurring when Duncan accuses his mom's boyfriend of sleeping with the much younger Joan (Amanda Peet).

Mind you, it's also a film I think is great too, but it also uses violence as a dramatic crescendo whereas «Bluebird» is much more honest and less melodramatic about the organic and natural direction where the narrative needs to take these characters.

Unfortunately, Egoyan allows his film to take a melodramatic, third - act turn that extinguishes much of the tension he so successfully builds in the first half of the movie.

The inclusion of some weirdly melodramatic plot developments towards the end doesn't really help matters, while Rebecca's discovery of Steven's ruse comes much sooner than one might like.

There's a lot more stuff, both funny and not so much (Curtis frequently confuses sincerely touching and melodramatic).

From a hidden letter, 17 - year - old Lucy Scarborough learns «all sorts of melodramatic, ridiculous, but true things» about the circumstances surrounding her rape on prom night, her subsequent pregnancy, and why therapy and her signature pragmatism won't be much help against an ancient fairy's curse.

And although it feels slightly melodramatic, once I'd been corrupted it was much easier to then join the ranks of those who made fun of people who had the audacity to love the things that made them happy out loud, no matter the protest.

There are plot conveniences and melodramatic writing to spare in this first novel, but it also offers a rip - roaring adventure and steamy romance scenes, along with a relationship that teens will root for as much as they did for Bella and Edward.

Italy's film giallo — garish, bloody, and melodramatic — says as much about the country as its understated neo-realistic or high - brow surrealist works.

There's so much melodramatic FUD un that video, it's ridiculous.

The game is pretty mad, eccentric, melodramatic and plain creepy, it's just a shame that for the first half of the game Sebastian is blindly enraged to follow Stephano without much storyline other than «he took my daughter».

However, divorcing couples are facing a much more personal and emotionally charged situation than the melodramatic James debacle.