Sentences with phrase «melodramatic script»

The melodramatic script sometimes feels like it's...

But rather than go down the path of political thriller or straight biopic, Arash Amel's melodramatic script stumbles, ungracefully, under its unsubtle load.

Good cast, better than the melodramatic script deserves, all keep stiff upper lips through all kinds of goings on.

Not exact matches

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.

But without scripts by talented writers like Philip Kaufman (The Outlaw Josey Wales) and David Webb Peoples (Unforgiven) or stories that are brutally or sentimentally melodramatic — or both, as in Million Dollar Baby — his weakness as well as his primitivism stand cruelly exposed.

Naturally the effects look outstanding, but story wise it still looks as trite, cliched, melodramatic, heavy - handed, anachronistic, and preachy as it came across in the script treatment.

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.

Liam Neeson stars in the title role as Mark Felt but the absurdly melodramatic score and howler - filled script let the movie down

Even when the script allows Lawrence to tap into her intense melodramatic acting genes, which it does only rarely, Russell allots Lawrence the time to cook the emotion and lets it stew in her eyes before she erupts with stirring power.

The script never deals with this melodramatic action film trope with any of the same guts, guile or wit it attacks so many other facets of cinematic comic book storytelling.

But this «based on a true story» feature, like their Allen Ginsberg bio-drama «Howl,» is neither satisfying as drama nor irrefutable as history, thanks to the melodramatic Andy Belin («Trust») script.

Haynes took an enormous risk here, but thanks to his thoughtful script and an utterly sincere performance from Moore, what could have easily become a cold, calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking.

The script also loses its edge near the end, when the film loses its sharp - tongued humor and becomes maudlin and overly melodramatic.

While I have major reservations about a few important script elements, this is a pleasant and occasionally riveting melodramatic treat.