Sentences with phrase «most films of this ilk»

Even if the characters don't always seem anything more than puppets at the hands of a storyteller, the bits of human insight underneath provides more than enough food for thought than most films of this ilk allow, and even some moments of bittersweet, and even comical, irony.

Most films of its ilk would establish the third wheel character of the current husband as a lout deserving of a break - up, and while Ira is certainly a cad, Simon wisely never paints the character in a negative light, creating some interesting conflicts in the dynamic of the newly reunited partners in crime.

Like most films of its ilk, Walk Hard may go too over-the-top to prove itself, but there is something charming about it, underscored by its genuine love of music and affinity for musicians.

Not exact matches

It's a commercial movie rather than an art film, but a great deal less compromised than most of its ilk.

Good performances by the main actors does make it a cut above most horror films if its ilk (though Joe Anderson's German accent is far from authentic), and there is a very effective creep factor involved in the choice of antagonist, a wildly growing, mimicking plant that can grab, infest and devour its victims in the most grisly and stomach churning ways possible.

Ramsay's film comes fascinatingly close to being a one - note genre exercise, albeit one that's perhaps a tad more ambitious than most of its ilk.