Sentences with phrase «mostly effective performances»

Spielberg handles his actors with care, resulting in mostly effective performances and moody expressions.

Not exact matches

I would also stop well short of calling it a great pitched game... but it was certainly effective, and I think to chalk it up as mostly luck and bad performance by the Nats is selling Bettis short a little bit.

As one who has seen both versions of Dying, I can report that in neither edit is Schrader's latest a masterpiece, while in both it is an efficient and mostly effective B - grade thriller rooted in a distinctly Schraderian sense of guilt and moral anguish, and featuring a very fine performance by Cage.

As a straight up basic, somewhat crass comedy, Hot Tub is mostly effective and decent performances from John Cusack and Craig Robinson certainly balance the humorous elements in this story, with its more serious take on youth, and the decisions we make that shape our lives.

Though there's not much in Poolhall Junkies we haven't seen many times before, the film manages to remain mostly entertaining due mostly to some surprisingly effective performances and a brisk pace.

Filmmaker Christian Ditter has infused How to Be Single with a bright, vibrant, and thoroughly fast - paced feel that proves effective at instantly capturing one's interest, with the early part of the proceedings faring especially well due mostly to the often laugh - out - loud screenplay and plethora of affable performances.