Sentences with phrase «movie earnestness»

Would an American developer like Vicious Cycle pile on the cheese a little too knowingly and damage the B movie earnestness of the original games?

The message comes before the medium in Tim Disney's American Violet, a fact - based melodrama that tackles the issue of institutional racism with maximum TV - movie earnestness.

Bong suspends any disbelief with a mixture of B - movie earnestness and black comedy, as well as constant nods to today's political climate (notice how Swinton enunciates «occupy») and classic films of years past (from Soylent Green to The Shining).

«Freehold» brings a stubborn issue - movie earnestness to what should be the rousing story of Ocean County, N.J., detective Laurel Hester.

Not exact matches

There's no reason Chris Pratt shouldn't be a movie star, and I'm happy to see his charm and earnestness on full display as Star - Lord.

His integrity and earnestness have caused many commentators to label his movies worthy but dull, lacking both esthetic daring and technical pizzazz.

Aloha, the filmmaker's latest blast of uncut earnestness, is closer to a bad Cameron Crowe movie than a good one.

Wahlberg's goofy earnestness has always worked to his advantage in his past roles, and he gets most of the best moments in the movie.

At one point, Claire, with all earnestness, asks if anyone knows how to fly a plane, and it's just right in a movie where you expect Leslie Nielsen to walk into the cockpit and say, «Good luck.

Once the movie gets through explaining the rules of improv with a borderline - embarrassing wide - eyed earnestness, it settles into an exploration of what happens when one person from a tightly knit six - member comedy group gets close to a plum spot on Saturday Night Live (it's called Weekend Live, presumably for permission to speak freely, but the differences pretty much end with the name).

Ultimately, this movie sets itself apart from other recent Apatow releases because of the strong script and central performance from Jason Segel, whose budding career rests on the twin foundations of earnestness and self - humiliation.

In fact, arguably a key part of the texture of such movies is the erudite earnestness that peppers the general mayhem.