Sentences with phrase «much talent behind the camera»

When George Clooney made his directorial debut in 2002 with the off - beat Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and followed it up with the superb McCarthyism drama Good Night and Good Luck it seemed that he had just as much talent behind the camera as he did in front of it.

Despite so much talent behind the camera, as well as in front, there's hardly anything to show for their efforts here, certainly not enough to attract anyone but the biggest of fans of the two lead comedians.

Not exact matches

And while there are a number of strong sequences sprinkled throughout (eg Cole talks to his mother (Toni Collette's Lynn) about her own deceased parent), The Sixth Sense's funereal atmosphere ultimately lessens the impact of the much - vaunted climactic twist and it is, in the end, clear that the film doesn't entirely work as either a drama or a spooky thriller - with the movie's mild success due mostly to Shyamalan's considerable talent and his ongoing ability to wring top - notch work from folks both in front of and behind the camera (ie this is an exceedingly handsome production, undeniably).

For Jolie it's a huge step forward as a filmmaker, as the epic tale of Louis Zamperini rises above her own stardom and proves just how much talent she has when calling shots behind a camera.