Sentences with phrase «not sympathetic characters»

The most fascinating aspect of New York Confidential is that there isn't a sympathetic character in the bunch; even Anne Bancroft as Lupo's maladjusted daughter is a bit on the obnoxious side.

There is not a sympathetic character in Landline, a comic drama about the various dysfunctions of a dysfunctional family.

Diane was not a sympathetic character and evidently not a good actress, but hanging on Jack's coat tails.

Not exact matches

In an interview with Fortune, Chapman, who received fellow animators» support after going public about the ordeal, recalled her struggle «being the only woman in the room trying to explain my characters» point of view of the mother and daughter and why they're both sympathetic and they're both not sympathetic.

Steve Carell was a perfect casting option, not only because he could play to all sides of Michael's neediness, pettiness and genuineness, but also because he shaped the character to be more sympathetic than offensive.

[they] allow me to observe and control fictional characters, and when I am at the helm, I try to make these characters behave not as how I would, but how I feel they would want to — a strange sympathetic process for which there is, as of now, no good name.»

«This is a serious book about a pressing issue, but Tough manages to make it an easy read with a cast of sympathetic characters... We don't know how this story will end.

So, my message is that even when scientists are played as comic characters, everybody likes them; you like them, they're sympathetic, they're not played as foolish, they're played as sympathetic.

I «am a generous and kind man, charismatic, honesty, lovely and caring, passionate, easy going, charming, sympathetic, enthusiastic, with good and compatible sense of humor!I «am handsome as others view me and most call me OBAMA (His Excellency Us President) although I deserve not such character exaggeration a...

The initial emphasis on Jack's decidedly mundane endeavors - ie he eats dinner with a priest, he meets with the aforementioned client, etc, etc - proves instrumental in transforming the character into a surprisingly compelling and sympathetic figure, which inevitably does heighten the suspense once the tense and thoroughly engrossing third act rolls around (ie the viewer can't help but actively root for Jack's success).

Macdonald, playing an outsider with wisdom, is by far the most sympathetic character; the movie has plenty to say about the parenting traditions of the wealthy, not much of it favorable.

But I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the FX show The Americans and point out that its writers have set the gold standard for portraying sympathetic Russian - agent characters and highly complicated spycraft techniques — and its seduction scenes are never haphazard.

Not a single character is wholly sympathetic, which makes the drama brave and engrossing.

But in a way, it's a nice companion piece to The Americans, in that the main characters are not your traditionally sympathetic protagonists.

The characters are not sympathetic.

[Futurama has] eccentric yet oddly sympathetic characters, scores of clever pop - culture homages, and a unique visual aesthetic that isn't afraid to experiment with a variety of styles both vintage and modern.

Far from the stilted caricatures of the Johns Wayne and Ford, these days Native Americans are more likely to be represented on screen as sympathetic characters, which is refreshing, because after decades of dehumanization at the hands of Hollywood, they finally have gotten a chance to shine by occasionally telling stories that feature them if not as heroes, at least as human.

Somewhat similar to American Beauty, and it has a nice message, even if not one of the characters is really sympathetic... kind of like life sometimes.

The characters, if not sympathetic, are at least interesting and brought to life with authenticity by the talented cast.

I hope that Prime 4 delves into Sylux's character, in a non-intrusive and well - done manner, perhaps even a sympathetic portrayal of Sylux's origins that at the very least shows Sylux is not completely evil.

But while director Oliver Hirschbiegel («DasExperiment») very effectively takes youdeep inside Nazi Germany's crumbling heart and brings many infamous momentsacutely to life, his film doesn't offer much in the way of new insight.The script is more of a textbook play - by - play than an examination of impulsesand psyches, and while the Hirschbiegel and his cast add those dimensionsthrough their fine work, it seems the only way he could invest the audiencein these events was by seeking out a sympathetic minor character — inthe person of Hitler's young secretary, Traudl Junge (Alexandra Maria Lara)-- and beef up her significance.

Tasked with linking the two narrative strands, Mara's character is a sympathetic daddy's girl who's not allowed to play with her tougher male colleagues, but the only one with any awareness of what could be around the corner.

Debbie Curtis (Samantha Morton) is a sympathetic character, but she's not especially interesting.

The cold aloofness Hough brings doesn't seem to be entirely her fault, but it nevertheless enhances a lack of character identity, as it's unclear if Ariel is supposed to be lost and sympathetic, or a contemptible, spoiled slut whose boots were made for comin» off (she's been distraught and promiscuous ever since her brother died in that first - reel accident).

So what happens is, «Broken English» establishes a sympathetic character, gets Parker Posey to make her real, and then grinds her in the gears of a plot we can not believe.

The not - entirely - sympathetic central character aside, the movie also deserves recognition for its unexpectedly intimate focus on Vinny's close - knit Rhode Island brood (whose outrageousness Younger claims to have toned down for the movie), from his devout Catholic mother Louise (Katey Sagal) who can't bear to watch his fights to his fiancé - berating sister.

It's not about what happens but how the characters react to what happens, and as a result, they are not simplified caricatures but understandable, sympathetic people.

Some commentators feel the character's apparent redemptive arch seems sympathetic towards someone who acknowledges torturing a black man and often dances around the N - word.

Haggis wants to implicate us as well as many of his more sympathetic characters in the round - robin of prejudice, so he plays tricks with our expectations, making us retroactively aware of our own prejudices — not unlike the surprise endings of O. Henry.

Defiant & gutsy, ultimately moving but never completely sympathetic, she has no problem in holding your attention and neither does winner - of - ever - award - going - this - year Allison Janney who completely inhabits mother - of - Tonya LaVona to the point where you can't even remember that this is the woman who has brought to life countless other strong female characters over the past twenty years.

People get uncomfortable, for instance, when the main character in a movie is not sympathetic in a Hollywood formula way.

Though not a reprisal of the Fisher character, Schwartzman's performance in Moonrise Kingdom as a sympathetic, older Khaki Scout helping out a couple of love - struck kids brings an inevitable warmth to the heart of any Wes Anderson fan, for it's as if an old friend from the past has reemerged to help out new, familiar companions.

What separates «Ex Machina» from all those other movies about the potential dangers of sentient A.I., however, is the addition of Gleeson's character to the equation, because it uses Caleb's humanity / moral compass against the audience to make you sympathetic towards Ava even though virtually every film about robots has taught us not to trust them.

She plays a smart character who you really feel sympathetic towards, considering she's not in this situation because she's stupid, but because she's there out of desperation.

I haven't always been enamored of Hugh Grant's films, or of Drew Barrymore's for that matter, but they both seem to excel at playing sympathetic characters desperately looking for love and success, In Music and Lyrics, both of them ingratiate themselves sufficiently that we like them in their roles.

This is the first male character that is not completely evil and the viewer is given reasons to feel sorry for this sympathetic and flawed person.

Their characters aren't exactly sympathetic, as their reckless actions make them the unwitting catalysts for the Rage virus continuation (blame it on the lack of parental authority).

Palin's role, on the other hand, is perhaps the most amusing of the bunch, embodying a character who is clearly sympathetic in his timidness and sympathetic toward animals (and caretaker of the aquarium that houses not only an important plot device, but also a fish named Wanda), yet is tasked by Georges to rub out the only witness against him (an elderly woman)-- resulting in the repeated, humorously horrifying, accidental murders of her numerous terriers.

Wiseau is not nearly as sympathetic a character as Ed Wood, the 1950s B - grade filmmaker who is the subject of the 1994 film Ed Wood, but The Disaster Artist does share some of that film's affection for its respective delusional misfit filmmaker.

Yet in some ways he's the most sympathetic character in the movie, a man of genuine faith struggling to understand how and why he should acquiesce to what he's been taught is an unnatural and dangerous desire on the part of a woman who really loves him, just not like that.

But that would be a shame: Not only is established young German actor Frederick Lau a terrific foil, but Spanish actress Laia Costa gives a tremendously nuanced and sympathetic performance as the title character.

Contrary to Wyllie's interpretations, however, making Humbert Humbert a sympathetic character is not the same as making him a hero.

There's nothing funny at all about this scene — it's just sad, sick, and revolting in a way that dehumanizes the characters and their situations to the point where we can't find them amusing, or even the least bit sympathetic.

Blethyn has the more interesting assignment, playing a woman whose situation is wholly sympathetic, but whose behaviour isn't; she plays the character's racism and self - absorption with admirable empathy, while her climactic breakdown is simultaneously unmoored and restrained, and all the more affecting for it.

Almost every scene could have served as the basis for a short film, at the very least, almost every character leapt off the screen, and could have been followed for a film of their own, not least Anna Paquin «s maddening (but entirely sympathetic) self - centered drama queen Lisa Cohen.

This is no sympathetic character, yet thanks to Ms. Huppert, we simply can't take our eyes off of her or stop wondering how she will handle the next situation (of which there are many).

Vikander, who made such an impression as an artificial intelligence robot learning how to be human in Ex Machina (2014), makes for a sympathetic heroine, but there isn't much depth to Lara, and she is denied the fierce mystery and campy appeal that Jolie brought to the character back in the early 2000s.

It is populated with characters who seem sympathetic in their motives but unsympathetic in their actions, who seem unworthy of sympathy in any way, or whose qualities and motives are only revealed in their final moments, but McDonagh has limitless compassion for them — not in spite of their flaws but because of them.

The kills themselves are fun enough it you can look past the poor practical effects, though they do not make up for the meandering plot and complete lack of sympathetic characters.

It's a vibe that's perpetuated by everything from Roy Webb's lush score to Ted Tetzlaff's gorgeous cinematography to the uniformly effective performances, with, in terms of the latter, Grant and Bergman's chemistry together ensuring that one can't help but root for their characters» triumph over Rains» nefarious (yet somewhat sympathetic) Sebastian.