Sentences with phrase «of genuine pathos»

and has a hippie mother (Annette Bening) and step - father (Antonio Banderas)-- if it weren't littered with moments of genuine pathos.

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In his rare sympathetic roles, he's also capable of generating genuine pathos for the put upon plight of struggling small - timers.

As Wiseau, Franco expertly mimics the wannabe filmmaker's many tics and unplaceable accent — Wiseau has never divulged his age, background or anything other than his name, which might not even be Tommy Wiseau — but also imbues him with a genuine sense of pathos.

I, Tonya Craig Gillespie delvers a tonally brilliant mix of caustic comedy and genuine pathos in this uncompromising story of Tonya Harding, an Olympic skater implicated in a conspiracy to maim her chief rival.

Craig Wasson, an awful actor, plays an awful actor inhabiting a persona in Body Double while Melanie Griffith, whose early career was mottled with drug addiction, brought genuine pathos to the role of a porn star being used by malicious men.

Both films employ a conspiratorial, first person voice - over together with a potent mix of surreal realism and exceedingly black humour to invest the experiences of their anti-heroes with genuine pathos.

I, Tonya: Craig Gillespie delivers a tonally brilliant mix of caustic comedy and genuine pathos in this uncompromising story of Tonya Harding, an Olympic skater implicated in a conspiracy to maim her chief rival.

Baumbach clearly cares about his flummoxed protagonists, and uses them as cyphers for his own angst about middle age, often in genuine, self - deprecating fashion, giving the humor a real sense of pathos even during the most light - hearted gags.

A scene in which crewman on the Nimitz clasp their hands to their heads as they travel through a wormhole, juxtaposed with newsreel footage of the attack on Pearl Harbor, elicits genuine pathos, however intentional, at opportunities squandered and historical tragedies re-experienced.

There are surprises along the way and while there is little respite from the action, there is plenty of engaging banter between the protagonists and even genuine pathos as the heroes journey into ever more challenging situations.

In this scene, you can see the themes that would go on to define Payne's career (family, politics, and travel), as well as the juxtaposition of tones (slapstick comedy and genuine pathos) that have become his trademark.

On second thought, the single best film from the Bromance Era, for both dick jokes and genuine pathos, is 2007's Superbad, which brings us back to Seth Rogen, as actor, coscreenwriter (alongside Evan Goldberg), and thus coarchitect of the «Jonah Hill can't stop drawing dicks» scene, which nowadays has a whole lot to answer for.