Sentences with phrase «of high melodrama»

Its tragedy is born not of high melodrama, but of low archetype.

Amenábar's sweeping directorial choices are consistently undermined by the pervasively artificial atmosphere, as the movie primarily transpires on expensive sets that look like expensive sets - with the less - than - authentic vibe ultimately exacerbated by the screenplay's relentlessly overwrought nature (ie the interplay between certain characters smacks of high melodrama).

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This begs the question, is there something about this industry that causes high degrees of melodrama?

Crabtree continued working at Gainsborough for the rest of the 1940s, directing They Were Sisters (1945), Caravan (1946), and Dear Murderer (1947) for the studio, all high - profile if not highly distinguished melodramas.

As the prom draws near and the popular head cheerleader of Echo Lake High dumps her star quarterback boyfriend in favor of attending the dance with the biggest loser in school, the raging footballer plots murderous revenge in cult animation icon Bill Plympton's darkly satirical take on the teen tragedy radio hits and high - school melodramas of the 1950s and»High dumps her star quarterback boyfriend in favor of attending the dance with the biggest loser in school, the raging footballer plots murderous revenge in cult animation icon Bill Plympton's darkly satirical take on the teen tragedy radio hits and high - school melodramas of the 1950s and»high - school melodramas of the 1950s and»60s.

A commanding blend of the high and low, a thoroughly sordid family melodrama designed for over-literate history buffs.

The whole endeavor runs a high risk of drowning in melodrama.

Vanaja (Unrated) Class - conscious melodrama, set in Southern India, revolves around the tensions which arise after a 14 year - old fisherman's daughter (Mamatha Bukhya) takes a live - in position working for a woman from a higher caste (Urmila Dammanagari) in order to pursue her dream of studying Kuchipudi dancing.

While there are plenty of high points to recommend here from the giddy sophisticated comedy - romance Jewel Robbery (1932), a Pre-Code Ernst Lubitsch wannabe, to the eclectic political espionage thriller British Agent (1934) to the exotic and risque melodrama Mandalay (1934), I cast my vote for THE HOUSE ON 56TH STREET (1933) as the quintessential Kay Francis vehicle and an excellent introduction to the actress.

The social and professional milieus of ballet companies are rife with tensions, ego - conflicts and melodramas of the highest order.

The hushed, claustrophobic ambience of high privilege and repressed feeling occasionally cracks, as this horror movie reveals itself also to be a rich, agonizing melodrama and a dry comedy of manners set in a fantasy Manhattan of crème caramel wainscoting and black - tie evenings at the opera.

Even in the context of the prolific director's career variety, it's an unusually stylised and visually captivating story of high artifice — there's rich melodrama in its...

Ever the chameleon, Haynes (who has made throwback 50's melodramas, glam rock pastiches and high concept Bob Dylan biopics) has set his camera's eye on the world of children, adapting an illustrated book by Brian Selznick, best known for writing the novel that would become Martin Scorsese's flight of fancy, Hugo.

In Chronicle, Josh Trank's (who's previously worked on TV's «The Kill Point») theatrical debut, we learn that, much like how it is with young love, when high school students are confronted with superpowers, things can quickly escalate from skipping stones and playing aeronautical football to committing crimes of passion and bouts of melodrama.

It quickly became a polarizing film for film critics, many embracing the Red Shoes meets Repulsion psychological portrait of neurosis and obsession in a meek, repressed young woman (Natalie Portman) who still has little girl prima ballerina dreams, others critical of the melodrama, hysteria and blunt metaphors («high - grade hokum,» as one critic called it).

So full of movie clichés and high melodrama that it's sometimes hard not to giggle - and one should never laugh at the prime minister.

The film's structure is similar to that of «Crash,» another overweening, high - style melodrama that reeked with self - importance.

by Walter Chaw Theodore Melfi's Hidden Figures is so inextricably bonded to the rote motions of awards - season biographical uplift melodrama that it functions as proof of a template studios give to directors who won't kick too much about art and individuality and expression and all that high - falutin» stuff.

Xavier Dolan wins the Grand Prix to grumbles The mega-talented 27 - year - old claimed the fest's second highest honor for his melodrama, It's Only the End of the World.

With four main characters, caught up in a melodrama about divorce, the risk of this story veering into one dimensional histrionics is high, but Farhadi navigates it thanks to an almost novelistic drawing of his characters and narrative.

It's like an American indie reworking of Hollywood high melodrama — initial pettiness and sniping grows into passive - aggressive war between bitchy frenemies in close quarters — but instead of the theatrical thrill of showboating spectacle of divas dueling with sophisticated wit and sneering delivery we get something uncomfortably intimate and personal.

Her tears are frequent and hard - earned and her efforts to understand what was unheard of at the time anchor a movie that drifts persistently toward high - toned melodrama.

Honorable Mention: Very high on the top of our honorable mention list is Paul Verhoeven «s very exceptional and relevant return to form in the WWII drama, «Black Book,» Guy Maddin «s oedipal melodrama (aren't they all?)

The setting is asked to be the visual representation of the decay of father - son relationships stretching into eternity; the question of whether Cain's transgression is an indelible mark on the soul, passed from generation to generation, finds a weak foundation here in what is essentially a broad and laggard melodrama packed with unconvincing highs and unmoving lows.

Peopled by flapper - era caricatures partaking in white - collar social orgies fuelled by selfish hedonism, Luhrmann's interpretation of Fitzgerald's oft - debated novel emerges as grotesque melodrama that plays more like a Mexican telenovela than a respectful reinterpretation of 1920's New York high society.

All the leads here seem to keep the comedy of the situation high the drama believable and the treacly melodrama low; a fine balance all around.

Aside from that, there's a couple of moments of attempted macho - ness that are adorably camp, the big pre-volcano final battle in the arena gets close to the levels of enjoyably over-the-top action Anderson has become known for and the film ends on a note of such astoundingly high melodrama that you can't help leaving the film having a little chuckle.

The acting is better than expected and the fight sequences offer a welcome jolt of testosterone to the usual melodrama of high school politics.

So begins the high school melodrama of Strawberry 100 %; Junpei and his friends begin the hunt for the mystery girl and her strawberry panties, and everyone gets mixed up in a strange, all to familiar love circle where everyone is sure that two people are perfect for each other, but intervening relationships, arguments, and other such tomfoolery end up keeping them away from each other.

Despite the many impossible - odds shootouts and high melodrama of the story, the game somehow never takes itself too seriously, with Nathan Drake (once again, superbly played by Nolan North) always only a matter of minutes away from his next witty one - liner.