Sentences with phrase «of kooky characters»

There's the sweet and charming side of Ferdinand, the story of a kindhearted bull that refuses to participate in the violence for which it was born and raised, and there's the movie's less charming aspects, which congregate a bunch of kooky characters to accompany the eponymous bull through his passive rebellion against violence.

Directed by Vaughn Stein, the thriller follows two assassins on a mysterious mission in sinister city, where they run into all sorts of kooky characters, including Robbie's beguiling waitress who may or may not be a serial killer.

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(image via buzzfeed) Jimmy McMillan stole the show at last night's New York gubernatorial debate, which featured a kooky cast of characters, from Eliot Spitzer's madam to teabagger Carl Paladino to ex-Black Panther and NY City Councilman Char... Read

Anderson belongs to the same school of filmmaking as the Coen Brothers, where even the characters with only a couple lines are brimming with kooky personality.

More than anything, Blair is under the presumption that the semblance of utter randomness in the characters and developments will produce comedy (tidbits like «cat meat makes a person invisible», a deadly snake confrontation, and other such kooky events), and while occasionally diverting, wittier laughs are sparse.

There's not a great deal of story to delve into here, with the plot merely used as a springboard to showcase a cast of character actors getting to do some kooky things along the way.

The Addams Family doesn't pretend to be anything more than a pure piece of entertainment for young and old, with lots of delicious dark humor, kooky characters, and a great deal of side jokes to keep the laughs coming, even if the plot isn't particularly gripping.

Waiting... still remains modestly appealing because we like these sorts of occupational comedies with kooky characters, but the comedy just isn't sharp or clever enough to really get you fully on its side and take you for a ride.

The kooky old hippy who talks to his plants, one of the daft characters Elliot encounters on the journey, is closer than anyone to the truth of TheHappening.

as they manage a campground of visiting villagers and kooky characters.

The main character of the film is Dave Stoller, a kooky up - and - coming cyclist who has been driving his livid father absolutely bonkers with his crazy antics, which includes his need to speak and listen to anything Italian, since he admires the Italian cyclists so much.

Unlike its console counterparts, players will be living out their days in a van down by the river Matt Foley style as they manage a campground of visiting villagers and kooky characters.

Like all young, vibrant, kooky characters of this kind she's there as much to shake Marlo's character up for the screenwriter as to provide practical babyminding assistance.

Your ability to relate is greatly dependent on how much of your own self you see in it, but with characters this kooky and one - dimensional, it's hard to imagine anyone relating to this except on completely tangential levels.

Johnny Depp is kooky and winds up in bizarre situations (one so bizarre I can't believe it actually made the final cut), everyone is sailing after a mythological artifact, characters flip - flop between friend and foe, and the action is out of this ocean.

Underwood does what he can, but he isn't a miracle worker, and no amount of special effects and kooky characters can cover up the fact that this script is a stinker.

The kooky cast of characters get entangled in a web of affairs and unrequited love that could rival a Jane Austen novel.

I'm not convinced either has the presence for the big screen, although Aniston was terrific in «The Good Girl» (a small movie) and Parker, who strikes me as more of a character actress than a leading lady, was suitably kooky and vivacious in Steve Martin's «L.A. Story» and hilarious as Johnny Depp's exasperated wife in Tim Burton's low - scale «Ed Wood.»

Neal McDonough is entertaining enough as a charming, bemused American security agent chasing down Frank, and Anthony Hopkins channels just enough Hannibal Lecter to make his kooky, doddering scientist character fun (until a third - act twist just turns him sort of evil).

The show is filled with kooky characters and a slew of celebrity cameos like Diane Delano («Popular», «The Ladykillers»), Daniel Roebuck («The Fugitive» and «Lost»), Wyatt Knight («Porky's»), Ian Petrella («A Christmas Story»), and a few of the guys from HBO's «Entourage».

Lady Birdis a semi-autobiographical coming - of - age story written and directed by Greta Gerwig, my favorite kooky character actress.

Too many kooky supporting characters are given the spotlight for reasons unknown, and while they might be funny at times, the constant asides do detract from the dramatic momentum of the emotional story at its core.

Mike Myers super-spy spoof creation is back for his third big - screen adventure and gives us more of what we've come to love (or loathe, depending on your perspective) the AUSTIN POWERS series for, namely kooky characters, sleazy sight gags and potty humor.

Best known for his mystery novels about Dr. Siri Paiboun (including The Coroner's Lunch), today Colin Cotterill launches a new series with Killed at the Whim of a Hat, the story of a crime reporter based in rural Thailand who is surrounded by a kooky cast of characters.

Sure, you've got your typical turn based combat, an abundance of dungeons to crawl through, a kooky collection of characters, plenty of dialogue to read through, and an adventure that'll easily last you a hundred hours, but it also plays out as a «high school student» simulator.

Combining a vast selection of kooky Nicktoons characters like SpongeBob with real - life baseball players like Big Papi, it's a total blast to play.