Sentences with phrase «of unlikable»

Ste Curran, game developer and writer: Imagine fighting through a cardboard city constructed from adverts; through a slow - shifting swamp of unlikable men, saran - wrapped in logo - stained T - shirts, shambling like the dullest zombies.

Payback's characters are the kind of unlikable tools who regularly shout things like «Let's crush this!»

Rockstar tried to use Niko, Roman and it's collection of racial stereotypes to tell an interesting story in GTA IV, but amidst all the dull friend missions, overcooked accents and never - ending escort jobs, they proved to be a collection of unlikable, tediously miserable bastards.

On the Road - It may be based on one of the defining works of a generation, but it's still just two hours of unlikable characters having sex and doing drugs.

Her character has a reason for being so hardened, but she's overly so, and in the process, becomes kind of unlikable.

In this instance, «The Florida Project» is so full of unlikable characters (including children) that the raw nature of the story can't transcend its false leap into a likable experience.

Green Lantern didn't fail because it was funny; it failed because it was painfully unfunny, a sour tale full of unlikable characters.

While the cast of characters all remain in touch with their deep - rooted feelings of survival and promise, when a film is full of unlikable and hard - pressed figures, it's difficult to scale your own investment into their well - being.

A terrific performance by Laura Dern is the sole reason to see this pretentious slog through the miserable lives of unlikable people.

As if it's not enough that the characters are kind of unlikable in certain areas, this narrative that does little outside of simply meditate upon the questionable leads is pretty thin, and that really undercuts much momentum, to where natural shortcomings play an instrumental role in bringing the final product to mediocrity, and yet, I won't go so far as to say that this film's story concept is completely juiceless, as its portrayal of a nerdy manchild's lifestyle is pretty realistic, if not genuine, and therefore kind of intriguing.

Very poorly made, obvious allusions to Jaws, and a cast of unlikable characters.

Obiviously Project Soul doesn't want to tackle a modern «Weapon Master» mode, the campaign is shallow as always (and cast with a bunch of unlikable characters).

Not exact matches

Remaining true to the brand meant avoiding some of the most notoriously unlikable elements of traditional outsourcing: massive and depressing call centers, slavish working conditions, and resulting work that is less than stellar.

If the teller of a story comes off as not being genuine, as incompetent, or as just an «unlikable» person, it can have an averse effect on the story itself.

Skurge spends much of «Thor: Ragnarok» as an unlikable coward, but he attempts to redeem himself in the end by betraying Hela... who then launches a sword through his chest.

In making his movie, he deliberately took advantage of the lack of this framework, and a different set of communicative expectations, namely, the expectation that his characters were real people, dense but not utterly unlikable.

Baltimore has problems, not the least of which is a thoroughly unlikable, dysfunctional clubhouse.

: Thanks a lot for making me feel so guilty that I endured over 6 months of sleepless nights and my son turned into an unlikable miserable little devil due to lack of sleep!

iPhone Apps, iPad Apps, iPod touch apps, Honest reviews of quality iPhone apps and games by iOS application experts plus news & giveaways This parody of a dating sim suffers from some unlikable characters and repetitive gameplay.

He is flawed and sometimes even unlikable, much like most of the other characters.

He's a gruff, unlikable guy, and when he's informed of his long - lost son whose mother has just died, Charlie makes self - serving financial arrangements for the boy's care.

The rest of the characters all feel unlikable and mean spirited

Ah you know what time of year it is when name brand actors take on roles in which their characters all have reasons to be incredibly unlikable, from the audience point of view.

He directs a stubbornly hackneyed, willfully tedious, adamantly dopey boxing flick full of leaden, unlikable characters.

Fanning gives an assured performance with a convincing English accent but no amount of quality acting can make up for how unlikable her character is.

Unfortunately, it is difficult to stay interested in what happens to any of these characters because most of them are so absurdly unlikable.

A noisy, unlikable distraction that seems more invested in photographing lush Hawaiian locations than solidifying a sense of humor that might coexist peacefully with the violence.

With this unlikable trainwreck of a concept album about his celebrity ex-wife.

Many of the characters also remain very unlikable to the point where you sometimes wonder why you should care what happens to them.

My problem was most of the characters were unlikable (although there were great lengths to show them as well rounded people with both good and bad within), and even Bingbing Fan's character (the most likable) was a bit of a doormat.

Duddy's desire to be a success is easy to understand, which makes this potentially unlikable character forgivable, and the film's gallery of details and characters adds realism and energy to the story.

Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding has taken her career in her own hands (by being one of the producers) and delivers a stunning performance as the controversial and generally unlikable professional figure skater.

It helps that each of Christine's suiters is given enough time to develop, and none of them are unlikable.

When the game is through, highlights in the script, acting and charm behind slightly intriguing subject matter are enough to bring the final product to the brink of decency, but this effort is far from that threshold, as underdeveloped, unlikable characters, aimlessly unfocused dragging and a cold directorial atmosphere behind a paper - thin story concept leave «Zero Charisma» to slip into mediocrity as a forgettable, under - inspired misfire.

Andrew Matthews» script is kind of limp, but with decent bits, at least in humor, as well as intriguing elements in the mostly undercooked, maybe even somewhat unlikable characterization, whose distancing attributes are challenged by, at the very least, decent performances.

Sometimes the most unlikable of characters make the most interesting.

The characters were all dumb and unlikable, the dialogue was unbelievably clumsy and absurd quite often throughout, and of course, the ending deliberately left the door open for potential sequels to follow, go figure!

Grating, unlikable, annoying and un-watchable are the kindest words I can muster for this holy abomination of a sitcom.

While it doesn't do anything to make «Abby» (Darby Stanchfield) any less unlikable, it at least makes the rest of the cast's sub-plots more entertaining.

Yes, do note that I said that the underdevelopment makes it «hard [u] er [/ u]» to get invested in the characters, because as if it's not bad enough that the characters are so undercooked and, well, kind of bland, they're unlikable, or at least the lead is, for although Sam Eidman's portrayal of the Scott Weidemeyer character is engaging convincing, the character himself is just too much of a manchild - concerned with the superficial and his own self - esteem over the concerns of others and growing up - for you to feel for him all that much.

He worked fine in the beginning but he started to grow tiresome and unlikable in many of the scenes.

It has an amoral vixen at the heart of its story, and the rest of the characters are perhaps even more unlikable.

The former's is perhaps a little more juvenile and hyperactive in spots, but they display a talent for biting political incorrectness, affected but not wholly unlikable white oafs, and a keen trigger for pops of violence and blood out of left field.

Where I think the film makers made a mistake here is that he is instantly unlikable, showing little emotion at his brothers funeral and not helped by the glazed over half smirk Josh Wiggins employs throughout half of this film.

In the hands of many other writers, the titular, self - proclaimed Lady Bird — real name Christine McPherson played by renowned Irish actress Saoirse Ronan — would come across as whiny, entitled, and unlikable to the point where the entire film comes crumbling down.

While a number of the fairy - tale oriented characters are pretty funny, the main three characters that the film chooses to focus on (Shrek, Donkey and Princess Fiona), are an absolute bore, if not completely unlikable.

While others usually paint the kids as bratty and unlikable, Reitman sees them as basically good kids with a great deal of inner talent that doesn't get a chance to come out until the end.

Kidman's fearless habit of picking genuinely unlikable characters peaked with her role in Noah Baumbach's intentionally difficult 2007 comedy.

Also in the fictional world of Nocturnal Animals, Michael Shannon is once again explosive but with added humour, and Aaron Taylor - Johnson is just downright nasty, intimidating, and unlikable in all the right ways.

He's not afraid to subvert mainstream tastes, to test the boundaries of movie stars» appeal, to serve up realistically unlikable characters, or to disappoint at the box office again and again.