Sentences with phrase «one's central performance»

Some great action sequences and two strong central performances make this a superior blockbuster.

He delivers a superb central performance and the film works mostly for him.

Led by terrific central performances and incredibly imaginative direction, he has crafted one of the most heart - wrenching films of the year.

Each film is driven by its towering central performances.

But a remarkable central performance makes this film a thing of beauty.

Great acting, script and central performances with a really good thought provoking theme.

Such scenes are few and far between within the film, and, for the most part, it's an elegantly composed bolstered by an extraordinary central performance.

The two central performances here are played to perfection.

All the same, it's still a fine, modest period crime film with a wonderful central performance, and definitely worth a look.

It couldn't possibly work without a transcendent central performance.

An overall effective drama, notable for its strong central performance.

And for many, it'll have been worth the wait: it's a very handsome film with a terrific central performance, even if it's not quite an unqualified triumph.

It's invigorated, somewhat, by strong central performances from actors on opposite sides of a locked steel door.

The characters are refreshingly believable as a potential couple, thanks mainly to the great central performances of Teller and Tipton.

It is a sensory experience, driven by the passion of its fearless filmmaker and a stunning central performance by Elle Fanning.

Jessie Buckley and Johnny Flynn deliver towering central performances in Michael Pearce's first feature film

While one tempted to dismiss Richie Andrusco's excellent central performance as lucky casting (he is always unselfconscious and not at all cloying), you have to wonder if Engel's work with models is responsible for a different perspective to directing actors.

The film has a great central performance from Aidan Gillen, who displays Michael's emotions and internal conflict with tremendous skill.

This delectable French coming - of - age farce is powered by a stunning central performance from actor Laetitia Dosch.

Jarrold's instalment is especially strong, a most grimly atmospheric work enhanced by a compelling central performance from Andrew Garfield.

Despite a fine central performance from Idris Elba, that film tried to cover way too much ground with the result that it came across as a series of snapshots, fine enough in themselves but not enough to give us a true sense of the man which, say, concentrating on a specific time in his life may well have done.

Colin Firth gives a riveting central performance as a noble underdog with a crippling handicap and a wry, self - effacing sense of humor.

What benefits Marshland greatly, are the two excellent central performances from Javier Gutiérrez and Raúl Alévaro whose very different ideologies lead to a suspicion of each other which lends the film another level of intrigue where, as a viewer, you're left constantly wondering what the next piece of the puzzle will reveal.

The films he made between these animated efforts»» Moonrise Kingdom (2012) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)»» were among his better works, as the former evinced a real sense of poignant feeling that sometimes gets lost in his penchant for irony and pastiche, while the latter was a marvelous screwball farce with a fantastic central performance by Ralph Fiennes.

This wordless beginning, told in beautifully composed shots, sets the mood for a small, quiet, polished film that unfolds slowly but with remarkable assurance and features a striking central performance from Agata Trzebuchowska.

A familiar story oddly presented, but with a powerful central performance from Woody Harrelson.

Directed by Peter Sollett (Raising Victor Vargas, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist), and co-starring Michael Shannon, Steve Carell and Josh Charles, Freeheld is a solid issue - based film lifted by its brilliant central performances by the unendingly talented Moore and Page.

The stage is set for a tale as bleak as a Warsaw winter, but beneath the icy surface, emotions run surprisingly deep, thanks to a captivating central performance of the less - is - more variety.

It's a solid film, with an impressive central performance by Johnny Depp as Boston crime lord James «Whitey» Bulger, but it never rises to the -LSB-...]

Practical effects, pulse - pounding car crashes, and a pair of magnetic central performances (Tom Hardy as Max and Charlize Theron as the scene - stealing Imperator Furiosa) made for 2015's most surprising and entertaining hit.

While strong central performances go some way towards making amends for a wearisome plot, Solondz's insipid script lacks the subtlety required when handling such sensitive material.

Richardson's lovely central performance evokes something both mournful and optimistic about not being trapped by the structures of your life.

Nevertheless The Village has many things going for it, beautiful cinematography from Roger Deakins and a stirring central performance from Bryce Dallas Howard to name but two.

In a highly nuanced central performance, Marshall is both engaging and evasive, perfectly matching the fluid tone of Tucker Green's enigmatic urban parable.

Summer Catch is as disjointed as it is insufferable, with a pair of central performances so excrescent, there should be a toxic - materials warning label on the DVD packaging.

Written by Bryan Sipe (A Million Miles, Alpha Mall) and directed by leading Canadian filmmaker Jean - Marc Vallee (C.R.A.Z.Y., The Young Victoria, Dallas Buyers Club, Wild), Demolition is a moving character study boasting a phenomenal central performance from one of today's most exciting acting talents.

Constantly breaking down the fourth wall with brilliant inventiveness, with a fantastic double turn by Alex Jennings as Bennett, the film is enthralling, full of laughter, heart - rendering emotion and an exceptional central performance by Smith.

What it does have, thanks to a remarkable central performance from Chadwick Boseman, is a terrific sense of Brown.

It might be better as a conversation - starter than as cinema, but the film's astute central performances elevate it.

A committed central performance from Jasmine Hyde can't quite save this half - baked thriller that matches jarring tonal leaps and narrative ineptitude with unfortunate echoes of superior films.

Emily Blunt, whose central performance provided the emotional core of Sicario, is likewise missing from the line - up.

Critic Consensus: Bad Samaritan delivers a handful of genre thrills — and a stellar central performance by David Tennant — that help offset iffy direction and a disappointingly mundane story.

Features a standout central performance by newcomer Boyd Holbrook («The Host»), but suffers from predictable plotting and shallow characterizations that keep the movie from ever transcending the obvious.

Even if it explores dark themes, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt always does it with such optimism (in large part due to the essentially perfect central performance from Ellie Kemper) that it doesn't feel depressing in the slightest.

If «Mountains» feels a touch schematic at times, and awkward in its third - act English - language scenes, the cumulative impact is still enormously touching, highlighted by Jia's rapturous image - making and a luminous central performance by the director's regular muse (and wife), Zhao Tao.

A solid central performance by Winona Ryder and a captivating wild turn by Angelina Jolie in the yarn's flashiest role.

It boasts a marvellous central performance from Sally Hawkins who's entirely convincing as a mute where she's so animated and expressive that it's easy to forget that she doesn't actually speak a word (with the exception of singing a musical number) throughout the entire film.

The fierce intelligence and labyrinthine wordplay of Tony Burgess» screenplay (radically reworked from his own novel), not to mention the mesmerising central performance from Stephen McHattie (as an increasingly addled shockjock), all make this one of the last decade's most memorable and multivalent horror films.

The movie possesses some merits beyond Peter O'Toole's widely - nominated central performance, but not enough for me to praise it and too many for me to pan it.