Sentences with phrase «otherwise dull film»

Not exact matches

The film's apparent comic relief is Ruth's equally lonely and wacky neighbor, Tony (Elijah Wood), whose displays of self - taught martial artistry are meant to be funny but come off as a lazy attempt to add personality to an otherwise dull and one - dimensional character.

You have to be able to keep the audience enthralled the entire way through, or they will otherwise lose interest, making the film dull, despite a few comedic moments.

Ryan Reynolds, despite being on auto - pilot for most of the film, does have a few moments of mirth, and the showdown scene between him and Anna Faris lifts the otherwise dull midsection.

Margot Robbie, «Suicide Squad» — Maybe the biggest «Scene Stealer» example of the year to date, Robbie electrifies the otherwise dull superhero action film as Harley Quinn.

In recent films like Evil Dead and The Story of Luke he has been one of the highlights of an otherwise dull or frustrating film.

Though the film dulls in the third stretch — before the exhilarating, deftly staged final match, anyway — Faris and Dayton otherwise maintain a bouncy, arty pep.

The Monitor's Peter Rainer awarded the movie a B -, saying that Nélisse is «a captivating young performer» and that Rush and Watson «give depth to what might otherwise have been mere star turns,» but called the film itself «respectable, safe, intelligent — and a bit dull.»