Yes, it's his first film but I think he gets stuck without having a very clear viewpoint of what he
wants out of his actors or audience.
While he can get the very
best out of an actor, as demonstrated by Winslet's bravura work, he doesn't seem to be reading between the lines anymore, rather than recycling and salvaging any last bit of his former genius.
The best part about Charlie Countryman is the cast, and it's great to see that Fredrik Bond can get strong performances
out of his actors in addition to a sleek visual style.
Each of Tarantino's films are ensembles of one level or another, usually elevated off the page by the performances he
gets out of actor eager to take on something fresh.
Farrell is essentially the straight man to the zaniness going on around him, while Walken is Walken and McDonagh gets pretty good
mileage out of the actor's trademark delivery (his line reading of the word «hallucinogens» might be worth the price of admission alone).
Green Room is sure to go down as the most overwhelmingly intense movie of 2016, and unless another filmmaker can match Jeremy Saulnier's knack for suspense, violence, and pulling the rawest performances
out of his actors possible, it'll reign as genre - movie king for a good long while.
Penn's gift as a director is his ability to wring each
nuance out of his actors in a scene, just as his gift as an actor is to find and transit those nuances of his own.
They call David O. Russell the actor whisperer because he can get
stuff out of actors that maybe some other directors can't.
The work from the others (Michael Keaton, John Slattery, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, Brian d'Arcy James) is just as outstanding, and it seems odd to
single out any of the actors if the entire cast can't take the stage in February.
But I've always said that if Stone could usurp that in some way and draw
quality out of the actors (rather than what they look like at the moment — community theater), then it could be special.
It's a film of vivid textures, the prickly edges of cancer are blended with the slippery slope of young male friendship and the sweetness that's
born out of the actors» spot on chemistry.
Dean came from the Actor's Studio, where Kazan himself had been active and found Marlon Brando, and Kazan decided to shy away from Hollywood stars for at least some of his leads and instead
cast out of the Actor's Studio, notably Davalos, making his feature debut as the «good» brother Aron, and Julie Harris as Aron's girlfriend Abra, with whom Cal is in love.
With Josh Brolin making his debut as Deadpool's grumpy future cyborg bestie Cable - in a role that reportedly beat the
crap out of the actor - Deadpool 2 is looking leaner, sharper, and altogether more hardcore, while still retaining the intimate scale and ludicrous character focus that made the first one sing just so loudly.
We've certainly wondered what other plot lines the Firefly writers had in store for the crew of Serenity, but we had no idea how many plots were
spilling out of actor Alan Tudyk's brain.
So I did have this urge to go back because I spent my second, third, and fourth features trying to get
naturalism out of actors and flesh and blood characters on the screen.
What ultimately saves the dialogue, in my view, are the lovely performances Baumbach
coaxes out of his actors, all of whom tend to treat the witticisms as material to play against rather than simply deliver.
By placing the speakers directly behind the OLED display and vibrating the glass itself to generate sound waves, Sony delivers dialogue as if it were coming
straight out of an actor's mouth on - screen.
She gets specific
performances out of her actors in spite of broadly sketched characters, and Eastwood at least tries to find the human element among the heap of wrong turns.
The end result is, like In Bruges, an entertainingly erratic effort that receives plenty of
mileage out of the actors» stellar efforts and McDonagh's crisp dialogue, and it does seem like it's just a matter of time before McDonagh crafts a film that's more than just the sum of its parts.
We know he can direct the
hell out of actors, so who isn't excited to see what he can get out of Adam Sandler, for example?
Green Room is sure to go down as the most overwhelmingly intense movie of 2016, and unless another filmmaker can match Jeremy Saulnier's knack for suspense, violence, and pulling the rawest performances
out of his actors possible, it'll reign as genre - movie...
Every single line that
comes out of the actor's mouth is a winner, and she tackles them will with a tone so dry you could snap it in half.
His use of an emotional score, his stunning cinematography, but most of all the amazing performances he
gets out of his actors, are all reasons why I fell in love with Mud quickly.
He also coaxes fantastic performances
out of his actors.
Critic Consensus: Director David Schwimmer gets some gut - wrenching performances
out of his actors but he still lacks the chops to fully ratchet up story tension.
Critics Consensus: Director David Schwimmer gets some gut - wrenching performances
out of his actors but he still lacks the chops to fully ratchet up story tension.
As has been true of past efforts, Tarantino coaxes memorable performances
out of his actors.
Haven't ever been a fan of him but I guess Alexander Payne tends to bring the best
out of his actors.
There are countless reasons why I'm so fond of director James Ponsoldt, but the most important are: that he's able to evoke phenomenal but honest and endearing performances
out of his actors; and tell a story that has an immense amount of emotion and heart, yet is still entertaining.
Soderbergh once again coaxs career - best performances
out of actors (Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey) who previously appeared to have hit the ceiling of their limited range.
He can't turn the dross in the script into gold, but he certainly gets the best
out of his actors.
He's also able to get fine performances
out of his actors, especially Noomi Rapace as Beatrice.
Cianfrance gets great performances
out of his actors — Cooper has never been this good — but like Blue Valentine, the new film is undermine by self - seriousness, a tendency to underline the gravity of situations that don't need the added emphasis.
Rossi wrote a script exploring the most gruesome depths of repressed grief, Morano certainly pulled
it out of the actors and added further intensity with her blurry focus and pore - revealing intimacy in almost every scene, throw in the ear - assault and too - serious actions of the characters and it stops being insightful and starts being a bit scary.
Between Witherspoon in Wild and Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club, Vallée certainly knows how to get great performances
out of his actors.
I have heard that his direction is simple with very few takes, but he gets such rich performances
out of his actors.
While getting such stellar performances
out of the actors is totally to the credit of Krieger, he wouldn't have much to work with if it wasn't for the charming, natural and spectacularly written script from Jones and McCormack.
There's not a lot of real depth to the characters since this is an ensemble piece and every person gets just a little screen time and serves a distinct storytelling purpose, but Affleck gets winning performances
out of all his actors.
And it's the characters that really sell it, because these are three - dimensional people, not just cardboard cut - outs, and moreover, Cameron knows how to get the best
out of his actors to really bring them to life.
Perhaps its the director who doesn't know how to bring
it out of his actors or it might just be the lousy material, but either way, the film comes off as much less entertaining than it should.
From the pitch - perfect supporting ensemble of Buscemi, Sevigny and Fimmel, who don't waste a single moment of their screen time, all the way to the film's young breakout star Charlie Plummer, Haigh once again confirms his gift for getting the best
out of his actors.