Sentences with phrase «over-the-top film like»

Again I realize these aren't supposed to be taken so seriously, but even a silly, over-the-top film like this can be too silly and over-the-top.

This is the same guy who made the strikenly visual and over-the-top films like «Romeo + Juliet» and «Moulin Rouge!».

Not exact matches

It can be overindulgent at times and Myers» over-the-top lens through which he projected his early comedy films can seep into the narrative and produce some overbearing results at times, though «Supermensch» feels like a work of minimalist restraint compared to films like «Wayne's World» and «Austin Powers».

Once again, instead of Falcone elbowing us to sneer at her pit stains like the film's one over-the-top snob (played with zest by Debby Ryan), he aligns us with Deanna's friend and classmate Helen (Gillian Jacobs), who stares down the haters and cheers her buddy on.

Considering how that film was not exactly a commercial success, this may not sound like a big deal to many of you but as someone who believes that bleak and bruising comedy - drama to be one of the great unsung movies of the decade — the kind of film that the great Billy Wilder might have made once upon a time — I went into the screening with the kind of over-the-top sense of anticipation that many felt as they walked into «Avengers: Infinity War.»

On the one hand, the film seems like it could be fun in a gleefully ridiculous, over-the-top way — bombs!

The best thing about films like this for composers is that they usually allow them to go wildly over-the-top because the filmmakers want music that's as loud and frenetic as possible.

To me, this Dalmatians feels less like its source film and more like a tamer and much longer version of the over-the-top climax from Hughes» Home Alone 2.

There isn't much to recommend Wasabi except for the offbeat mix of over-the-top humor and overly stylized action, and taken as a pure entertainment kind of film, it'll please most audiences who like French action - comedies.

Though it is a thriller at heart, and does have a high - speed driving subtext, the film feels more like a throwback to the music video stylized, R - rated crime dramas of the 1980s than the new Fast & the Furious over-the-top, CGI - infused modern action - thrillers.

Returning for this sequel is Kristen Wiig as Lucy (a different character than Wiig voiced in the first film), sounding more or less like a boisterous version of the actress's natural persona, and coming on board is Benjamin Bratt (Snitch, The Great Raid), completely not like himself with an over-the-top Mexican accent for Eduardo, Antonio's father.

Cregger's bland yet personable turn as the central character is certainly in sharp contrast to Moore's aggressively zany performance, with the actor's incessantly over-the-top work hitting the viewer like nails on a chalkboard and ensuring that the film becomes more and more of a chore to sit through as it progresses.

In every step of his quest to clean up the mess of sibling mad - and - bureaucratic scientists Claire (Malin Akerman, looking like True Lies «Tia Carrere's twin) and Brett Wyden (Jake Lacy, whose over-the-top doofus act is better in a Farrelly Brothers» film)-- the chemical agent that causes a crocodile, a wolf and Johnson's character's albino gorilla friend (Jason Liles) to upsize uncontrollably is a creation of theirs — Morgan's Russell behaves as if he's from a time where cheesy one - liners rule and to be American is to be Texan.

The director, one of China's most respected visual artists after his stunning work on crossover hit wu xia films like House of Flying Daggers and Hero, is no stranger to over-the-top stylization.

Like most films of its ilk, Walk Hard may go too over-the-top to prove itself, but there is something charming about it, underscored by its genuine love of music and affinity for musicians.

At first glance, it would seem like an amusing premise for a satire, yet for large stretches the film takes itself seriously on the one hand, then completely goes for bad over-the-top theatrics and schlock in the other.

This film looks like it could be over-the-top fun even before Jeff Goldblum shows up in the trailer.

While the film is completely over-the-top and seems like a parody of our current situation, it is hiding an agenda to get its viewers to think about who is controlling some of the puppet candidates in real life.

Before it gets too Teorema on us, a mid-film reveal about military experiments will either tickle your fancy or slide you off into distraction, though it's presented with such poker faced seriousness that Lance Reddik's over-the-top performance feels every bit at home here as similar twists in blockbuster fanfare like something from the ongoing Bourne films (as well as a distant echo of The Manchurian Candidate).

Rather than heavily abuse CGI, practical effects were used as much as physically possible, and means each action sequence manages to feel awesome without going so far over-the-top as to feel utterly unbelievable, again grounding the entire film and creating the sensation that a future like this could well happen.

I took away a good amount of amusement from the game's nutty, gloriously over-the-top interludes; the larger than life fight sequences and lively camerawork were very entertaining, engaging me and inspiring me to root for the good guys like the best overblown action films do.

However no one truly expects to see an action film like this for high - art; it's all about the mindless over-the-top antics, scantily clad women and tight - shirt wearing men as they defy physics for 90 minutes.