Sentences with phrase «performance of a single character»

Not exact matches

Especially when there is an established level of trust and expectation in a role - model character for children and then seemingly that all significantly changes in a single performance.

The film is anchored by two excellent central performances; normally known for stand - up comedy, Dave Johns as the titular character delivers solid work in his film debut but it's Hayley Squires as the single mother of two who finds herself in some devastating circumstances that truly captures your heart.

A Single Man Tom Ford's adaptation of the Christopher Isherwood novel, about a gay man grieving over the death of his lover, is a bleak, intelligent film that serves as a showcase for what may be Colin Firth's finest film performance, the ultimate elucidation of the character he has been playing, in one form or another, for years: The man who feels too much to allow himself to show it.

What it does have is yet another likeable character performance by Queen Latifah (Beauty Shop, Taxi), who single - handedly saves the picture from being a complete waste, although the shoddiness of the material eventually does the film in.

These performances are squashed by the Duplass brothers» devotion to overt and jumpy camera work that gives the viewer almost exclusively single shot close - ups of each character.

Happily, it surrounds Stanton with a crew of able character actors, including Beth Grant, Ron Livingston, and (in single - scene performances that underscore what a character actor must do) Tom Skerritt and Ed Begley, Jr..

It's a good thing, too — Flynn's casual performance is helped by Curtiz's ability to keep his star under constant threat from well - drawn villains (big heavy Bruce Cabot is square jawed and smug; character actor / sidekick Victor Jory is the epitome of dumb, single - minded badness) and from civilization run amok (random gunfights popping up all over; children getting dragged through the street tied to horses).

The upcoming story - driven single player DLC for the title ties into the narrative of The Last of Us and the developer just finished up its casting process for a new character, and will start performance capture next week.