Sentences with phrase «piled upon story»

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From there, the story of two men, each centred in a morally different universe, unfolds as Mangold piles layer upon layer of character depth upon each, while at the same time picking away at the bleakness of Wade's fibre to slowly reveal glimmers of humanity.

Unfortunately, the movie gets less funny as more subplots are piled upon the trio, especially when the angry Mr. Chow blackmails them, taking the story into darker territory.

The film is based on the true story of Margaret Humphries, an unassuming social worker and family woman who inadvertently stumbles upon the untold story of child migrants, who, having been told their parents had died, were piled into massive ships and brought to Australia where they endured hard work and often abuse.

Here is the easiest way to inject a problem or two into the story, but LaTulippe recognizes the dishonesty of piling such conflict upon these characters.

The story sees ne'er - do - well Billy sent back to high school as a way in which to prove his basic academic competency, and it's just a great excuse to pile joke upon joke upon joke.