Sentences with phrase «play against type with»

This final reveal is Vigalondo's coup de grâce, as supporting players we thought we had pegged begin to play against type with unnerving deftness.

King Fergus and Queen Elinor play against type with Billy Connolly's big, burly King constantly in the shadow of his cool, calm and collected wife, Elinor.

The Change - Up does give us the chance to see its two stars playing against type with obvious relish — after all, Bateman does his most scene - stealing work when he's adorably sleazy, and Reynolds is a lot more appealing when he's not in asshole mode.

Chandler plays against type with casual machismo as Brooks tries to outwit and outshine Max on every step.

She plays against type with Kyra, but her trademark ferocity and commitment remains intact.

Not exact matches

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He encourages you to play around with the type of bean but warns against dark roasts, which might cause the liqueur to taste like used coffee grounds.

Yes, that's my take as well, we need to add another striker type so that we can change the tactics and style according with the team we play against.

Looks a very good manager in the making and a man who has been around played against aswell as with every type of talent there is.

Georgia comes out throwing — as with the Rose Bowl, offensive coordinator Jim Chaney chooses to play against type out of the gates — and Alabama's ready for it.

I know we need to develop how we play against opponents, both against Everton and Leicester we got hit on the counter, and didn't have the right type of players to control an attack at us with pace.

We'll «bet against the Public» and stay with the contrarian methods and stomach - churning types of plays that have led us to a winning NFL season this year.

Leic will be difficult, they are an awkward team to play against, if we don't have the energy levels to match it can be the type of game our players struggle with.

Bonaroca: - I watched Arsenal playing against Brighton, although winning I have a feeling that there is something missing which I am of the opinion MrWith this type of game Wenger seems to be happy with, and that is passing the ball from one player to another and slow up the game.

It's the type of team that Michigan fans don't have to work up any effort to tell you is a Heck Of A Team with a Fine Defense and not to worry about that Young Quarterback because it's hard to play on the road against anybody.

Playing agaist this type of team and against with Dean type of ref, it is rather be careful and not lose.

Knowingly, in The Cabin in the Woods, The Director says, «You work with what you have,» so like Carpenter's leading lady, Dana is forced to play against type, and gets her hymen back, for the time being, while the cameras roll.

After all, Bateman's not exactly playing against type, here: Beneath his competitive core, Max is a calm - headed Everyman who deals with erupting chaos by deflating it with bemused asides and the very mildest exasperation.

Hitchcock would be proud of this trainbound suspense thriller with Woody Harrelson playing against type.

Hanks plays slightly against type as an editor with a rough exterior, willing to bend morals (and arguably, the law) in order to get his job done.

Robert Glenister spits and hisses with rage like water droplets in a pan of fat, while Kris Marshall plays against type as the uptight, inscrutable office managers.

His adolescent's lot is compounded by the presence of his mother's boyfriend, Trent (Steve Carell, playing against type), a passive - aggressive bully with a daughter from a previous marriage, Steph (Zoe Levin).

And I'm always a sucker for Sam Rockwell, who plays wildly against type in this one as a detestable human being whom the film asks us to sympathize with as it unfolds.

Maya Rudolph plays Ralphie's harried mother against type, with a straightforward warmth that's a refreshing change of pace from her signature zany characters.

Ronald Colman, in his penultimate performance for Goldwyn, plays against type as a boring barrister who falls into an affair with a young shopgirl.

Jones gamely plays against type as Kim, a teen server in a fast - food joint who lives with her unemployed father (Bill Bailey) and takes a job as a hostess — or chalet girl — at an upscale Austrian skiing resort to pay the bills.

There are a few different modes to go along with Donkey Konga which include a street performance mode, which allows you to pick any type of song you would like to play up against in order to earn some coins.

The casting of Colin Firth as our debonair spy fits right in with that up - ending attitude: playing against type, he's visibly having a ball as Harry Hart, a man who lectures a pub full of geezers on the importance of manners, before beating them up with an umbrella.

All four leads are having a ball, being awkward with their own bodies and playing against type.

Bernthal charms playing against type and spilling over with tenderness.

It becomes playing against type - casting with what should have been a standard, rote role.

This Friday, «Mirror Mirror» presents a comedic spin on the Snow White story with Lily Collins as the titular princess, «Social Network» actor Armie Hammer as Prince Charming, and Julia Roberts playing against type as the wicked queen.

Lyonne and Greer are both brilliantly cast against type here, with Lyonne taking the role of the cheery optimist and Greer diving into the chance to play a morose, bitchy character.

He was cast against type as David Staebler, an uptight, near autistic radio monologuist, while Bruce Dern was given what would normally have been the Nicholson role, playing David's brother, Jason, a comic, megalomaniacal hustler with a head full of outsize dreams and a dangerous connection to the mob.

The introduction of his similarly - minded father (Kyle Chandler playing brilliantly against type) shows exactly where his attitude is headed — a negative streak that subverts the optimism of youth with the pain of hindsight.

Adam Scott also plays against type as a nerdy scumbag, and Adam Brody goes big in his one early scene with Brie to hilarious effect.

To be fair, he's mixed it up with some nicer folks from time to time — he put in a remarkable against - type performance in Terry Gilliam's The Zero Theorem and reunited with his Basterds director Quentin Tarantino to play one of the heroes in Django Unchained.

I disagree with the issues of the doctor scene being obvious or clunky... it too goes against type... Dean is «playing» the angry husband when Cindy says he needs to be a «man»... he keeps asking «is this being a man?»

Good Time would make an interesting double bill with Rain Man, another tale of brotherly exploitation with a major star choosing to play against type.

The film is a major threat for the Cast Ensemble award at the upcoming Screen Actors Guild awards, with supporting players like Mahershala Ali (charming as ever), Jim Parsons (playing an against - type), Kirsten Dunst (feverishly addictive in her mean woman role), and Glen Powell (playing the late John Glenn) all crucial to the film's inevitable success.

The real charm with Jumanji comes from the cast seemingly having so much fun playing against type.

F. Gary Gray's first time behind the wheel steers the story in an altogether more somber direction, pitting the star with a type of gasoline as a last name against his loyal compadres after being manipulated by cunning cyber terrorist Cipher, played with true menace by Charlize Theron.

The supporting cast do well to play normal opposite his hilariously inappropriate behaviour — Jamie Bell and Imogen Poots are great as his smart sidekick and a supportive female officer, while Eddie Marsan gives a wonderful against - type performance as Bruce's spineless friend, whom he drugs into dancing with fairy lights in Amsterdam.

«Frank or Francis» pivots around a vain filmmaker (Steve Carell) who represents half the title (he writes, directs and plays every part in his opus, «You»), a bitter, but sharp online film commenter (Jack Black), as well as a failed comedian with a resume of unflattering fat - baiting time - wasters, including «Fat Dad» (playing against type, it's Nicolas Cage).

Pederson (best known as the brooding cop in Ivan Sen's Mystery Road, and here playing against type to great effect) and Glenane are both terrifying with their respective characters» urges, which demand only sparse explanation and analysis in the film.

Employing a workshop format to cast the film, he ended up with quite the impressive roster; working with DiCaprio again for the first time since his take on «Romeo & Juliet,» he also has a galaxy of stars in support, including Maguire, and, playing against type, Mulligan as the materialistic, sometimes simple - minded Daisy Buchanan; curiously, it's her first leading role in a big Hollywood production.

Again playing against type in Stanley Kubrick's antiwar movie, Douglas brims with decency as a French colonel in World War I who fights against an unfair court martial of his men.

It's a stunningly gorgeous film packed with strong, earthy performances from a starry cast playing against type.

The basic plot has retired spy Dick Steele (Nielsen) being forced back into action after the nefarious General Rancor (Andy Griffith, in an inspired bit of casting against type) threatens to launch an explosive rocket into outer space with the daughter (Stephanie Romanov) of Dick's long - deceased love of his life (also played by Romanov, which brings to mind her dual role in the late, lamented soap Models Inc.) strapped onto it.

Hathaway and Sudeikis do a fine job of playing against type; she's a damaged woman with a drinking problem and he's a seemingly nice guy who harbors a dark and nasty side.