Sentences with phrase «plays curmudgeon»

DuVall, like in his last few films, plays a curmudgeon old man with salty language and a strong moral compass.

He plays curmudgeon Vincent MacKenna, a Vietnam veteran with seemingly no redeeming features, adrift in a world that he's lost connection to.

Not exact matches

When the curmudgeon is played by Bill Murray, it's a done deal.

Despite this, Murray is great in a role that demands he play unsympathetic curmudgeon intent on offending everyone he meets.

In addition to her life in the spotlight, Harding's tumultuous upbringing is also explored in I, Tonya, with Allison Janney playing her grizzled, booze - guzzling curmudgeon of a mother, LaVonda Golden.

Paul Giamatti plays the perfect curmudgeon in this quirky biopic of Harvey Pekar, the illustrator behind the self - deprecating comic book strip also called American Splendor.

Sam Neill plays Hec in full grumpy curmudgeon mode... a nice compliment to the extraordinary presence of Julian Dennison (Paper Planes) as Ricky.

Rush plays Giacometti like one larger - than - life character, a creative curmudgeon and perfectionist who consistently labours over his work, often starting, scrapping and re-starting a portrait in order to delay disappointment and other negative emotions.

Michael Douglas plays Oren, a real estate agent and world - class curmudgeon who is trying to sell his spacious Connecticut home for millions more than it's worth.

Roger Greenberg's life is a one act play: the not - quite Jew, the bundle of neuroses who refuses to be identified with his stint in a mental hospital, who breaks even the Larry David / Woody Allen mold of comedic curmudgeon, as someone not quite of either coastal city, but of both and back, and of course, my favorite, the lone pedestrian in a city of cars.

I was harangued into buying a PS4 by Craig, and rather than playing something «new» I decided to play a retro inspired indie game because I am a curmudgeon - ey bastard who hates himself almost ad much as I hate others.

Call me a curmudgeon, but I'm a firm believer in strictly limiting the amount and kind of content that my kids are exposed to, whether it's a library book, a video, music, an app, or game, and no amount of hearing «Well, I watched (or played with, read, or owned) XYZ when I was a kid, and I turned out just fine.»

Someone sometimes needs to say to curmudgeons «play nice or go home.»