Sentences with word «poignance»

There's poignance in that, even when it's windy as hell outside.

A sidefooted back heeled volley into the top corner, a magical goal with added poignance when we found out that Zola had promised to dedicate his next goal to terminally ill child who had died days before.

All the while, Villeneuve's cast — which boasts solid supporting turns by Forest Whitaker and Michael Stuhlbarg — strives for tension and poignance through strained discussions about the importance of language to perspective.

Together, she and Seyfried give the movie its best sequence, a nicely intimate rendition of «Slipping Through My Fingers» that adds a bittersweet poignance to Sophie's wedding morning.

A smart, relaxed, and understated character - driven seriocomic entertainment whose poignance sneaks up on you.

Jake is right to commend the allegorical power of these techniques, and I would also make mention of the Super-8 childhood flashbacks he uses to underscore a character's death, which is a welcome moment of Davies - like poignance amid such a brutal narrative.

But toward the two - thirds mark, the characters have been beaten and broken in so many different ways that their struggles take on a desperate comic poignance, like something out of Buster Keaton or Chuck Jones.

So when Armageddon picks up steam with the shuttle launch at about the one - hour mark, it is momentum of the hard - driving, Hollywood action sort that takes over, not the subtle, surprising poignance that Deep Impact eventually took on.

Cole's recent book, Blind Spot, showcased his talent for wringing poignance from the concise juxtaposition of text and image, like his forerunner W.G. Sebald.

This exhibition has added poignance to the New York Studio School because of Lois Dodd's close association with the School throughout its history.

Virginia Leishman's richly cadenced voice imbues this tale of a changeling child, caught in a hostile human world, with poignance, dignity, and magic.

For me, there's the difficulty and unaccountability of living alone and the poignance of watching my friends marry.

Its poignance comes from the film's desire to treat the aspirations and emotions of its tender - hearted, kinda dim hero seriously while maintaining enough distance to feel wiser and more mature than he is.

Breaking Bad has, in short, everything you could want from an hour - long show: suspense, laughs, danger, and poignance.

The contrast between the intentionally blithe affect that Watney puts on and the grim future he faces are meant to add depth and poignance to the story - telling.

As a result the second banana of this service comedy, the affable Harold Ramis, becomes its genuine dramatic center: his struggles to keep his buddy Bill in line have a strange urgency and poignance.

Generally speaking, The Battle of the Five Armies looks to offer a mix of spectacle and poignance that's more on the level with the fighting and war melodrama in Lord of the Rings - rather than the grand, but often goofy, adventuring that persisted throughout the first two Hobbit films.

The poignance of this love story lies in its impossibility.

But these missteps do not blunt the power of Tunney's bravura turn, which carries Niagara Niagara to a level of poignance it would not have otherwise achieved.

Granted, a few isolated moments involving these stories and the main plot achieve some level of poignance, but that is more due to the heartfelt, earnest performances of the cast (which also includes Rosie O'Donnell, Denis Leary, and Dana Delany) than Shyamalan's writing or directing.

How perceptive of Cedar to cast such a potent pair in a bromance of such depth and poignance.

Colorful and kinetic seriocomedy... Wes Anderson breaks no new ground thematically, picture comes closer to «The Royal Tenenbaums» than «The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou,» but without achieving the poignance of «Rushmore»... Here, as in his two prior outings, Anderson's arch, highly artificial style gets in the way of character and emotional development, rendering picture piquant rather than profound... Full Review

Colorful and kinetic seriocomedy... Wes Anderson breaks no new ground thematically, picture comes closer to «The Royal Tenenbaums» than «The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou,» but without achieving the poignance of «Rushmore»... Here, as in his two prior outings, Anderson's arch, highly artificial style gets in the way of character and emotional development, rendering picture piquant rather than profound...

Sure, the man has piercing eyes and lovely, bushy eyebrows, but more to the point is the power and poignance he's been bringing to the screen.

If the first movie was about tragically reckless youth, the sequel is about the poignance of adulthood.

As Wilson gallantly outlined what Creed's installation might signify - the poignance of the dying halogen glow and «the movement towards the dematerialisation of art since the sixties» - there was a barely suppressed roar of rage.

The Last Resort's layers and resonances are redoubled in their poignance and significance.

The backstory amplifies their poignance.