Sentences with phrase «poignant performance»

Poignant performances by Barrymore and Collette help distract from some of the too - adorable, too - perfectly chaotic elements of their lives and relationships in this almost fairytale vision of London, but Miss You Already hits more than it misses.

Grounded by heartbreakingly poignant performances from two of French cinema's most iconic actors, Amour contains none of the moralistic finger - wagging and gratuitous sadism that so many critics have found off - putting in the director's work.

Isabelle Huppert gives a powerful and poignant performance as Maria Vial, the matriarch who desperately tries to keep her family safe and together.

It's a stirring sequence that's heightened by Holbrook's engaging, downright poignant performance, with the film's compulsively watchable atmosphere perpetuated by the initial scenes set within the past - as Lawrence does a nice job of infusing such moments with a melodramatic and suitably old - fashioned feel that proves impossible to resist.

But «In the Fade,» a German drama with melodramatic tendencies Kruger's poignant performance helps offset, starts with Kruger radiating happiness, during Katja's prison wedding to Nuri (Numan Acar), an incarcerated drug dealer in a Tony Montana white suit.

Gandolfini delivers a funny, poignant performance befitting a great actor.

But it's Reese Witherspoon who delivers the most poignant performance.

That event included remarks from Handler, Bello, Williams, Britton and Tyler as well as a short but poignant performance from the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women's Lethal Ladies dancers, who are featured in the Sundance playing film STEP.

Mexican TV and film star Bichir gives a poignant performance, but he's distinctly more European than the cholos and Chicano laborers on the sketchy edges of the hero's plight.

The power behind it is in large part due to Hamill's often - poignant performance.

Poignant performances — newcomer Doret is a natural — assured direction, restrained writing and arresting use of music make «The Kid with a Bike» an exceptional cinematic achievement.

With credible camaraderie and poignant performances from its young leads, it's as much about growing up and the thrill of first - time film - making as it is a dalliance with the fantastical.

For lead actor, Colin Firth is considered the odds - on favorite for his poignant performance of King George VI in «The King's Speech.»

Robbie is terrific; even as the film fumbles with reconciling Harding's abused victim and potential criminal co-conspirator sides, Robbie gives a sensitive and poignant performance as a young woman who undeniably found solace on the ice, though in the film's second half Harding's character is overshadowed by the Coen brothers characters on parade.

With credible camaraderie and poignant performances from its young leads, it's as much about growing up and the thrill of first - time film -...

Here the poignant performances delivered by Mirren and Peris - Mencheta provide the film's only genuine — and heartfelt — substance.

Schwentke (Flightplan) balances the disorientation and acceptance wonderfully, a bundle of emotions captured well in Bana's poignant performance.

He is an Oscar nominee for supporting actor for his poignant performance as a motel manager.

We all loved «Enough Said,» which features a poignant performance from the late, great James Gandolfini.

«Jack Goes Boating» is restrained but memorable, with excellent acting that includes a poignant performance by the director himself.

Narrators Rebecca Lowman and Sunil Malhotra deliver poignant performances that touch the heart.

Kate Gilmore is the sole protagonist of her videos, which take the form of a dangerous line - up of hilariously reckless and poignant performances.

It was also an important part of the recent Australian Indigenous Doctors» Association (AIDA) conference in Melbourne, from the leading role of the Ngangkari traditional healers as keynote speakers through to a poignant performance by legendary musician Archie Roach.