Sentences with phrase «poignant scenes in»

While Nakia is a bit of a rebel, Okoye is a firm traditionalist and the two women have an especially poignant scene in the film in which they argue over what loyalty really means.

Who can forget the poignant scene in the movie Kramer vs. Kramer when the character played by Dustin Hoffman schlepps his advertising portfolio from office party to office party on Christmas eve desperate for a job so he may retain custody of his young son?

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And in a poignant bedroom scene, Harry confesses to Janice that they are caught in the inescapable paradox of life: «Too much of it and not enough.

Tom Watson made an emotional farewell, starting with a standing ovation on the first tee and finishing in the darkness of a poignant scene around the 18th green.

Its effectiveness comes in the juxtaposition of poignant scenes with downright hilarious ones; Kindergartener Ruby Bridges tells Jabari how to be brave, mere moments before stepping out the door and starting her first day at an all - white school (where she's most definitely not welcomed), which is followed by Jabari messing around with his future idol, pre-President Obama, on the night of Dr. King's famed speech.

When I talked to Duncan, he described a particularly poignant scene from the soap, which he still struggles to watch, because he recognises himself in the character.

The story is beatifully crafted in both writing and cinematography, smart, elaborate and so incredibly poignant, think the end of MGS3 and multiply it by 5, that there are scenes where you litterally feel all your senses soaring.

In one of the film's most poignant scenes, the pregnant Theresa, who still has a soft spot for Tommy, replays home videos of a raucous Christmas gathering at which Tommy and Rob engaged in some friendly roughhousing that in retrospect seems ominouIn one of the film's most poignant scenes, the pregnant Theresa, who still has a soft spot for Tommy, replays home videos of a raucous Christmas gathering at which Tommy and Rob engaged in some friendly roughhousing that in retrospect seems ominouin some friendly roughhousing that in retrospect seems ominouin retrospect seems ominous.

But the film's best scenes — including a haunting moment on the beach and a weirdly poignant encounter with a disfigured potential victim — also suggest a dawning moral awareness in the femme fatale.

The Angulos being the Angulos, there are poignant and funny moments here and there in these scenes — one of the boys giddily fantasizing about the fact that a bit of the money from his ticket purchase might go to Russell, Mark Wahlberg, and Christian Bale, for example, which embodies the same recapturing of childlike awe toward industrial pop that figures in The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt or, for that matter, a great deal of faux - naïve, ga - ga pop journalism, and which I suspect has something to do with The Wolfpack's crossover appeal.

The dynamic between Gerwig and Sumner (terrific in a tonally tricky role) becomes almost unbearably poignant in a late scene between the two at Vassar.

It's sweet, warm and uplifting while remaining honest, poignant and true - to - life (with the exception of the brief use of slow - motion in the scene when Jessica swims in the pool for the first time).

Costner continues to do solid work in smaller roles and has some poignant scenes as Molly's father.

Keitel's final scene in the movie is also quite poignant to encounter.

McDonagh's outstanding script also isn't afraid to go off the wall, as it were, particularly in scenes with Dinklage that are as poignant as they are pointed.

Playing the younger version of Michael B. Jordan's nuanced villain for only a few minutes, the young lad was only on screen briefly at the start of the movie, in a flashback scene and for a longer - speaking part in a poignant dialogue in the ancestral plain (trust us, it makes sense in the movie).

Scenes that are already weighted with portentousness because of what we know will happen occasionally dip over into heavy - handedness when something particularly poignant or pointed occurs, leading to a sense of their contrivance — always a thorny issue in a «based on a true story.»

Battle of the Sexes steps up its game to offer a sympathetic, insightful, poignant, behind - the - scenes look at the private lives of the public personas who stepped onto the tennis court of the Houston Astrodome on September 20th, 1973, as Americans on both sides of the political divide watched in rapt attention.

Here is a franchise revival done right: with wisdom, grace, and passion — all of those qualities especially evident in its final scene, a rehash of Rocky's famous run up the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps, but given a poignant autumnal twist.

While co-directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Ruby Sparks, Little Miss Sunshine) wring tension and suspense from the same - day build - up to the match, the match itself — captured by grainy, fuzzy TV cameras with the occasional, ground - level insert — and the immediate aftermath (symbolic and figurative, more than real or long - lasting), it's in the months - long lead - up to the match, following Billie Jean King (Emma Stone, never better) and Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) where Battle of the Sexes steps up its game to offer a sympathetic, insightful, poignant, behind - the - scenes look at the private lives of the public personas who stepped onto the tennis court of the Houston Astrodome on September 20th, 1973, as Americans on both sides of the political divide watched in rapt attention.

The scene became all the more poignant when I learned that it was shot in Gerwig's actual hometown and featured her own parents.

If there is a perceptible weakness to the film that may prevent it from ranking among Payne's best in the minds of many viewers, it comes primarily in the casting choices, as some of these actors are quite limited in their range, and when scenes call for poignant delivery, their performances can only meet them halfway.

In some of the movie's most poignant scenes, Sandra and Bif remember their childhood together, and all the ways in which their lives have progressed in the decades since they grew aparIn some of the movie's most poignant scenes, Sandra and Bif remember their childhood together, and all the ways in which their lives have progressed in the decades since they grew aparin which their lives have progressed in the decades since they grew aparin the decades since they grew apart.

Stolen Summer tells the poignant tale of two energetic 8 - year old youngsters living in the hazy days of Chicago circa 1976 where disco music and polyester profoundly dominated the scene.

He handles the film's more poignant scenes, of which there are many, with an understated intensity that results in an unexpected amount of raw emotion.

In honouring that concept, Rain makes no distinction between adults playing as children and children playing the grown - up in scenes juxtaposed in ways whimsical and poignanIn honouring that concept, Rain makes no distinction between adults playing as children and children playing the grown - up in scenes juxtaposed in ways whimsical and poignanin scenes juxtaposed in ways whimsical and poignanin ways whimsical and poignant.

But it's the film's final scene, in which a camera trains on the ravaged, tear - stained face of Elio, a precocious 17 - year - old crushed over having just learned that his older former lover, Oliver, is getting married to a woman, that provides «Call Me by Your Name» with its most poignant and powerful moment.

It's one of the most beautiful scenes of the year, perhaps the decade in a poignant and graceful composition.

Newell's direction switches smoothly between affecting intimacy and sequences of rowdy chaos; perhaps the film's trump card, however, is its emotional honesty, particularly in the poignant and sobering funeral scene.

The opening scene in God's Pocket, a funeral that follows an untimely death, is all the more poignant for one of the chief mourners being played by Philip Seymour Hoffman.

In a late scene between Caesar and his son, whose ideals clash throughout the film, the two share a poignant, tearful reconciliation, shot in close - up by ReeveIn a late scene between Caesar and his son, whose ideals clash throughout the film, the two share a poignant, tearful reconciliation, shot in close - up by Reevein close - up by Reeves.

One of the most beautiful and poignant final scenes in film history.

The Oscar winning screenplay is character rich, although many of the best insights are ad - libbed by actual veterans in a very poignant opening scene.

Yet even amidst the playful and poignant, as also manifested in slight but suitable supporting characters (voiced by the recognisable likes of Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina, Joel Murray and scene - stealer Charlie Day), Monsters University seems more an excuse to give Mike and Sulley something to do rather than giving audiences a reason to care.

And while it becomes far less comical as it moves inexorably towards its somber, come - to - Jesus conclusion, what it loses in laughs it gains in profoundly moving drama and emotional texture (one serious scene between Gleeson and his daughter Reilly is as poignant and heartrending as anything you've ever witnessed in a black comedy).

In one particularly poignant scene, akin to Hattie McDaniel winning the Best Supporting Actress award for «Gone With the Wind» and having to sit at the back table at the ceremony, Owens, as the celebrated guest of honor at a Manhattan banquet is forced to use the hotel's kitchen entrance in the reaIn one particularly poignant scene, akin to Hattie McDaniel winning the Best Supporting Actress award for «Gone With the Wind» and having to sit at the back table at the ceremony, Owens, as the celebrated guest of honor at a Manhattan banquet is forced to use the hotel's kitchen entrance in the reain the rear.

The way in which he handles the gradual acceptance of those circumstances lead to some powerful and poignant scenes.

Puffing one final cigar, the original hero of the Metal Gear franchise dies in the arms of Solid Snake, and Guns of the Patriots» graveyard scene was a slice of fan service that proved to be the perfect, poignant bow for an inimitable series.

A sequence between the two of them responding to the unspoken realities behind a disgusting phone message is shattering in its eloquence, while a later scene outside an Alabama courtroom is as tender and authentic as it is poignant and sincere.

A gifted talent just can't catch a break in Joel and Ethan Coen's lovingly rendered and poignant vision of the folk scene in early - Sixties New York

In From Hell, Moore has an uncanny skill of introducing characters from every walk of life in Victorian London and beyond (from the lowliest beggar to the big V herself) and making each and every one of them matter to you, and each one deftly brought to life in a short but poignant scenIn From Hell, Moore has an uncanny skill of introducing characters from every walk of life in Victorian London and beyond (from the lowliest beggar to the big V herself) and making each and every one of them matter to you, and each one deftly brought to life in a short but poignant scenin Victorian London and beyond (from the lowliest beggar to the big V herself) and making each and every one of them matter to you, and each one deftly brought to life in a short but poignant scenin a short but poignant scene.

Told in short poignant scenes, the novel is about being an outsider in an insular society and the joy brought by images flickering on a screen through the darkness.

«Revelations in this book will amaze people,» Young said, promising that Kennedy «went everywhere we wanted him to go» in the memoir — including Chappaquiddick — and that the scene where Kennedy informs their father of his brother Jack's death is especially poignant.

Thankfully, the most action - packed and poignant scenes are animated in - game.

Now 28, the Yale MFA graduate is a rising star on the photography scene, best known for creating a series of portraits that reveal a poignant and potent sense of intimacy that occurs in the act of creating art.

«Alptekin is a critical figure in the Turkish art scene», she explained «and our partnership with Frieze allows for important acquisitions like this to take place, enabling us to share his playful and poignant work with our audiences.»

A particularly poignant scene came during the attack on the archives in London.

Finally, when he presented with a poignant scene of being in Italy, shopping with his mother, and being fascinated by the ship that had somehow been constructed and then fit into an old bottle, and then being told that he was an embarrassment and harshly scorned for his behavior, I encouraged him to stay present in the scene, and to connect with his feelings (and with the voice he could not possibly have given space for in those earlier years).