Sentences with phrase «precocious daughter»

Set in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, it features the precocious daughter of two teachers whose life is radically changed when she receives a diagnosis of scoliosis.

He ends up in the care of a high - class madam at a famous brothel; befriends Maisie, the madam's precocious daughter, and a bold scullery maid named Fahn; and unbelievably finds a sense of comfort and belonging he has never had.

John Cale (Channing Tatum), a member of the Capitol Police, happens to be there with his precocious daughter Emily (Joey King) for a job interview for the Secret Service and a tour of the building.

When he's a teenager, his best friend and fellow stoner Teddy (Avan Jogia) has secret sex with Eliza (Hailee Steinfeld), the precocious daughter of Les» well - off, longtime lover, Di (Emily Mortimer).

The premise of the film is that divorced father Will Hayes (Reynolds, Smokin» Aces) is cajoled into relating the story in how he met his ex and the mother of his precocious daughter Maya (Breslin, No Reservations), who seems sure that she can get them back together if he could remember why he fell in love with her in the first place.

Sympathy surrounds him, yet his family languishes amidst heightened emotions; he quits his job and his teenage son is expelled from school, whilst his precocious daughter innocently takes on domestic duties.

Before that, he's sporting a Ron Burgundy - ish handlebar moustache in the hilariously funny 1970s - set buddy comedy «The Nice Guys», playing a crap private detective whose precocious daughter might be better at solving crimes than he is.

Richard Attenborough is Kris Kringle, the department store Santa, who really believes he is the midnight present giver, while Elizabeth Perkins plays the skeptical Mrs. Walker who is trying to protect her precocious daughter Susan (Mara Wilson) from believing in fairytales like Santa Claus!

After a brief fling with former hockey hero «Boom Boom» Grafalk (Stephen Meadows), V.I. is shoved into the case of a lifetime when the man is murdered by unknown assailants, leaving his precocious daughter, Kat (Angela Goethals), in her custody.

My gorgeous, amazing and precocious daughter Rebecca was born.

Not exact matches

Fresh off the bread - baking spree launched by my precocious 9 year old daughter's solo foray into the art of gluten - free yeast bread, I've fielded lots of questions this week about the nuances of this sometimes elusive prize we call homemade gluten - free bread.

If puberty hits before the age of 9, your daughter could be experiencing precocious puberty.

I clearly am very passionate about this topic because sleep just did not come easily for my happy, lively, precocious now 10 month old daughter.

I'm a serious guy by nature, a dentist by occupation and single parent of a precocious 5 - year - old daughter.

Their daughter (Lily Collins)-- a precocious writer who's penned an autobiographical novel — has never forgiven Mom, though, and prefers one - night stands to the romantic overtures of a college classmate (Logan Lerman) with a dying mother.

Charlize Theron plays Marlo, in her ninth month of pregnancy, who has a precocious 8 - year - old daughter (Lia Frankland), a special - needs son (Asher Miles Fallica), and a well - meaning husband (Ron Livingston) whose default in life is playing video games.

Alice has two daughters (the younger of the two is, indeed, adorably precocious), an occasionally meddlesome mother (the great Candice Bergen) and a fledgling freelance interior design business.

We meet the Bishop family: Dad (Bill Murray, «Zombieland «-RRB-, mom (Francis McDormand, a voice in «Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted»), three precocious little boys and the loner daughter, Suzy (Kara Hayward in her first starring role).

And Jimmy (Sean Penn) runs a corner store, has several daughters including a precocious 19 year - old, and seems to enjoy several Godfather - like ties to the underworld.

In this universe, though, everything works out fine, and the «guys» quickly bond with Alice's predictably precocious, Zoloft commercial - quoting daughters Isabel (Lola Flanery) and Rosie (Eden Grace Redfield) while she's out trying to impress her first and only design client, snotty socialite Zoey (Lake Bell).

Through it all, only March's precocious adolescent daughter Holly (rising star Angourie Rice) seems to have any grasp of what's really going on — a neat device that not only provokes some sassy, sentimental comedy about March's uselessness as a father, but also provides Black with a handy get - out - of - jail - free card against accusations of reductively macho stereotyping.

They vow to solve the mystery not just for the money, but because it's the right thing to do and they are basically nice: single - dad March has a precocious smartmouth 13 - year - old daughter Holly, played by Angourie Rice, who in a few short years will doubtless be playing a Marvel superheroine.

The main premise is actually very silly, where Nate Johnson (Cedric, Barbershop 2), his separated wife Dorothy (Williams, Shaft), his rapper - wannabe son DJ (Bow Wow, Like Mike), his maturing daughter Nikki (Knowles), and his precocious youngest, Destiny (Soleil, «The Hughleys»), all load up into their pimped - out SUV to travel across several states for a family reunion where Nate's dear old mother will choose which of the off - shoot Johnson family will be declared Family of the Year.

As his saga begins, Billy's idyllically happy with a wonderful wife, Maureen (Rachel McAdams), and precocious young daughter, Leila (Oona Laurence).

But then there's the whole Mary element, which does little to enhance Alice's frazzled state of mind or inform her relationships with Ben's general - issue spawn — dweeby eldest son Andy (Nicholas Coombe), nonconforming middle child Dora (Matreya Scarrwener), and precocious younger daughter Bunny (Erica Tremblay).

While her eldest daughter Emmy (Maddie Dixon - Poirier) is as precocious and as inquisitive as they come, kindergartner Jonah (Asher Miles Fallica) might have special needs as he frequently disrupts class and needs his skin «brushed» every morning before he can come downstairs for breakfast.

The precocious seven year - old daughter is played by scene - stealer Maggie Elizabeth Jones.

It's a shaky pairing, but together they follow clues and thump on potential witnesses, not always successfully, as they peek into the seamy underbelly of Los Angeles, with Holland's precocious thirteen - year - old daughter Holly (Rice, Walking with Dinosaurs) finding herself in the middle of the action more often than not.

These strong - willed women are joined by Barbara's erudite and philandering husband, Bill (Ewan McGregor); their precocious and disillusioned daughter, Jean (Abigail Breslin); Karen's thrice - married fiancé, Steve (Dermot Mulroney); Violet's flustered and grumpy sister, Mattie Fae (Margo Martindale); Mattie Fae's mediating, perpetually stoned husband, Charles (Chris Cooper); and their benevolent son, Little Charles (Benedict Cumberbatch).

The now - wealthy couple lives in an enormous mansion with their precocious young daughter Leila (Oona Laurence).

Here we have Elektra playing her usual role as assassin - for - hire, whose latest job involved snuffing out a man, Mark (Visnjic, Practical Magic) and his precocious 13 - year - old daughter, Abby (Prout), with whom she has become acquaintances with.

Though the Baums came to America to get a better life for their three daughters, the precocious Addie's world is almost unrecognizable to them.

Enter Spaulding Simonson, the boss» pretty and precocious 19 - year - old daughter, a budding poet herself who has somehow uncovered Jeremy's secret identity.

He opens a window on his private life, from his boyhood dislike of school to his daughter's precocious melancholy, from his successful struggle to quit smoking to his anxiety at the prospect of testifying against some clumsy muggers who fell upon him during a visit to New York City.

Isabella d'Este, daughter of the Duke of Ferrara, born into privilege and the political and artistic turbulence of Renaissance Italy, is a stunning black - eyed blonde and a precocious lover and collector of art.

The dry hills of California are a metaphor for her empty soul, but she can't afford to wallow in self - pity with an autistic son who can't make eye contact and a precocious twelve - year - old daughter counting on her to get it together.

Darla spends her spare time doing yoga, gardening, reading and puppy sitting for her daughter's precocious Cockapoo.

Bonnie's father, Howard Freeman, remembers his daughter's precocious determination with a bittersweet fondness familiar to parents who've lost young children.