Sentences with phrase «precocious young»

Hartigan's family shared a home with her aunt and grandmother, both of whom had significant influence on the precocious young Grace.

He shares his home with a precocious young girl, his wonderful wife (who also writes), two cats, a never - ending list of things he would like to build, and ideas...

A precocious young boy in a damaged city took center stage.

An actor, imprisoned during the Red Scare for playing up his communist leanings to get a part with a leftist film director, is shamed by his act when he reunites with his precocious young son.

I enjoyed Shulock's ode to precocious young narrators defined by «idiosyncratic voices, unapologetic intelligence and bold curiosity» (à la Blue van Meer in Marisha Pessl's Special Topics in Calamity Physics — which, as a side note, was probably my favorite book of 2006).

Percy Isaac Gifford, the precocious young narrator in Laurie Friedman's Thanksgiving Rules, knows the secrets to stuffing yourself on Turkey Day: get dressed (in whatever clothes Mom wants); help clean up the house; be nice to your family... and then you get to eat!

It was this kind of education that the precocious young Maximus drew on when he composed his remarkable mythological «impersonation.»

He finds his match in this daredevil game of chicken in Andrew Neyman (Miles Teller), a precocious young first - year drummer with visions of Buddy Rich in his head.

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

Somehow, the precocious young girl senses that she couldn't be any worse off if she ran away, in spite of her uncle's stern warning that, «You wouldn't last one day on your own.»

Mr. Holmes (PG for mature themes, disturbing images and smoking) Ian McKellen plays Sherlock Holmes in this murder mystery, set in 1957, which finds the aging sleuth attempting to solve an unsolved case with the help of his housekeeper's (Laura Linney) precocious young son (Milo Parker).

DJ (voiced by Mitchel Musso, «Hannah Montana») is a precocious young boy on the verge of turning teen that is sure something is amiss about the ominous house across the street, owned by the cantankerous curmudgeon, Nebbercracker (Buscemi, The Island).

Based on the Philip Roth novel of the same name, the film begins in 1951 as Marcus Messner (Lerman), a precocious young Jewish boy, is about to enter college life and, by extension, avoid being drafted for the Korean War.

Delivering a sturdy, self - possessed performance as «A Wrinkle in Time's» heroine, Reid proves a thoroughly capable leading lady, her slightly nerdish appeal something of a twin to Letitia Wright's precocious young scientist in «Black Panther.»

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

A move to Los Angeles prompted his acquaintance with Tarantino and was soon working for the precocious young director with «Reservoir Dogs.»

A precocious young Raccoon who has always been fascinated by humans, Shokichi proves to be far ahead of the curve when the Raccoons begin their transformation lessons, which are guided by the tough, wise elder lady Raccoon, Oroku (Tress MacNeille), and contain some of the film «s most humorous scenes.

Those segments are then tied together by a story about a precocious young girl who, by the way, has an animal sidekick and that is filled with pratfalls, innocently mischievous humor, and a couple of jokes about how «icky» kissing is.

Prince's performance feels so natural that it almost doesn't feel like acting — at least, until the emotional stakes get more precarious, and then it becomes clear that Prince is a precocious young talent who knows exactly what she's doing.

One of Virginia Weidler's earliest directors sadly predicted that the precocious young miss would never become a major juvenile star like Shirley Temple or Jackie Cooper: «All she can do is act.»

Yet the detectives haven't discovered that Andre, a precocious young boy with negligent parents, has recovered most of the money and is keeping it in his house.

A «rage to master,» as observed in some precocious young artists, may help define extreme visual creativity

Pochettino compared his precocious young talent to one of the all - time greats of the game in style alone, but even so mentioning the two in the same sentence resulted in Edwards immediately being labelled Tottenham's «Mini Messi» — a nickname, incidentally, he has had at Spurs since the 2014/15 season.

The Reds also have other dangerous customers in the shape of flying winger Michael Antonio and precocious young midfielder Ben Osborn, however, whilst Leeds have a youngster to watch of their own in academy graduate Alex Mowatt, whilst young attacking midfielder Adryan, on loan from Flamengo, is also exciting.

Right from the moment we first saw her at age 13 in Atonement as the worryingly precocious younger sister at the big house, she's always seemed someone set apart, which makes playing an ordinary Irish village girl in this adaptation of Colm Tóibín's noted novel the sort of challenge which might just set the agenda for the rest of her career.

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.

Then the new king has to deal with both Nakia (Nyong «o), his former significant other now fully involved in her life as a spy, and his precocious younger sister Shuri (a very amusing Wright), who functions as a kind of Q to Black Panther's James Bond.

Hit Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz, whom some may remember as the precocious younger sister in (500) Days of Summer) has to be one of the greatest big screen superhero incarnations we've seen in a long time, and truly unique.

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).

She lives with her precocious younger sister and two surfer girl roommates, but she is clearly the one with the talent for the board, which is the reason she is invited to compete in the Women's Rip Masters competition.

Not exact matches

There is an obsession in the business world with genius, especially young genius which results in precocious success.

Led by a young and precocious group, the USA is building a new nucleus as it continues to move forward following an infamous failed World Cup qualifying campaign.

Led by a young and precocious group, the USA is building a new nucleus as it continues to move forwa...

It is other clubs who are the ones that have the young players developing from precocious talent into top class talent, so that is another bragging right we have lost in reality.

Inter Milan have a roster of young and precocious footballing talent and tickets to watch them live are always a popular choice.

Boys younger than 9 who show similar developmental signs are considered to be going through precocious puberty.

While trying to teach your toddler or infant about Mozart may be precocious, teaching them about sharing and handling themselves in an appropriate way, can and should start at a very young age.

Goldthwait, on screenwriting and directing duty for the fourth time, ups the ante of precocious C - bomb dropping teenage girls (an alarming number of these characters seem to be popping up, from Hit Girl to Boltie) with Roxy (Tara Lynn Barr) who might not have the best aim with a handgun, but does a mean Jeff Foxworthy impression and has an impressively long list of grievances (and Star Trek trivia) for one so young.

It's the summer of 1983 in the north of Italy, and Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), a precocious 17 - year - old young man, spends his days in his family's 17th century villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading, and flirting with his friend Marzia (Esther Garrel).

Lisa is an amazing character: infuriating, arrogant, anxious, guilt - ridden, vulnerable, aggressive, precocious... a teenager turning young adult, yes, but a fully realized human being who constantly surprises because she contains a multitude of impulses and contradictions that we're not used to seeing on the screen.

First it was Ellen Page's precocious pregnant teen in «Juno,» then it was Charlize Theron's perpetually perturbed author Mavis Gary in «Young Adult,» and now...

As in «The Devil Wears Prada,» she frequently relies on her a kind of put - upon hauteur to extract humor from unprepossessing material, though there is perhaps too much of that playfulness at the expense of the precocious sensuality she displayed so brilliantly in «My Summer of Love»; this Young Victoria remains a notably sexless figure.

Julianne Moore and Annette Bening play Jules and Nic, a fortysomething couple who have, over the course of two decades, crafted a comfortably conventional family environment for their two teenaged children, precocious high - school grad Joni (Mia Wasikowska) and jockish younger brother Laser (Josh Hutcherson).

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.

A native of Catalan who relocated to Los Angeles at 18, Collet - Serra had a precocious rise through the commercial and music video directing ranks that caught the attention of producer Joel Silver, leading to his first feature gig on 2005's House of Wax, which this dewy young critic at the time described as «an adroitly shot inventory of perversities, bustling with inventive murder and anchored by Brian Edmonds's great, creepy sets.»

As a flashback informs us, Huang Yu - hsiang was born blind in a modest family in rural Taiwan, but quickly developed precocious talents as a pianist, to the point that he ran for several competitions at a very young age.

Managing to balance hunk and sulky dolt, knowing better than to attempt the charming, precocious Adonis of the young Gérard Philipe in Devil in the Flesh, he only occasionally appears like a frightened deer in the glare of Pfeiffer's magnanimous star - power.

Coraline Teri Hatcher and Dakota Fanning add their voices to this 3D animated feature about a precocious and frustrated young girl, Coraline, who discovers a tunnel to a parallel world where everything seems perfect; but all is not what it seems as the truth comes out and Coraline is trapped.

R.V. follows the same formula of the Vacation movies, complete with hapless father, unsupportive wife, precocious older sister, and mischievous younger brother.

Jack only knows these four walls and these small luxuries as he and his Ma try to find whatever they can to amuse and to survive, but as a precocious and intelligent young boy, his imagination knows no bounds despite such limitations.