Sentences with phrase «psychological drama not»

Not exact matches

Unfortunately, the drama of Ted's ideas and psychological issues doesn't mesh well with the drama on the «manhunt» side of things.

Good performances and cinematography can't save this tone - deaf attempt at a psychological drama.

His investigation gets a boost when the FBI informs him that they have a picture of the murderer... [/ font][font = Century Gothic] The thing that separates superior psychological dramas like «Keane» and «Red Road» from a mediocrity like «Fear X» is a certain fearlessness, not only from the director but also from the lead actor.

This doesn't mean everyone will line up to see Jan De Bont's picture, «The Haunting,» which can't quite decide whether it's an out - and - out thriller, a psychological drama, or a systematic demonstration of the latest computer - generated effects.

First Snow isn't so much a traditional thriller as it is a psychological drama, dealing with how one's future is largely controlled by events of the past.

His focus moves from physical horror associated with freakish events to psychological drama associated with the darkness of human mind, and I was not so surprised when he made a fairly conventional period drama «A Dangerous Method» (2011).

Frost / Nixon won't be regarded as a movie to see for its historical revelations, which are a matter of public record and are given freely away in the trailer, but for being an engaging drama with moments of genuine intrigue and psychological interplay into public figures that are too large in life to grasp without dissection.

Invoking both Hitchcock's grasp of psychological drama and Spielberg's genre storytelling precision, producer JJ Abrams and first - time director Dan Trachtenberg don't so much forge a followup to but rather adopt as a reference point the 2008 found - footage monster movie Cloverfield.

«Frank» ** 1/2 (Ireland) Director Lenny Abrahamson, who brought us the brilliant psychological drama «What Richard Did», may not seem like the most likely candidate to make a comedy, but «Frank» is a deftly handled, bizarre and charming comedy.

It's not just the jarring score or the way Perry's camera lingers distrustfully on both Catherine and Virginia that make Queen of the Earth so evocative of its predecessors - Perry's film is more than the basic components of psychological drama.

Here is something most neo-noir miss: the classic noir weren't just super-stylized thrillers or sex dramas (though many were), they were psychological portraits of a nation wounded by war and horrified by the dawning Atomic Age.

«American Sniper» wants to have it both ways — as a war - on - terror fantasy and poignant PTSD drama — but while it doesn't shy away from the physical and psychological horrors of battle, the movie is so heavy on pro-military propaganda that it doesn't realize its dramatic potential until it's too late.

This however isn't a horror story in space, á la Event Horizon, as the synopsis might make it appear — it could be better described as a psychological drama or perhaps even as a metaphysical love story.

Last year foreign filmmaker Pablo Larraín managed to not only make the story of Jackie Kenny relevant and interesting, but he redefined the biopic into an artistic psychological drama.

While this intriguing psychological drama does unfold against the genre's familiar staples such as sweeping, big sky panoramas, ten - gallon hats, a honky - tonk saloon and bloodthirsty Injuns, this is still a much more cerebral affair than your typical Western Furthermore, given America's enduring love affair with gangsters and Crowe's considerable ability to humanize a monster, don't be surprised to find Ben and Dan equally - appealing.

Shot over the course of 18 days at the Savernam Estate's cavernous Tottenhouse House in the English countryside — a location that effectively doubles as an extra character in the otherwise spare, intimate psychological drama — the movie unfolds in mostly long - take wide shots, though Rumley also isn't afraid to stage a canted angle for art's sake.

It's dense with psychological thickets and political reverberations (including a not - so - veiled allegory for the McCarthy witch - hunts in Hollywood), designed with color both expressive and explosive, and directed with the grace of a symphony and the drama of an opera.

The attempts at drama do add some weight, all right — as in weighing down and slowing the proceedings, not adding psychological or emotional heft.

Wicker Park is a psychological drama, not thriller.

Not perfect, but still worthwhile (especially since it's better than «Aquatic») is Wes Anderson «s India - set brothers travelogue, «The Darjeeling Limited,» Danny Boyle «s lovely and compelling, psychological sci - fi drama, «Sunshine» (another fantastically over-the-top John Murphy score with ambient help from Underworld) and Judd Apatow «s charming, enjoyable and deceptively melancholy, «Knocked Up.»

Available same day as select theaters nationwide is psychological drama Wakefield with Bryan Cranston and Jennifer Garner (R), thrillers Berlin Syndrome with Teresa Palmer (R) and Black Butterfly with Antonio Banderas and Jonathan Rhys Meyers (R), and action drama Drone with Sean Bean and Mary McCormick (not rated).

What starts out seemingly as yet another psychological drama evolves into a thoroughly engrossing study of the relationships - not only between the boy and the doctor, but also husbands and wives, people and their work and the living and the dead.

A psychological thriller that's every bit as tense, twisted and sexually perverse as the director's previous work, «Stoker» is the kind of movie that gets under your skin and stays there for days, an achievement on its own whether you enjoy Park's disturbing family drama or not.

Silent Hill was my first introduction to the horror genre, When I started playing it, I saw the intro and what I saw was nothing indicative of a horror game, or neither an action game, it looked more like a sad psychological drama game, It got me wondering what did I get myself into, then I started playing it and when I got to the alleyway part and got killed by the children zombies, I immediately turned off my Play Station, I was horrified, but somehow the game kept calling me to play, I decided to keep playing, it got to a point where I couldn't play at night, I had to turn any background music down simply because it was just too much for my 12 - year - old head, but at the same time I was having fun on a level I never imagined I could before.

Though Brown began his current group of paintings with a loose narrative in mind (not unlike the subtle psychological dramas of Eric Fishl) the paintings became increasingly romantic and expressionistic and less literal as he worked through the series.