Sentences with phrase «quietly moving film»
«Departures» is a beautiful, quietly moving film which hits the mark precisely because it does not try to be too ambitious in telling the simple story of a man finding his way in the world.
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Constructed as three consecutive flashbacks, each from the POV of one of the women, the film quietly builds suspense as it moves from one high point to the next before soaring into the stratosphere with supermarket mogul Paul Douglas's courtship of hard - nosed Darnell.
Reiji apologizes throughout the film, another character is quietly mad and Reiji's sister goes through a mini «The Help» side - story that offers manipulative emotions that will work magic on audiences that are easily moved.
British director Kim Longinotto has made her name with a number of intensely powerful, quietly observed films often focusing on the plight of women, like «Divorce Iranian Style» or «Rough Aunties,» but «Dreamcatcher» might be one of her most moving pictures yet.