Sentences with phrase «quirky family»

Readers who devour quirky family dramas like Where'd You Go, Bernadette and Be Frank With Me won't want to miss this anticipated debut about a dysfunctional New York City family.

This is more of a series of memories, filled with quirky family and written and sketched together, of his childhood in Ohio.

The strong - willed and creative Joy is isolated in a world of strange and quirky family members who depend on her.

This bizarre character study, created by Diablo Cody, also works as a terrifically quirky family serio - comedy, with fine support from John Corbett as Tara's very patient and loving husband, Brie Larson and Kier Gilchrist as their screwy teenage kids, and Rosemarie DeWitt as Tara's easily exasperated sister.

Captain Fantastic, which stars Viggo Mortensen (The Road), looks like a potentially overly quirky family drama, the kind of film we see a little too often, but maybe that's not the case.

It is based on his own quirky family, which probably isn't unlike much of the world Alexander Payne grew up in.

Bake a batch of pumpkin Chocolate Chip cookies — this recipe is a loved favorite of more than one quirky family!

Rumors spread that Kinjiro is an impostor, so a genius x-ray technician is sent to run some tests on the animal in this quirky family comedy.

His follow - up Wilson, starring Woody Harrelson, is another quirky family film, but without the comprehensive structure.

But Kendrick still throws the movie off, mostly by giving it her best: She's so likable, and plays the stock concerned - girlfriend part with so much sweetness and honesty, that the quirky family dramedy material plays even more false in her presence.

With a very funny script and a terrific sense of black humour, this quirky family comedy keeps us laughing even as it gets strongly emotional.

Zach Clark's Little Sister offers a new twist on the Quirky Family Dramedy in which the quirks aren't mere personality tics, but signs of genuine trauma.

So she instills the help of two members of their quirky family unit — Abbie, a 24 - year - old, ultra-feminist photographer (Greta Gerwig), who rents a room in the family house, and Jamie's 17 - year - old lifelong best friend Julie (Elle Fanning), who's having sex with every boy in town, except him.

With the help of Donkey Kongâ $ ™ s quirky family, animal friends and your fast reflexes, the dynamic duo of Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong will prove to be an unstoppable force.

She loves reading about the things she loves so stories featuring an awesome sense of humor, art and artists, antiques and old buildings, and strong and quirky families are always welcome.

(Joanne Harris) Read this in hardcopy, and thoroughly enjoyed this quirky family saga, with its roots set in war time France.

Her new novel deals with psychological development, the challenges of fitting in as a teen and a quirky family; it's a worthy story filled with action and emotional drama.

A quirky family story that isn't afraid to take on the taboo topic of money, The Nest has been embraced by readers and continues to haunt the bestseller lists.

But I suspect that any art world personality charming or evil or ridiculous enough to fit into a reality - television archetype that might carry a series — the quirky family man with a possibly psychotic secret life (Jeff Koons), the attention - starved hanger - on (Klaus Biesenbach), the guy who didn't come here to make friends (Larry Gagosian)-- doesn't have enough to gain by participating.