Sentences with phrase «rather melodramatic»

John Steuart Curry, the least - known of the three, was born in Kansas and had an anecdotal, rather melodramatic style, often depicting the violence of nature.

«Room» is a better, more engaging aftermath film than it is an incarceration one (even if the second half can become rather melodramatic) and the movie starts to really take off once Ma and Jake are freed.

«Invented» is a rather melodramatic overstatement, but «The Man Who Invented Christmas» is an affable and gentle holiday biopic, perfect for a matinee with visiting relatives who need something to shu...

Despite that rather melodramatic beginning, marathon running developed into a comparatively low - risk event, or at least it was until England's Chris Stewart, the third - place finisher in both the 1976 and»77 New York Marathons, turned the ancient Greek legend on its head and began running relief supplies across sniper - infested battle lines and into the broken heart of Croatia and Bosnia - Herzegovinia.

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Although the melodramatic tussles between her and Raleigh trigger some of the sillier lines in the movie, you'd rather spend more time with them.

In conclusion, there are melodramatic spells, as well as some focal unevenness, spawned from hurrying past certain plot aspects that really aren't all that needed in the first place, being not much more than supplements to the rather repetitious bloating that makes this overambitious effort too overblown for its own good, though not to the point of completely dismissing its engagement value, as there is enough sharpness to the production designs, cinematography and score work to provide striking style, as well as enough story value, brought to life by inspired writing, direction and acting, - particularly by leading lady Halle Berry - to make «Alex Haley's Queen» a rewarding near - epic study on the struggles faced by the mulattoes who struggled to fit into a post-slavery society that was rich with racial tension and plenty of other life challenges.

With heavy overtones of Hitchcockian mystery and intrigue, this stylish thriller is the enjoyably melodramatic story of a rather odd 9 - year - old boy and the adults caught in a twisted vortex around him.

But rather than go down the path of political thriller or straight biopic, Arash Amel's melodramatic script stumbles, ungracefully, under its unsubtle load.

Based on the daring 1952 rescue of the oil tanker Pendleton by a Massachusetts - based Coast - Guard crew — or, rather, based on the book about that rescue — The Finest Hours does its best to immerse the audience in the derring - do of its heroes — and succeeds for a while — before merely submerging us in the overflow of its melodramatic waters.

He chose an arch, plastic tone rather than a gritty or natural one, with a musical score (by Alexandre Desplat) that's intentionally oversized and melodramatic.

It is very much a gothic romance, rather than a straightforward period horror piece, with a great emphasis on family dischord and melodramatic behavior, set in snowy Buffalo, New York, early in the 20th century.

The romance works rather better than the thriller element, as the plot becomes so convoluted and melodramatic it gets rather silly and never seems to be sure whether to takes itself seriously or not.

Evans» dialogue is generally effective, although it occasionally comes off as forced rather than authentic (some of this stuff is just a little too on the nose and melodramatic).

Director Jonathan Levine's 50/50 is one of those rare movies that pulls off a feat of narrative tightrope walking, in this case a comedy - drama about a young man with cancer that manages to be thought - provoking and insightful without being melodramatic, and funny and irreverent rather than woefully inappropriate or safe.

It's his ability to make music that compliments a scene rather than eclipse it that has made him an invaluable creative partner to filmmakers who work in such intense melodramatic registers, and Burwell is emphatic that his scores aren't responsible for all of the emotional heavy - lifting.