Sentences with phrase «real viciousness»

Saved from real viciousness by an essentially kind heart and a dry sense of humor, Olive, whom we meet in middle age, takes a dim view of most things.

Instead, he keeps the story focused, driving forward at a pace and, while the ugliness of the violence is hinted at rather than revealed (except for the results of an insect attack that the youngest viewers - it's a 12 - may find disturbing), there is a real viciousness at the heart of the story.

Not exact matches

Perhaps, because it was unwilling to risk becoming camp, this Flowers can't achieve the necessary passion, either — Corinne's viciousness is lost in the shuffle, and volatile Cathy and confused Christopher remain sketches of real characters, whose love never becomes the lifelong connection that takes them by surprise and desperately rushes them toward freedom.

But there's so much more brewing in this dense, deviously clever series, an utterly scathing portrait of party politics and dirty tricks, of power and abuse, of the viciousness of smear campaigns from rival parties, and that's all before the depths of the real conspiracy become clear.

First, most real scientists, even in climate - related disciplines, are not especially aware of the viciousness and persistence of the attacks, though the «climategate» affair changed this considerably.