Sentences with phrase «sad sack character»

He'll never stop looking too much like Matt Damon for me to avoid distraction, but he underplays his sad sack character wonderfully and creates hilarity in all his scenes.

Not exact matches

Mendelsohn proves once again he's a chameleon and capable of almost any performance (compare his sad sack Gerry here to his work in «Killing Them Softly» and «Animal Kingdom» to see the gamut of his talents) and brings Gerry to life in such a way, it's tough to watch his character flounder again and again over the course of the story.

And while the movie's obvious highlight comes with Roma's brutal dressing - down of Kevin Spacey's officious manager, Mamet's screenplay affords virtually all of the actors their moment in the sun - with Lemmon's sad - sack of a character ultimately standing as the film's emotional center (ie despite his exceedingly slimy actions, Levene becomes a figure worthy of the viewer's sympathy).

As portrayed by Luke Wilson, Mitch is a sad sack à la the Ben Stiller character in There's Something About Mary.

Paul Giamatti stars as Cleveland Heep, the sad - sack superintendent of an apartment complex that's home to a whole host of unusually offbeat characters.

The film reunites Lanthimos with Colin Farrell, his star from The Lobster, who plays here a much more superficially successful character than the sad sack he inhabited in that film.

Melanie Lynskey has a conjurer's ability to mine the vulnerability of characters without sinking into sad - sack caricature.

Willis, who we usually see on screen as supremely confident and adept cop characters, as Sharp he is a lonely, sad - sack policeman for whom life seems to have past by.

Set in 1970s suburban Detroit, the film introduces us to what we hope will be a cast of edgy, funny characters but who, thanks to a crummy script from writer / director Daniel Schechter, turn out to be a bunch of insipid sad sacks.

Writer - star Jason Segel pours himself body and soul (but mostly body, as a full - frontal nude scene attests) into this sad - sack breakup comedy, filled with dopey characters on Hawaii time.

Produced by brother Jay and Mark Duplass, «Take Me» is not what it initially seems to be — a character study of a sad - sack creep.

It's a persona upon which Sandler's built his entire career, so it's not terribly surprising that the character of sad - sack salesman Barry Egan fits Sandler so comfortably.

A man searching for his kidnapped wife, a couple of white - supremacist meth heads, and a sad - sack Elvis impersonator, plus more desperate characters come to life in the action - packed and hilarious story written by Adam Minarovich and from the director of «The Cooler» and «Running Scared», Wayne Kramer.

Had he accepted that the character was playing a game, then it would have been something, but I he's a sad - sack lover with a broken heart, then the pressures off and the film no longer becomes a critique of capitalism, which is really what the film should be.

Oyelowo's sad sack evokes memories of William H. Macy's Fargo character.

One really interesting feature is the playable flashbacks that introduce a few new playable characters, Ransome the insult clown, Delores the aspiring game developer, and Franklin the sad - sack murder victim (he's a ghost now).

In fact there are only a handful of wacko American commenters, and they are really pitiful sad - sack characters such as Oliver, HAP, and Joe's World.