Sentences with phrase «scenes of levity»

The supporting cast is mostly non-existent, save for Russo and the unknown Ahmed who performs admirably in a number of the movie's not always great scenes of levity.

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The deliberate pace and two - and - a-half-hour run time effectively impart the tedium of the miners» jobs, while the conversational scenes and a series of charming black - and - white portraits give us a sense of personal stakes and a bit of levity.

From here Katniss and Peeta are primped and prepped for The Hunger Games by a host of well - known actors (Woody Harrelson, Wes Bentley, Stanley Tucci, Lenny Kravitz and a scene - stealing Elizabeth Banks), all of whom help bring weight or levity when and where required.

With all the right feel good moments, compelling character developing scenes, and the perfect amount of levity between young and old characters, «The Intern» is a far better movie than it should be and I highly recommend it.

None of the humor is cloying or treated as a device to provide levity at the end of every dramatic scene.

Moments of levity releases a bit of that tension at key moments before building again, by way of scene stealer LilRel Howery as Chris» best friend and TSA agent.

In this clip Academy Awards winners Nicole Kidman and Dianne Wiest bring a warm sense of humor and levity to an emotional scene from the film.

This vanity featurette borders on self - parody, but it is lightened by a bit of sarcasm and behind - the - scenes levity including Clooney's impressions.

While «Before Midnight» certainly has its appealing moments of allure and levity, it's ultimately more «This Is 40 «- style pain with much more honesty and real bite than Judd Apatow would likely ever go for, and when «Before Midnight» bares its fangs and becomes uncomfortable there are few moments of comedic relief or a new jaunty scene to cut to.

There's a melancholy vibe here, but the Russo brothers seem comfortable conforming to Marvel's standard of finding levity amidst dire circumstances, injecting humor into scenes that would otherwise trend DC - dark.

But brothers Anthony and Joe Russo, who return as co-directors after «Civil War» and its predecessor, «Winter Soldier,» move the pace briskly and with frequent levity, as heroes from various Marvel franchises keep throwing things - sometimes literally - at Thanos, and as the scene of the action shifts from the «Guardians of the Galaxy» team's spaceship to Black Panther's African homeland of Wakanda to, at one point, Scotland.

Brooks is a bit of welcome levity in an otherwise heavy flick, while Morse breaks your heart in just a few scenes as doomed former Steelers great and Hall of Famer Mike Webster.

First - time director Jim Kohlberg also adds in a decent share of levity to the proceedings while overseeing a number of scenes of genuine, emotional tenderness.

«Winter Sleep» contains a few surprising moments of levity, from scene of drunken men dueling with Shakespeare citations, to the peculiar nature of Aydin's relationship with a disadvantaged horse.

There are a couple of decent laughs to be had, and about a dozen or so smiles, but unlike its predecessor, Legally Blonde 2 has several stretches of scenes where the levity and mirth take a break, leaving us a bit bored when there's not much going on except some necessary explanations in order to make this ambitious plot work.

The performance itself is appropriately fun, a balance of power and levity in which both she and the character seem acutely aware of the necessity and burden of all that pomp and circumstance surrounding the queen's life (a better scene sees her meet with an advisor and plop down on the floor, her legs spread out as she blithely dirties a fabulous skirt that nearly engulfs her).

She brings a manic bathos to these scenes that lends them both gravity and levity; in every wide, glassy pair of eyes, grave questions of moral certitude are undercut by the absurd.

With scenes of devastation all around, the sight the frog and snake offered some much needed levity.