Sentences with phrase «sharp wit sets»
Dean's ability to portray the tragic - comedy of everyday lives with empathic but laser - sharp wit sets Becoming Strangers way above most first novels, and presages a wonderful future for this talented author.
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A sharp thriller with great atmosphere, set in Northern Ireland and tied up in the ever - knotty history of «The Troubles» (which one character refers to as «the madness of Belfast»), Bad Day for the Cut delivers its cinematic goods thanks to a smart combination of wit and violence, briskly delivered over just under 100 minutes.
Raising Arizona has all the Coen essentials: a dark storyline about desperation for status; zany characters with sharp wit and idiosyncratic dialogue; and super stylized sets that magnify the absurdity of the world they've created.
What set his movies apart was, first of all, their malicious wit — a wit registered not only in Election's sharp script but in stylistic choices like the vintage Ennio Morricone music cues that accompany Tracy's periodic spikes of anxiety and frustrated ambition.
There's much to love about this adventure: it's brimming with nuanced characters, riveting drama, sharp wit, and a host of well - crafted action set - pieces.
More to the point, so many times you see the makings of a target set to be skewered with razor - sharp wit, and not even a dull blade appears to take a swipe.
Each «Today» moment serves as a setting off point for Julavits» sharp wit, her observation and her unblinking consideration of themes.
Set in the late 20s and early 30s, the 11 - book series follows the crime - solving career of the debonair Lord Peter, whose idle aristocratic mien (complete with monocle) is at odds with his sharp wit and vigorous pursuit of crooks of all sorts.
Other options include Sybille Bedford's travelogue «A Visit to Don Otavio: A Mexican Journey,» and «Among Strange Victims,» Daniel Saldaña París's sharp - witted novel set in Mexico City.