Sentences with phrase «small subplot»

Some brief appearances from a vicar, some short prayers for safety and a small subplot involving the earl's anti-Catholic views are pretty much the sum total of Downton's engagement with God so far.

They draw into themselves the great plot of God's redemption of mankind, reflecting the overall drama of the Bible in many small subplots.

The movie drags for long periods while we watch hopefully for signs that small subplots will erupt in excitement.

We get small subplots that never interact or coalesce in meaningful ways.

And that's not even getting into all of the cameos and smaller subplots.

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Fishing is small fry, a tiny subplot of a huge negotiation in which those industries which bring in the most cash - like financial services or car manufacturing - will be prioritised.

While there's distractions and «small» subplots, for the most part, the movie focuses on that.

There's enough talent on display, from a promising filmmaker to a breakout cast, to make Little Accidents a modest watch, but its paper - thin characters, awkward romantic subplot, and predictable conclusion reduce the overall effectiveness of the film — a shame, because it's the type of small independent film you want to root for.

There's also a subplot involving Harry Treadaway and Amanda Seyfried as a small - time dealer and his pushover girlfriend who take a criminal errand to Mexico City that feels fully disposable.

A subplot involving the arrival of a sullen German foster child (Luis Huilca Logroño, looking not the least bit German; tellingly, he never speaks), taken in to provide the family with some extra income, only winds up distracting from such casual pleasures as the two smallest girls giddily splashing through puddles.

Small things like a subplot involving Ann's absent father, a boy at school infatuated with Ann, and the family car, are milked as far as they can go.

A small part by Alan Alda, as the original Elysium founder plays out pleasingly, and it is his character Carvin that holds the deed to the farm, offering the story its silly subplot about a big corporation trying to buy out Elysium to build a casino, which at one point has Linda running topless (with others) in front of a television camera.

Together, they add a small but potent romantic subplot to the film, as well as a lot of emotion.

Every excruciating moment of their plot arc drags the film down, cancelling out the small amounts of goodwill generated by the rare characters and subplots that don't make one wish the ball would just drop already.

Clooney and co-writer Grant Heslov have their main story — the plot — Murrow and McCarthy, but they add these subplots, some small, some very big.

Director Gore Verbinski takes the minor delights that worked well in the first film — such as the Laurel and Hardy - like sidekicks played by Mackenzie Crook and Lee Arenberg — and expands them to the size of subplots, so that no small bits remain.

Although the cast list is relatively small, every character is given their own subplot and relationship issues.

Appropriately, given its title, The Details» best moments are small ones: a powerful monologue from Liotta's about the nature of ethics; a subplot about the doctor's one good deed, involving his generous friendship with an ill basketball buddy (Dennis Haysbert).

Vaughn juggles the myriad of characters, subplots, messages and timelines admirably, though if he were given a slightly smaller canvas, I imagine he could truly excel.

In 2008's The Dark Knight especially, Nolan toyed with the notion of Gotham City as a locus for international economic corruption by plugging public fears around the time of the 2007 - 2008 financial crisis into a subplot involving a self - preserving accountant who flees to Hong Kong with a small fortune.

But the small concept is stretched far too thin with the «babies vs. puppies» subplot (not to mention, who am I supposed to root for in that scenario?).