Sentences with phrase «stacked against you»

As they try to get on with their lives in the days that follow, both witness and victims find more trouble coming their way, from families, police and a system stacked against them.

Despite its intoxicating subject matter and outstanding cast (including Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Christian Bale, Toni Collette, Eddie Izzard) the deck seemed to be stacked against Velvet Goldmine before it was even released.

If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help.

As photographed by John Bailey — at the time, the go - to cinematographer for Paul Schrader (American Gigolo, Cat People, Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters, Light Of Day)-- the city's streets, restaurants, back rooms, and lofts are as much a character as Charlie and Paulie, a dreamer and a schemer trying to get ahead in a world where the chips are stacked against them.

Despite the odds stacked against her, Helen works tirelessly to earn the respect she deserves.

Key to the narrative is a focus on the chips being stacked against Tonya as a working - class girl competing in an upper - class sport.

It's a moment, really the only one in the entire film, that does what horror thrillers are supposed to do: It makes you feel as if the universe is stacked against you.

It offers viewers the chance to share the headspace of a boxer who managed to hold world titles in three separate weight classes — one of an elite few who have ever managed to do so — all while making them acutely aware how heavily the odds were stacked against him in his mission to «come back from the dead.»

The Hunger Games's third instalment has a lot of things stacked against it, from the cynical bifurcation of an already slow - paced story into two parts, to the fact that Mockingjay is by far the least loved of Suzanne Collins» novel trilogy.

The conceit is right there in the name: A bunch of guys — it's almost always guys, though that's beginning to change — team up to swipe something valuable from a seemingly impenetrable stronghold, often with the odds stacked against them.

Finally, we arrive in Selma, Alabama, where Annie Lee Cooper (Oprah Winfrey) is trying to register to vote but is rejected by a system stacked against her.

But when things go wrong and one of their own is viciously killed, the Expendables are compelled to seek revenge in hostile territory where the odds are stacked against them.

With the odds being heavily stacked against him, his prospects seem slim, but that all changed once he meets up with a rebellious American coach (Hugh Jackman) who may have what it takes to get him to Calgary in order to take part in the games that he's always wanted to compete in.

The odds may seem stacked against Earth's protectors, but trust me, they can handle it.

Despite their both being insanely hot, the odds are stacked against them from the beginning.

Despite this, the game managed to defy having the cards stacked against them as it was beloved by the thousands that did play it, and eventually received a sequel eight years later.

Given its a story about odds being stacked against the little guy, its strange that director Ramin Bahrani (Goodbye Solo, Man Push Cart) lets his nominal hero be so comprehensively outgunned.

So I'll use this opportunity to sing the praises of something I'm much less surprised but no less disappointed didn't make our list: Gett: The Trial Of Viviane Amsalem, a thorny Israeli film about a married woman (Ronit Elkabetz, who also co-wrote and co-directed) attempting to secure a divorce against her prideful husband's wishes — a real uphill battle with Israeli law, which is fundamentally stacked against her.

With a justice system that is stacked against him even speaking in court, Marshall has to combat prejudice and the insidious manner it infects almost all.

Po (Black) and his buddies catch wind of this and set out to stop him, although the odds are stacked against them — Shen has a weapon that is the only thing that will stop kung fu dead in its tracks.

And Moss, well, she captivates as the heroine with the odds stacked against her.

When the plan backfires and an enormous cheese explosion leaves Kronk and company scrambling to get back on their feet, it's up to his friends to convince him that the only way he'll ever achieve true happiness is by remaining true to his groove no matter how heavy the odds are stacked against him.

And Malick is trying to show how difficult that choice is to make on a daily basis because of how much the cards are stacked against grace and love.

Although the odds seemed stacked against the developers, having to do without both Ryan and Levine, they have delivered a rich, awesome trip through one the most fantastic video game environments ever built.

Stacked against the genre's competition, this game was scraped from the bottom of the barrel, but if what you want is a straight - forward, good - looking destructo-fest, «B!GE» should be considered.

The online dating world is also stacked against black women and.

Everything is stacked against you when you join this site.

The unfortunate thing is, online dating doesn't work for men as the odds are stacked against them.

But sometimes the deck is stacked against you and you fall into low - value traps while dating online.

With an average of 40 million people visiting Las Vegas every year, it may seem like the odds are stacked against you if you're looking for a committed relationship.

The cards are stacked against us, but that just gives us an excuse to be extra stylish.

For instance, young men and women who are making strides despite strenuous circumstances that may or may not be stacked against them.

Intelligent, genuine, kind, a pillar of strength, beat the odds stacked against her and persevered.

You have to be able to stay healthy, avoid the disabled list, maintain your skills, get lots of at bats... There are so many things that have to go right in order to make this kind of thing happen, it is like the deck is stacked against you.

It seems that all of the cards are stacked against us.

However, it is essential for us to know first and foremost that the odds are stacked against us when it comes to the science of losing weight.

The ratio of bad food eaters to good food eaters is stacked against you at least 10 to 1.

They even had the obesity deck stacked against them since I was an obese kid.

Chips bought in the store have plenty of cons stacked against them.

Billions of peoples experience eating it for hundreds of years without gross issues is stacked against dozens of nutrition scientists.

If so, the deck is stacked against the poor girl.

Despite all the odds stacked against him, he studied every speed book religiously, trained obsessively for 7 years and through his hard work, he accomplished the impossible; he became an Olympian in the 100 meters.

In fact, research is also stacked against fast food.

Opening any restaurant is a gamble, but the odds are especially stacked against health - food businesses.

The deck is stacked against women when it comes to storing leg fat.

Despite odds that seemed to be stacked against her, Rodriguez was determined to make her mark in Hollywood, even if it meant challenging the industry's narrow - minded perception of beauty.

If you're an introvert looking for love, you may feel like the deck is stacked against you.

«When funding and pay structures are stacked against academic scientists,» writes Alison Bernstein, a neuroscience postdoc at Emory University, «these problems are all exacerbated.»

Despite the perilous odds stacked against them in vaccine court, the evidence of a vaccine / autism link is so strong that vaccine court judges and government agencies have now recognized at least two theories of how vaccines cause autism: the Vaccine - to - ADEM - to - ASD link in Bailey Banks» case, and vaccine - induced aggravation of an underlying mitochondrial dysfunction that caused full - blown autism in the Hannah Poling case.

«But we want to do everything we can — whether it's changing how we treat infections in medical clinics or altering the way we manage the environments where bacteria grow — to keep the odds stacked against sharing of these genes.»