Sentences with phrase «stiff line readings»

Chloe Sevigny's stiff line readings ruin a potentially compelling character — a jockey who seems interested in Charley's life when she is not drunk.

At least the discomfort is kept at bay by stiff line readings, shoddy editing (Winter starts twice), and the most gloriously ridiculous musical choice in many a year («I think I'm falling in love with you,» the letter he writes her reads, after which the music literally echoes that sentiment).

But then she opens her mouth, and her stiff line readings of awkward dialogue make it impossible to become emotionally engaged by her character's journey.

As well, the supporting cast is quite good, although there are a couple of stiff line readings.

Not exact matches

Made during the transition to sound, it exemplifies the stereotype of that era's stiff, static line readings.

Channing Tatum further demonstrated his limited acting abilities here with this below - par performance: He's stiff as a board, and he recited all his lines as if reading them off a cue card for the first time.

The line reads, though, get really stiff in spots.

It's one thing to read those words, but it's another thing entirely to see the smaller of Samsung's two new Galaxy S8 phones lined up next to its stiffest competition.