Sentences with phrase «subplots add»

A few subtle subplots add texture, and there are some terrific dynamics on display between key players: Keaton's Spotlight chief Robby Robinson and a valuable source, Rezendes and victim defense attorney Mitchell Garabedian (played by Tucci), and Baron and the entire staff.

Other subplots add zero value.

The cast works very well together, the heist itself is worth the price of admission alone, the comedy is very much present (even though it's not loaded with it), and there is a surprisingly emotional subplot added onto the end.

Together, the plot and subplot added up to little in the way of social, cultural, or political satire beyond the glaringly, non-controversial obvious («50s suburbia in the U.S. of A. was a hotbed of conformist, racist, and misogynist behavior) and the predictably clichéd (IQ - challenged criminals tend to suffer horribly for their sins, real and imagined to balance out the scales of cosmic justice).

The present - day subplot adds little but sentiment to a film shot through with cliché characters, a predictable plot, and undisguised reverence.

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Add to that Ancelotti returning to Stamford Bridge, and Samuel Eto'o to the club that spurned him, and it's a tie filthy with subplots.

With Fiorentina and Inter crossing paths on Saturday night, it promises to add another intriguing subplot to the transfer scenario, and time will tell what Bernardeschi opts to do.

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The same can be said for a minor romantic subplot involving Greg and his girlfriend Amber (Alison Brie), which is very much underdeveloped and doesn't add much to the final product other than a somewhat clichéd angle where Tommy becomes jealous of Greg's new relationship.

A whispering nutcase, the character is here to remind our heroes why they need to exit the planet as soon as possible, but Antal lingers on the protracted insanity, puncturing the pace of the film to stick to a subplot that adds little to the story.

An extra wrinkle is added later by introducing a twist that might potentially lead to the the President himself being in danger should Carden get away, along with a subplot that Keene might be in danger from the authorities trying to cover things up that doesn't really make much sense.

The film adds a criminal element with a convoluted subplot involving Ana's deranged former boss, but everything ends up just fine, of course.

Subplots such as Fred's troubles with his girlfriend, Willy (Higgins (Evan Almighty) playing Santa's right - hand elf) trying to get together with a lovely fellow helper (Banks, Invincible), Fred's friendship with a precocious African - American orphan (Thompson), and the unendurable dysfunctional family squabbles only add to the feeling that the script by Dan Fogelman (Cars) started with a kernel of inspiration and little knowledge of where to go with it once it is set up.

There are a few pacing problems in the third act that retread similar themes and add unnecessary subplots that only serve in slowing the momentum of the main narrative.

A subplot has been added, and some of the horrors refined so that we're left with a film that at least doesn't leave you wondering what the hell it was all about.

Thankfully, screenwriters Matt Lopez and Mark Bomback don't trip over themselves trying to awkwardly add in a romantic subplot with Jack and Alex.

Also, for such a short piece it's odd that Clooney spends so much time on subplots that don't add up to much.

The subplot of Leo's family also adds a breath of fresh air by producing a layer of drama that is absent from the original, causing choppy waters of emotion to arouse the truth of what really happened after he fell into the sea.

Gods and Generals (Two - Disc Extended Director's Cut in Blu - ray Book Packaging)-- Reedited from beginning to end with amplified scenes and an added subplot, this all - new 2 - Disc Extended Director's Cut of Ronald F. Maxwell's Gettysburg prequel restores...

Then there's several superfluous subplots involving countless unnecessary characters, all adding up to a punishing two and a half hours.

Though the laughs are intact, serious subplots about cancer, deafness and gay couples adopting babies add an unwelcome weight that shifts the whole thing off - kilter.

Tom Waits, as Zachariah in one such subplot, adds to the delightful entourage of badassery.

Strangely, director Ward adds a creepy misogynistic tone, with all of these predatory, sleazy men plus camerawork that leers at female anatomy, which leaves the gay subplots feeling almost offensively cursory.

There's a big subplot involving Amy and the relationship she has with her family including her «perfect» sister played by Brie Larson and her dad who is suffering from MS.. It adds more depth to her character but could use some trimming.

With all of the subplots, characters and cameos added to the MCU since that first Iron Man movie was released in 2008, it can be overwhelming trying to keep track of everything.

Jurassic World succeeds in being really entertaining, but it also becomes inundated with extra characters that really don't add anything to the story and subplots that make the flow of the movie feel convoluted.

The movie also thoughtlessly tacks on a subplot about cancer, presumably to add tears to the laughter; it, too, fails.

Murky subplots also abound regarding a 30 - ish co-producer (Alexander, «The Worst Week of My Life») who has her sights set on Adam, willing to nab him at any cost, as well as Jon Lovitz (The Benchwarmers, Farce of the Penguins) playing Rosie's ex, who appears from time to time to try to add a few more zingers to the mix.

If it loses its way a time or two with a subplot of love that honours the main plot, offering it no added resonance (as all subtexts must), it serves mainly to draw attention to the laudable stillness at its center — and to how close Winterbottom came, in spite of himself, to creating a definitive elegy for the passing of any age, and man's shivering smallness in that passing's noisome wake.

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

Add into the mix a subplot involving Hans» cancer striken wife and a mysterious masked killer who is going around taking down underworld figures, and «Seven Psychopaths» has a lot of narrative balls to juggle, and doesn't always handle them satisfactorily.

Still, not all of its elements work: Corman adds a romantic subplot involving Francesca and her lover, as well as a much stranger one concerning a dwarf and a ballerina.

In a shoot that stretched on for months, he hired and fired entire crews, recast leading roles, reshot scenes in different sets, and added and deleted subplots (including one in which his character had a flying car), but never succeeded in learning the dialogue he'd written for himself.

The unwarranted romantic subplot and the cross-cutting of the dance sequence during the adrenalin raising scenes add to the breaking of the momentum of the scenes, making the entire screenplay a clumsy and lethargic display.

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.

Adding to the film's appeal are its trim editing, which has the credits rolling after just 78 minutes and ensures there's no weak subplot or slow stretch detouring the entertainment.

Like its predecessors, it's a decent, relatively generic martial arts flick, with some added poignancy due to both the 52 - year - old Yen's encroaching retirement from action films and a subplot involving the terminal illness of Ip's wife.

Wyatt adds a neat subplot, where Franco cares for a father, suffering from Alzheimer's, so we can see the personal stake in it for him.

Star stays behind the camera for Coen - scripted take on 1950s hypocrisy — and adds an earnest subplot that nearly sinks the ship

True, the whole romance angle isn't there, but it's kind of added in later by the Preminger / Wallach versions, both of whom have a romantic subplot as part of their stories.

The entire romantic subplot with Nikki and the ticking clock device of Beachum's new job are filler material that only adds to Beachum's pride and lack of attention, traits that are clear even without these subplots.

Additionally, the romance subplot between Chiwetel Ejiofor and Nicole Kidman never really goes anywhere; it's an unnecessary distraction that doesn't further the main storyline or add much to the development of their characters.

A subplot involving the network's takeover by a group of social - media - aware Millennials adds a little bite, although the best jokes at the workplace involve Bridget intentionally or unintentionally sabotaging an interview (Bridget taking a phone call leads to Miranda saying about a recently deceased, genocidal dictator, «At least he was always interesting»).

The only real addition to the story is an added subplot when it comes to Stellan Skarsgard's scheming Grand Duke, and that is for the best.

For most superhero movies, the love story is usually nothing more than a subplot or something to add emotional stakes, but in Wonder Woman, it's key to the growth of both characters.

These characters add an additional subplot that I won't spoil, but it's the major reason to link Ra's and Deathstroke to Gotham.

In the interest of padding the running time to nearly a full two hours, Perry also adds a second woman - in - distress subplot involving a mysterious new pharmacy assistant (Brandy Norwood) on the run from something — or someone — in her troubled past.

, until the movie's director (Jeremy Northam) suggests adding the Widow Wadman / Toby romantic subplot and casting Gillian Anderson as the female opposite.

In the least preachy terms possible, Spy Kids 2 pushes a message of family unity — adding to Buscemi's Frankenstein subplot is another involving Gregorio's invasive in - laws, played with perverse glee by Holland Taylor and Ricardo Montalban.

If they do, they end up sugar coating the truth or adding in some sort of love story or fictitious subplot to lighten the tone.