Sentences with phrase «supporting cast of the film»

The Disaster Artist unquestionably has the strongest supporting cast of any film all year, and what makes it so remarkable is the chemistry each performer has with James» Tommy, and vice versa.

However, they're routinely upstaged by the eclectic supporting cast of the film.

Not exact matches

At the same time, the film harks back to Disney's first - ever fairy - tale feature, 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, with its story of a princess in disguise living hidden in a forest; a villainess with access to supernatural powers; a supporting cast of lovable eccentrics; frolicking animal friends; and a handsome prince who awakens the heroine from a deathlike sleep with love's first kiss.

There's similarly little doubt that the film benefits substantially from the above - average efforts of its various stars, with Hemsworth and Brühl's stand - out work complemented by a supporting cast that includes, among others, Stephen Mangan, Christian McKay, and Olivia Wilde.

The supporting cast of Action in the North Atlantic includes a young newcomer by the name of Bernard Zanville, whose billing was changed to «Dane Clark» upon the film's release.

No, he's not a great thespian — and given the stellar nature of the film's supporting cast, he threatens to look worse by comparison — but I think Affleck plays Mendez in a more than competent manner.

While Day - Lewis gave a dramatic, and at times humorous, portrayal of Lincoln, several of the film's supporting cast, including Tommy Lee Jones, James Spader and John Hawkes, also gave the movie emotional support and comedic relief.

In fact, the supporting cast is a lot more interesting, namely Bates and Bradshaw, who play off one another brilliantly, and the quirky Zooey Deschanel (as Paula's roommate Kit) and Bartha, who's unlikely onscreen relationship is by far the funniest part of the film.

But this film is different, with most of the supporting cast (including Grint and Watson) relegated to the background for a big part of the movie.

The film also had a great supporting cast with the likes of Mary Steenburgen, who plays the yes wife.

Reeves does a nice job of distancing himself from The Matrix trilogy by playing Constantine as an exceedingly grizzled figure (smart choice, given that the man can literally see demons), while the supporting cast is peppered with a host of familiar faces (Peter Stormare even pops up as Satan, delivering a flamboyant performance that's easily the highlight of the film).

Written by Bird and Damon Lindelof (Lost), the film is as shrouded in mystery as any release this year, but Bird's track record at the box office and with critics (see sidebar) bodes well for his latest, as does the strong supporting cast of Hugh Laurie, Judy Greer, Kathryn Hahn, and Keegan - Michael Key.

The supporting cast around Newman is amazing including Bruce Willis who gives one of his best performances in this film.

Later that year, Macdonald appeared in Mike Figgis» The Loss of Sexual Innocence, playing the young girlfriend of the film's protagonist; and in Gregg Araki's Splendor, a romantic comedy in which she played the blue - haired best friend of the film's heroine.After a slew of similar supporting roles, including a memorable turn as the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Colin Firth in My Life So Far, MacDonald was given possibly her biggest break since Trainspotting when Robert Altman cast her as a lead (albeit one of many) in Gosford Park (2001).

Alma Kruger made her last film, Forever Amber, in 1947, in which, despite the presence of a stellar supporting cast, the septugenarian actress still managed to dominate her big scenes.

One of the few features in which he had more than five lines was RKO's 1945 mystery - comedy Having Wonderful Crime; perhaps significantly, his sister Blanche Ring topped the film's supporting cast.

The Sting is one of director's George Roy Hill's best films and it remains a classic of the genre due to the fact that it's simple, yet has a very well written script and is supported by a great cast.

That's partly because a significant portion of the film is devoted to business between a cast of under - drawn supporting characters: Kevin Bacon, as Nixon's conflicted aide Jack Brennan, comes off best; the gifted Rebecca Hall, stuck in the wholly decorative role of Frost's girlfriend Caroline Cushing, rather worse.

Shelly casts her film well, not only in an excellent Keri Russell at the forefront, but also in most of the supporting roles.

I really wish we could have seen more of the supporting cast in a trailer, but I guess I will just have to wait for the film.

The dream sequences were for the most part, unoriginal copies of the sequences from the first film, the supporting cast was completely unbelievable, and yes, I also thought Haley's makeup was terrible.

The rest of the supporting cast, Carrie Fisher, Bruce Dern, and Rick Ducommun are all hilarious in the film, perfectly rounding out the film and all giving great performances.

Unfortunately, she's probably the only member of he cast that manages to give more than what's expected, with Jamie Foxx looking uncomfortable having to restrain his warm and engaging personality, and the mish - mash supporting cast of Rose Byrne (Neighbors), Cameron Diaz, and Bobby Cannavale (Chef) all giving the film requisite energy, but none of them are particularly appealing in their roles.

While Brown is the most talented actor in the cast, acclaimed veteran actor James Cromwell («The Artist») gives him a run - for - his - money with a solid supporting performance as one of the film's antagonists, Judge Foster.

Compounding his inability to hold the film together is a supporting cast of tremendously talented people either phoning it in or hamming it up.

The film features an A-list supporting cast that includes Oscar - winners Kate Winslet and Octavia Spencer and nominee Naomi Watts, along with effective performances on the part of Theo James, Ansel Elgort, Zoe Kravitz and Miles Teller.

While the supporting cast, featuring James Franco, Sharon Stone, Chris Noth, and Chloë Sevigny (the list literally goes on and on), is amusing simply for the novelty of seeing them dressed in kitschy»70s getups playing the likes of Hugh Hefner and Harry Reems, the revolving door of familiar faces is just one example of the film's lack of focus.

The supporting cast, comprised from very different places, maintains the high caliber of drama, resulting in a film that captivates from start to finish.

This is true even though the supporting cast is better here, with David Cross, Tim Curry, Andy Richter, Chris Elliott, and James Woods all providing a baseline of talent that helps insulate the film from the lower jokes - per - minute success rate.

The real stars of the film are the supporting cast of stereotypes the dopey Mexican, the thieving black guy and good with computers serious Russian who make sure the film maintains its humor and remembers that ultimately its a film about a man who hangs around with ants.

Liam James is great as the heart of the story, managing to portray an understated awkwardness and pain, but with his character remaining shy for large parts of proceedings, it is the supporting cast of offbeat characters who help bring the spark to the film.

The fight choreography is decent, which always immensely improves Lundgren's films, and the supporting cast are better than a lot of Lundgren's other direct - to - video co-stars.

The supporting cast was astounding which included performances by Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin and John Goodman who gave the film a touch of humor.

The supporting cast is equally impressive including actress Lauren Bacall and Anne Heche as a scheming woman whose connection to Anna and Sean remains a well - guarded mystery for most of the film, but favorite character actors like Peter Stormare and Ted Levine are underused.

The remaining cast members are all good (perhaps not stand - out but solid supporting work), but their roles and action within the film really should remain hidden because of how they're revealed.

The film's cast took home the Best Ensemble Cast prize, with Mahershala Ali winning Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Juan, a father - figure of sorts to the film's lead character Chiron, a young African - American male coming to terms with his sexual orientatcast took home the Best Ensemble Cast prize, with Mahershala Ali winning Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Juan, a father - figure of sorts to the film's lead character Chiron, a young African - American male coming to terms with his sexual orientatCast prize, with Mahershala Ali winning Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Juan, a father - figure of sorts to the film's lead character Chiron, a young African - American male coming to terms with his sexual orientation.

«Day - Lewis works at such a high - wire level that many of the film's supporting cast members simply fade away.»

The combination of it being his directorial debut, his performance (which was a killer and, as you noted, filmed VERY quickly), the unpredictability and the strength of the supporting cast, not to mention the fact it has an interesting commentary on the nature of perception of who has a «perfect life» all added to a wonderful experience for me.

As with all of Anderson's films the supporting cast is an absurd wealth of riches, with Jeff Goldblum, Adrien Brody, and Willem Dafoe delivering some of the film's standout moments.

The Blu - ray's HD extras begin with «Shoot All Night» (10:26), a making - of featurette that looks at the overnight filming schedule required by the plot and the actors who make up the supporting cast.

The supporting cast all do a good job despite some of the characters feeling a little out of place with regards to the tone of the film.

A neat montage ties up the film, suggesting that religion has impacted very little on any of the supporting cast's character arcs.

To be completely honest, the rest of the supporting cast including Amanda Seyfried, Neil Patrick Harris, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Silverman and Liam Neeson are really just background in the film and don't contribute anything major to the film.

Rumor came in last week that John C. Reilly will star (with an impressive cast of supporting players) in Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie, the first feature - length film from comedy duo Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim.

The Star Trek: To Boldly Go campaign will support the cast's personal selection of nine global causes, which will each receive equal portions of the funds raised when fans enter for a chance to win a walk - on role in director Justin Lin's Star Trek Beyond, the third film in the blockbuster franchise, which will be released on July 8, 2016.

The film tells the true story of a Japanese POW camp who searches out the man who tortured him, and stars two previous Oscar - winners, Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, with a classy supporting cast also including Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgard and Hiroyuki Sanada (in a supporting turn we've already heard some buzz about).

Leading to one of the most satisfyingly - earned endings in Hollywood film history and with every single actor from the leads to the supporting cast (William Sadler, Clancy Brown, and Bob Gunton among them) on not just career - best but definitive form, «Shawshank» is simply a masterclass in classic Hollywood storytelling, on every conceivable level.

With three different audio commentaries leading the pack, the disc also includes a backseat interview with stars John Cho and Kal Penn, a sound effects featurette entitled «The Art of the Fart,» eight short interviews with supporting cast members, a short featurette on the making of the CG - based Land of Burgers, eight deleted scenes and the film's theatrical trailer.

The actors aren't all well cast (I counted only about three I'd consider to be above average for their respective roles — Acker as Beatrice, Fillion (Waitress, White Noise 2) in the supporting role of Dogberry - the only time the audience I viewed the film with laughed at anything in the film that came from actual dialogue, rather than the injected slapstick and actors occasionally comical facial expressions, came from Fillion's delivery - and British actor Paul Meston in the minuscule part of Friar Francis) The rest often appear as though they're reciting lines without any sense of meaning in the words they are saying, and when one of those happens to be the male romantic lead, that's one hell of a liability.

Following a few misadventurous days in Davis» life, as he loses a friend's cat, sleeps on various sofas, goes on a brief road trip and plays a few gigs, there is no real way of explaining in words the alchemy that takes place that transforms that bare - bones logline into such an engaging film, though Oscar Isaac «s wonderfully soulful, star - making turn has to take a good portion of the credit, with the supporting cast of Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan, Adam Driver and Coens regular John Goodman also contributing to the rich tapestry of the film.