Sentences with phrase «sympathetic portrayal»

The film earned praise for its progressive values, mostly black cast, sympathetic portrayal of African cultures, and performances.

«Velázquez, Hyacinthe Rigaud, and Thomas Eakins represent social order with sober, strikingly realistic, even sympathetic portrayals of gentlemen across several centuries.

If there's one bit of Ready Player One to be praised highly, it's Rylance's performance: as sympathetic a portrayal of the Steve Jobs type as seen in a movie.

Altogether, I, Tonya is a surprisingly excellent biopic, with a very sympathetic portrayal of Tonya Harding.

While the vilified Chamberlain gets an unusually sympathetic portrayal in Darkest Hour — a dying statesman who doesn't want to see Europe plunge into another Great War — Halifax gets handed the role of the scheming aristocratic villain.

Of all her anthropological forays, only one resonated with my own encounters with a wide variety of homeschooling families: her surprisingly sympathetic portrayal of a homeschool Shakespeare production.

A nice and sympathetic portrayal by Bullock, and good performances help bolster this thoughtful tale of a woman finding out that there's more than one road to happiness.

It is polarizing in its intentionally sympathetic portrayal of an individual that many believe was involved, in some way, in a serious criminal assault against Nancy Kerrigan.

It was a very sympathetic portrayal of Anne, and initially her worship of Charles seemed justified.

Robbie is simply sensational, as she delivers a fearless and sympathetic portrayal of a young figure skater who rose to fame in the early 90's, before she found herself being led into dark places by the people around her.

Anathema to many Catholics on account of their sympathetic portrayal of Cromwell, the books have been runaway bestsellers, were awarded the Booker Prize (twice), and have been successfully adapted for both stage and screen.

I hope that Prime 4 delves into Sylux's character, in a non-intrusive and well - done manner, perhaps even a sympathetic portrayal of Sylux's origins that at the very least shows Sylux is not completely evil.

It's a sympathetic portrayal of a family whose actual behavior errs on the side of fascistic.

Looking as though she is carrying the weight of the world and wanting to toss it at the same time, she delivers a piercingly accurate, sympathetic portrayal of a teenager.

Lovelace is a sympathetic portrayal of Linda Lovelace and her brief career, and holds a modest interest for showcasing the pornography scene of the 1970s and the pop culture phenomenon that was Deep Throat.

While it offers a sympathetic portrayal of the Catholic priest, it depicts the Evangelical persecutor as a cardboard character with little regard for mercy.

In an awards season where nearly everything seems up in the air, only one thing feels certain: Willem Dafoe will win an Oscar for his sweet, sympathetic portrayal of a rundown motel manager in The Florida Project.

Chaplin turns in a funny and sympathetic portrayal of the down - and - out loser, and in the end we do care about what happens to him enough to make it exciting.

Paul Dano delivers a fearless and sympathetic portrayal of the young man who achieved worldwide success with his band but was still led into very dark places by his father.

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Jordon's 1992 film, «The Crying Game» came under similar criticism for what some saw as a sympathetic portrayal of the IRA.

The book's lesbian trappings prompted the secrecy: a positive and sympathetic portrayal of a sapphic relationship unusual in an era when such things were viewed as degenerate.

Mordo in particular — always villainous in the comics — emerges here as a fully realized presence, one whose inevitable descent (in future films, presumably) will be all the more compelling for his sympathetic portrayal here.

Set in the Pacific Northwest at the turn of the 20th century, Coplin's debut is at once a remarkable portrait of an America that no longer exists and a sympathetic portrayal of a lonely man who rediscovers the value of connecting with others.

LJ says, «fans of Marian Keyes, Anna Maxted, and other authors of serious chick lit will thoroughly enjoy this title for its humor mixed with a sympathetic portrayal of real women's lives and challenges.»

His authentic and sympathetic portrayals of the teen protagonists create memorable characters in an unlikely, life - changing relationship.

Perri's sympathetic portrayal of the plight of overeducated, underpaid millennial women gives depth and resonance to this entertaining revenge fantasy.

The author's rich reading involves the listener in a sympathetic portrayal of one child's difficulty in learning to read.

Julian Schnabel's Miral, a sympathetic portrayal of four Palestinian women over nearly 50 years, is neither what its defenders claim nor what its detractors allege.