Sentences with phrase «sympathetic portrayal in»

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.

Not exact matches

That said, we can actually see a deconstruction of the cowboy as a sympathetic figure through Tom Cruise's portrayal of Barry Seal in American Made, directed by Doug Liman.

Turturro is thoroughly sympathetic in his portrayal of everyone involved (which is not quite the same as approving), and he makes excellent use of a religious subculture that takes sex very seriously (which is not quite the same as disapproving).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ProjecIn 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 Projecin 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 Projecin The Florida Project.

While some of the games she plays seem a bit extreme, Fox's sympathetic portrayal paints the behavior as more misguided than mean - spirited; her Shanté may be a little cocky and deluded, but she clearly has her heart in the right place and does truly love Keith (contributing mightily to the latter is Fox's convincing chemistry with Chestnut).

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.

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