Sentences with phrase «sympathetic portrayal of»

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.

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

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.»

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.

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

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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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Critics of the Murdoch empire may also find the portrayal of the tycoon overly sympathetic, but a playwright of Graham's skill was never going to present us a cartoonish monster.

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).

Her portrayal is sympathetic, giving the audience a fly - on - the - wall experience of the personal devastation she suffered as the young wife and mother to such a major figure.

For them, the portrayal of violent racist Dixon (Sam Rockwell) is too sympathetic.

Before the film gets to that point, though, it's a grounded, sympathetic and often grimly comic portrayal of motherhood.

That the cartoon manages to both viciously lampoon Hitler (whose portrayal here complicated my childhood perception of him as a demonic historical bogeyman) and also make him something of a sympathetic protagonist is a tribute to the oft - unsung talents of director Bob Clampett, whose every hand - drawn frame is a virtuoso, stand - alone grotesque.

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).

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.

She is best known for her portrayals of men — Porter once commented that de Kooning's images of men were «both sympathetic and frighteningly acute.»