Sentences with phrase «sympathetic protagonists»

Others create sympathetic protagonists with mental illnesses or physical handicaps.

Prejudice, fear and miscommunication threaten the tentative friendship of Tyler and Mari, but this pair of sympathetic protagonists transcend those challenges and support each other through the challenges of personal loss and adolescence.

In that sense, sympathetic protagonists are slightly in want.

But in a way, it's a nice companion piece to The Americans, in that the main characters are not your traditionally sympathetic protagonists.

His turn is not one of mere impersonation; Franco's Tommy is a driven person with clear and relatable motivations, making him a sympathetic protagonist to follow through this narrative.

It's fairly disappointing, too, given that Knock Knock does open with a certain degree of potential, with Reeves» typically affable turn as the sympathetic protagonist certainly playing an integral role in initially capturing the viewer's interest.

neediness, centered on a more sympathetic protagonist.

While the spareness and seriousness of the film are to be admired, and Gibson makes for a sympathetic protagonist, there is little here that we have not seen before (even if it may have been set after), and even less that rivets the attention.

The young actors who play Paxton's sons in the flashback portions of the film deserve much of the praise, with Matt O'Leary, in particular, being a sympathetic protagonist as young Fenton, a young boy torn between his love for his father and the moral duty to stop his murderous ambitions.

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.

Of the younger actors, Michael Angarano makes for a sympathetic protagonist even when his character errs, Mary Elizabeth Winstead aptly plays an upperclassman dream girl, Steven Strait makes his conflicted Warren Peace more than a one - note villain, and Nicholas Braun shows off some fine comedic timing as lightly - glowing Zach.

Storm Reid's Meg Murry is a sympathetic protagonist.

In the sixth book featuring Donna Leon's ever - charming and sympathetic protagonist, Commissario Guido Brunetti comes to the aid of a young nursing sister who has had five patients unexpectedly die and decides to leave her convent.

At the center of every Rockstar experience is a sympathetic protagonist whose bad deeds can't stop the audience from rooting for them, but prior to Grand Theft Auto V, these leading characters lacked a certain level of complexity.

Not exact matches

If some readers think that the protagonist is occasionally too zealous in his reactions to sinners, far more are of the opinion that his sympathetic responses to others correspond to those that we ourselves may legitimately feel.

His idealistic protagonist, for instance, is deeply flawed, and the «villain» of the piece becomes increasingly sympathetic as the film progresses.

Director Jason Reitman (Men, Women & Children, Labor Day)-- teaming up with Cody and Theron again after 2011's Young Adult — is deeply, intimately sympathetic to Marlo in a way that I have never seen onscreen before when it comes to a female protagonist.

It forces you to think as it throws you from being right behind the protagonist (the truly brilliant Considine) to being sympathetic to the criminals who tortured his brother.

Like his super-dry 2014 comedy Listen Up Philip, Queen of Earth finds US indie director Alex Ross Perry being not entirely sympathetic to a protagonist undergoing a time of emotional strain.

Wandering the mountainous landscape, gorgeously photographed by veteran cinematographer Dean Cundey (Apollo 13, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Jurassic Park), the psychically tortured protagonist has a series of run - ins with various figures, including a sympathetic Indian (Adam Beach), a Chinese immigrant (Tzi Ma), an old war buddy (Danny Glover) and, most memorably, a vicious killer named Ezra (Walton Goggins, stealing every scene as usual) who demands a «toll» from Jackson for encroaching on his territory.

Cain was, arguably, sympathetic toward his feisty protagonist (what choice does she have but to establish independence and security, given the weak and deceitful men she has to choose from?).

It's his grounded, sympathetic nature and good humor in the face of so many maddening moments of racial tension that make him the perfect, if melancholic, everyman protagonist for the horror insanity that follows.

Gerwig's Frances is a wonderfully funny, sympathetic mess of a protagonist, and any young person wondering where the hell they're going in life (which includes this writer) will see themselves in her.

«The fact that [Victim] features a sympathetic homosexual protagonist — the first in British cinema — was no small matter, and the effect it would have had on a boy of 16 struggling with his own homosexual feelings is incalculable.

Disappointingly, it barely delves into the inner workings of its political movement, opting instead for an admittedly sympathetic «everywoman» protagonist as entry - point to its feminist content.

Theater director David Leveaux maintains a firm grip on pacing, scene - setting and character - development, keeping the protagonists sympathetic, while raising the stakes.

The audacious film conveys a raw authenticity for its characters and setting, while newcomer Dickinson finds depth and complexity in a protagonist whose sympathetic qualities are sometimes elusive.

(Hale and Posey, despite their best efforts, prove utterly unable to transform their respective protagonists into sympathetic or even plausible figures.)

While the movie's protagonist, Jimmy Kilmartin, is a sympathetic character, he is undeniably bland.

Based on the play by the same author and starring the same two lead actors — but originally inspired by the events surrounding the famous David Frost / Richard Nixon interviews subsequent to Nixon's resignation from the Presidency of the United States in scandal — director Ron Howard walks a fine line between portraying events people will assume familiarity with and imbuing the protagonists with failings and inadequacies that mean both come out sympathetic.

Rating: Hoopla Factor: The conflict between our own instincts and the fact that we, the audience, are participating in the monitoring alongside the relatively sympathetic but ideologically repulsive protagonist Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler, means a potent sense of unease gradually seeps into the consciousness.

Johnson very successfully blurs the line between good and evil and dares to make his protagonist a sympathetic character, which only adds to the story's depth.

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

In Socialpunk, I made Ima (the protagonist) very sympathetic.

JG: Believe me, I tried the traditional publishing route but when an agent said my middle - age, savvy protagonist wasn't «sympathetic» and query letters went nowhere, I decided to control destiny and self - publish.

A seemingly easy job turns into a true nightmare during the very first night, when the protagonist discovers that the sympathetic animatronics come to life after dark and display a hostile attitude towards humans.