Sentences with phrase «teenage protagonists in»

Narrated by a 16 - year - old girl in Vermont, Bohjalian's suspenseful and provocative novel pushes some hot buttons — child homelessness, mental illness, nuclear energy — while creating one of the most memorable teenage protagonists in recent fiction.

An astoundingly confident debut feature from actress - turned - director Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird chronicles an entire year in the life of its eponymous teenage protagonist in just ninety minutes, without ever feeling scant or vague.

Not exact matches

Estes» debut feature's strength lies in its crackling intensity, ultra-sharp character insights and an affinity for teenage protagonists who look and sound like real teens.

Considering its teenaged protagonists, Clockstoppers comes in surprisingly short on content issues, even though adolescents and crooks employ nitrogen - shooting guns to slow down hyper - travelers.

Comparisons will immediately be drawn between Divergent and The Hunger Games, as both are dystopian sci - fi film series based on a trilogy of young adult novels written by women, featuring teenage female protagonists in an action - thriller scenario leading a rebellion against a corrupt and manipulative government force, while also engaging in a bit of romance on the side.

In voiceover narration, Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel), our teenaged pipsqueak of a protagonist, introduces us to Berk, an island located on «the Meridian of Misery.»

His novel was set in a dystopian future 2044 about a teenaged protagonist that simply wants to solve a 3 part quest in a virtual reality video game.

McArdle strays from the realist norms of many coming - of - age films with her bold aesthetics, which are complemented by other creative takes on teenage life: Léa Mysius» astonishing debut feature, Ava, is just as visually bold, immersing you in its protagonist's subjectivity.

From there, the film feels a lot like a classic western, specifically the classic True Grit (1969), in that a snarky teenage protagonist must learn to adapt in order to survive in a harsh environment.

While certainly less well - known than Schindler's List or La vita è bella (Life is Beautiful, Roberto Benigni 1997)-- the film succeeds in capturing a sense of the moral complexity, even the absurdity of wartime through the eyes of its teenage protagonist.

The film opens with titular teenaged protagonist Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) reuniting with his two best friends, laid - back Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and intelligent Hermione Granger (Emma Watson), in the Muggle world.

If we met Minnie, the protagonist of Marielle Heller's adaptation of Phoebe Gloeckner's 2002 graphic novel The Diary of a Teenage Girl in any other comic book adaptation, she'd most likely be the high school siren and love interest.

With its teenage protagonist, Maybe A Miracle has the potential to appeal to readers from the older teens through to adults, both men and women; and with subject matter that runs the gauntlet of hot topic subjects, including religion and politics, this is also a shoe - in for book clubs who enjoy a little contention in their reading matter... (Reviewed by BookBrowse Review Team).

Told in alternating viewpoints from the two main characters, Josh and Nastya, the reader is given only partial glimpses at a time of the endurance race the two teenaged protagonists have had to run.

In most (if not all cases), the protagonists of the novels fall within those age ranges, and the story is told through teenage eyes.

The series always kept their main tropes; Chocobos, mostly angsty teenage protagonists, big world in turmoil, Cid, Air Ships etc..

Another story envisioned as the first chapter in a trilogy, Julie Cross» 2012 novel is a time - travel adventure that has its teenage protagonist accidentally discovering his ability to move through time after he witnesses the murder of his girlfriend.