Sentences with phrase «than the supporting cast»

Max, in my opinion, is the only character that manages to have at least halfway decent dialogue and slightly better voice acting than the supporting cast underneath her.

I won't say why, as I don't want spoil anything, but she had more layers than the supporting cast.

Not exact matches

Wells Fargo executives said each of the bank's 12 director nominees received more than about 89 percent support from investors and about 92 percent of shares were cast in favor of the pay of Chief Executive Tim Sloan and other leaders.

Those preoccupied with hell — its geography, supporting cast and the permanent nature of its accommodations — are more likely to find definitive answers from the radio stations of the Bible Belt than from the average pulpit.

When a young woman gets pregnant out of wedlock, rather than come around her in love and support, with promises to protect and provide, we more often than not cast her out like a sheep among wolves.

The Thunder continued to revolve around Westbrook in every way; the Rockets continued to be better than the Thunder because of Harden's excellence and a superior supporting cast.

you know football better than that, every ST needs a supporting cast to work for.

The frontrunner left glamorous South Beach for rusty Northeast Ohio and won a ring on a team with a much weaker supporting cast than any of his Miami teams.

It's a better supporting cast than James had in the 2015 Finals, for example.

A player's teammates plays a huge role in how much they are worth and with so many stars joining forces, many players» values are lower than they would be if they didn't have a strong supporting cast.

Have spent the last few seasons in the rather long shadow of left - back Leighton Baines, 2013/14 was the year Coleman finally broke out and became one of Everton's star turns, rather than just part of the supporting cast.

The more he feels you are trying to be a supporting cast member in his life, rather than his director, the more likely he will be to listen to your ideas and input.

In my opinion, the most noteworthy data mentioned is that Mr. Trump obtained more popular support in this last Nevada primary than all] the votes cast in the previous two.

Forty - three percent said they would support someone other than their current representative, while 42 perecent think they would cast their ballot for the incumbent; 15 percent are unsure.

They do not need to gain majority support (that is, more than half of all votes cast), just more votes than anyone else in that contest.

At the last election only two in three votes cast across the UK as a whole were expressions of support for one of the two largest parties, fewer than at any time since 1922 (the year that Labour first displaced the Liberals as Britain's principal party of the left).

«Rather than feel forced to cast their vote for a candidate they do not support, or choose not to vote at all, the «none of the above» ballot line has given voters the option to cast a protest vote, while encouraging continued participation in the electoral process.»

In a Daily Voice poll that saw more than 15,000 votes cast, 11,790 said that the bridge should not be named after Cuomo, and 3,819 said it should not be named after any one person, while 1,214 supported the current name of the bridge.

Alabrah, who was reacting to Wythe's allegations that he purportedly wrote an endorsement letter to Charles Okah to enable MEND to support Jonathan's re-election, said rather than the militant group casting aspersion on innocent people, it should go ahead and disclose the true identities of those behind Niger Delta Avengers.

Larger Party voters will be wasting their time casting any more preferences than their first (which also gives the lie to the myth it will «encourage» them to support smaller parties; it simply wont because their first choice will not be eliminated therefore this support will be as non-existant as it was under FPTP).

Cuomo has the support of three in four likely voters from his own party, but he also has the backing of more than three in ten Republicans likely to cast a ballot.

He's aided by a solid supporting cast and more than one fun twists.

Directed to resemble rather than act, Eastwood comes across as stiff and unemotive, though Diablo doesn't even have the sense to let its star get upstaged by the overqualified supporting cast.

No, he's not a great thespian — and given the stellar nature of the film's supporting cast, he threatens to look worse by comparison — but I think Affleck plays Mendez in a more than competent manner.

The supporting cast is engaging enough, Eva Longoria and Mel Rodriguez bringing more comic flair than expected in obligatory roles as Kate's friends and pizza shop owners Theresa and Bobby, as do Josh Segarra, Omar Chaparro, Jesus Ochoa, and Adrian Uribe as Bobby's construction crew who mock Leonardo's «lady hands.»

Though Lawrence is at the center, rightfully so, of The Hunger Games movies, they're made all the better by the excellent supporting cast that commits as fully to the larger - than - life characters of the series.

Touches to make «hip» what should be an unabashedly square story — such as the casting of Nick Cannon in a supporting role and an out - of - nowhere cameo by Ja Rule — more jar than gel.

And while Farrell is admittedly quite good as the smooth, charismatic Jerry, Yelchin is simply unable to become the compelling protagonist that the narrative clearly requires - with the actor's less - than - engrossing performance matched by an underwhelmingly bland supporting cast (eg Toni Collette, playing Charley's concerned mother, is hopelessly wasted here).

The overqualified supporting cast gets even less to do than before: Marcia Gay Harden congratulates her son and daughter - in - law at the beginning and then comes back for a few words of wisdom, while Jennifer Ehle still gets a credit for playing Ana's mother but only gets a wordless cameo.

More than that, what makes it a little gem of guilty pleasure is the attention the script gives the broad supporting cast.

Culkin joined the cast of Lymelite in 2008 to portray the 15 - year - old neighbor of a man suffering from Lyme disease, and took a supporting role in the less than successful Scream 4 in 2011.

One of the few features in which he had more than five lines was RKO's 1945 mystery - comedy Having Wonderful Crime; perhaps significantly, his sister Blanche Ring topped the film's supporting cast.

The plot is weaker than some of Marvel's more recent stories (I'm looking at you Winter Soldier), and the villain is the biggest mustache twirling megalomaniac the studio has yet produced, but what it lacks in completely solid writing it makes up for in its wonderfully charming cast, an impressive use of special effects, and at least a baby step forward as far as female supporting characters are concerned.

Similarly, del Toro manages to bump off a higher - than - usual proportion of the supporting cast and even gets away with an image of a wall covered in excrement (in the service of a «look at this weird shit» gag).

The supporting cast isn't given a lot to do, but of the two characters» respective love interests, Alexandra Maria Lara fares much better as Lauda's wife than Olivia Wilde's fleeting appearance as model / Hunt paramour Suzy Miller.

Unfortunately, she's probably the only member of he cast that manages to give more than what's expected, with Jamie Foxx looking uncomfortable having to restrain his warm and engaging personality, and the mish - mash supporting cast of Rose Byrne (Neighbors), Cameron Diaz, and Bobby Cannavale (Chef) all giving the film requisite energy, but none of them are particularly appealing in their roles.

Oldman is supported by a great cast, including standout Kristin Scott Thomas as his wife Clementine, and Lily James as Churchill's typist who comes to mean much more to the film than that humble occupation.

The supporting cast includes an outstanding Daniel Kaluuya («Get Out»), a rare on - screen appearance by motion - capture master Andy Serkis with his Tolkien co-star Martin Freeman as a CIA agent, Forest Whitaker as a priest, Winston Duke as the leader of on of Wakanda's five tribes, and «This is Us» star Sterling K. Brown as a guy you're better off not knowing too much about until you see the movie, which I hope you do, more than once.

With a much more expanded cast of supporting actors and its usual charm makes for a slight improvement than its predecessor.

The fight choreography is decent, which always immensely improves Lundgren's films, and the supporting cast are better than a lot of Lundgren's other direct - to - video co-stars.

It's a pretty amazing feat that the entire cast and many of the supporting characters all appear in the sequel, although some have roles that amount to little more than extended cameos.

Mortdecai does, however, possess a watchable feel that's due primarily to the efforts of a better - than - average supporting cast; though McGregor and Paltrow are quite good here, it's clear that Bettany's turn as the fiercely loyal Jock stands out as an obvious highlight within the picture.

It won't find its way onto any top ten lists of the filmmaker's work, but it's far more enjoyable than the bulk of his «90s credits, and is anchored by a fun performance from a baby - faced Michael Keaton, an excellent supporting cast, and a few truly funny, off - the - wall scenes.

Gibson assembles a handsome cast of notable supporting players, although some of them feel a bit too exaggerated to feel sincere, including a lazily administered change - of - heart for Doss» most vocal opposition played in tones of the usual masculine clichés by Luke Bracey (in a performance easier to fathom, at least, than his appearance in the all - around ill - conceived Point Break remake).

While the «Zombies - take - New England» storyline seems fresh in this venue, the haphazard cast of characters surrounding Norman could be underdeveloped and little more than stock supporting characters.

The actors aren't all well cast (I counted only about three I'd consider to be above average for their respective roles — Acker as Beatrice, Fillion (Waitress, White Noise 2) in the supporting role of Dogberry - the only time the audience I viewed the film with laughed at anything in the film that came from actual dialogue, rather than the injected slapstick and actors occasionally comical facial expressions, came from Fillion's delivery - and British actor Paul Meston in the minuscule part of Friar Francis) The rest often appear as though they're reciting lines without any sense of meaning in the words they are saying, and when one of those happens to be the male romantic lead, that's one hell of a liability.

And in support the cast is unimpeachable, with a hotter - than - hot Matthew McConaughey featuring and Oscar nominee Jonah Hill, «The Artist» Best Actor winner Jean Dujardin, Jon Favreau, Kyle Chandler and rising Aussie actress Margot Robbie rounding it out, plus directors Rob Reiner and Spike Jonze in small parts.

He, along with his supporting cast, are capturing the essence of Spider - Man (justice) leagues better than Sam Raimi ever did.

The trailers look grittier than any previous film in the «Star Wars» universe, and the supporting roles are particularly well - cast, with Donald Glover as a young Lando Calrissian, and Woody Harrelson in a criminal underworld mentor role.

Even with the strong supporting cast, there is no mistaking this as anything other than a film that belongs to Mr. Redmayne and Ms. Vikander.