Sentences with phrase «troubled young characters»

Directors - screenwriters Tom Gould and Jon Serpe's feature debut is the sort of quirky, insiderish L.A. dramedy that tries but fails to make us care about its troubled young characters who are, you guessed it, looking for happiness.

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Following the paths of its young hopeful / troubled characters, it explores the issues of sex, race, celebrity and exploitation.

Rachel McAdams» resume includes a wide variety of characters including a bully in Mean Girls, a unscrupulous thief in Sherlock Holmes, a hostage victim in Red Eye, a young society girl in The Notebook and a troubled spouse in The Time Traveler's Wife.

Strahovski was cast as the mother to Tremblay's character, a troubled young boy accidentally drawn into the conflict with the fierce alien creatures by her ex-husband, played by Holbrook.

His kind face and the innate vulnerability of his performance were perfect for his tumultuous character arc, which begins with a young Trey getting in trouble for his violent temper and eventually sees him eschewing those negative expectations of black men.

Condor spoke with CBR about her experience working on the blockbuster movie, opening up about her character's fashion and revealed a funny moment which happened on set that got her and the young cast members in trouble.

DEADLIER THAN THE MALE (working title) Picked up to series STUDIO: Made Up Stories / Studio T TEAM: Harriet Warner (w, ep), Houda Benyamina (d), Bruna Papandrea (ep), Casey Haver (ep) LOGLINE: Follows a trio of characters, each with a mysterious and troubling past: a young woman who once looked into the eyes of a dangerous killer, a former serial predator desperate to find redemption and Mary, a grieving mother obsessed with finding her missing daughter.

Damon plays the title character, Will Hunting, a troubled young construction worker / janitor at MIT who also happens to be a supergenius.

Kyla is a complex and potentially traumatized character who has trouble verbalizing herself, symptomatic of the pain of losing a young son, which is revealed through subtle, visual queues early on in the film.

Turning to more human characters, Beast presents audiences with Moll (Jessie Buckley), a troubled young woman struggling under the iron grip of her controlling mother.

Still, I was troubled by the age gap between the men, particularly since Hammer looks far older than the character he plays, and Chalamet far younger.

«[Marks] was sensationalized and became kind of infamous at a really young age,» Gadon says of her troubled character.

Bogdanovich was equally successful at establishing fascinating relationships between various troubled characters, male and female, young and old.

FX has released a new promo for its upcoming X-Men series Legion, along with three character promos focusing on David (Dan Stevens), Syd (Rachel Keller) and Amy (Katie Aselton); check them out below... Legion is the story of a troubled young man who may be more than human.

We're led through the saga of the serial killer God's Hand by a troubled young man (Matthew McConaughey), who, with eerie quiet and reflection, recounts his childhood with Paxton's character as a father.

There is variation amongst the indigenous characters: compromised worker Archie (Gibson John) and young «half - caste» Philomac (twins Tremayne and Trevor Doolan), both of whose dialogue is entirely subtitled, offer troubling and complex counterpoints to the wounded innocence embodied by Sam.

Rory Culkin gives a breathtakingly intimate, painful performance as the title character, a young man with a troubled past and a series of goals that just guarantee more trouble to come.

The actor has been building a resume playing troubled young men, from Bloodline to It, and a less - intelligent script would've turned this character into a walking cliche.

The questions are likely to be revisited this year with particular fervor as most Americans are deeply troubled about the moral state of the union and the character of the young.

- Publishers Weekly «A mysterious collection of papers hidden in a historic London home sends two scholars of Jewish history on an unforgettable quest... Kadish's characters are memorable, and we're treated to a host of them: pious rabbis and ribald actors, socialites and troubled young men, Mossad agents and rule - worshipping archivists.

Høeg's smash best - seller became The Name of the Rose for the»90s: a demanding, philosophical novel, rich with theme and character, riding the narrative wave of a crime story — in this case, about a troubled, intensely intelligent Greenland woman trying to understand the death of a young boy.

Narrating with piercing empathy in the indelible voices of his characters, Meno parallels the frantic search for the racehorse, an embodiment of nature's pure glory, with the complicated troubles of a coltish young woman on the run.

Once again, I'm naming a novel I chose to reread, during my own work on my new novel, because it captures so beautifully the voices of young characters — hopeful and innocent, in a world filled with corruption and trouble.

Characters automatically grab ledges, which keeps younger players out of trouble and less frustrated.