Sentences with phrase «ultimately charming film»

Not exact matches

Ultimately, the only character you care about is Rourke's Ivan (Downey's schtick works for about half the movie, then the charm fades), and the film commits the ultimate sin for a summer blockbuster — the climactic finale is actually boring.

Though ultimately obnoxious, the film lingers in the mind for a few moments of genuine charm.

This is indeed a savable film, but alas, a saving grace does not come, and no matter how much this film charms with its ambition, if not some genuine strengths, it ultimately falls flat, which isn't to say that it was ever to go that far.

director Mike Mendez — that, while it has a charming sense of humor about itself, leans too heavily on CGI blood; The Girl With All The Gifts (B), a well - shot British zombie film that attempts to inject new life into a tired genre, and almost succeeds thanks to young star Sennia Nanua; and the disappointing Phantasm: Ravager (C --RRB-, a low - budget labor of love which, while it plays like a Phantasm fan film, ultimately undercuts the emotional closure it attempts to bring to the franchise by failing to resolve the central conflict between good and evil.