Sentences with phrase «unassuming film»

It's a small, unassuming film and not sexy despite the presence of some very beautiful women, one likely destined for limited theatrical exposure before finding a more takers in assorted home markets.

Once you get past all of the post-Gigli hype, youll find that Jersey Girl is a simple, unassuming film.

It's an unassuming film but a surprisingly beguiling one.

Not exact matches

The film covers a typical week in the life of Driver's unassuming Paterson.

At the push of a button, an unassuming circular table blossoms open to reveal lights and 18 custom wine bottles, each etched by hand to represent one of the James Bond films, from Dr. No, through Tomorrow Never Dies.

Early in the film, when Laura is being readied for her mission, the backdrop is a blank white, with no sense of where a floor ends and a wall begins; later, when men come back to her unassuming lair, they walk into a pool of inky black, dotted with grayish blobs that look only vaguely familiar.

Writer / director James Bridges made his name in the 1970s with such socially aware, character - driven films as The Paper Chase (1973), but his unassuming style and non-blockbuster mentality slowed his career in the 1980s.

There are moments of real beauty in the film, which is an unassuming and contemplative excursion into how we love, and why.

Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon, and Michael Showalter's unassuming romantic comedy is one of the year's funniest films, featuring some truly jawdropping one - liners and set pieces, but it's also so completely naked - hearted and raw that you'll frequently be weeping even as you laugh.

An excerpt from Magnolia's description of the film says: «Following a long fascination with [Scientology] and with much experience in dealing with eccentric, unpalatable and unexpected human behavior, the beguilingly unassuming Louis Theroux won't take no for an answer when his quest to enter the Church's headquarters is turned down.

With a resume of modest and economical dramas reflecting on everyday folk, director Thomas McCarthy has taken an unassuming approach to charismatic ensembles like his previous films Win Win and The Station Agent.

Unassuming, but fiercely present with her adept scene partners Chiwetel Ejiofor and Chris Pine, she sells Ann's naive sexual awakening without getting lost in the film's more overt themes.

The film is based on the true story of Margaret Humphries, an unassuming social worker and family woman who inadvertently stumbles upon the untold story of child migrants, who, having been told their parents had died, were piled into massive ships and brought to Australia where they endured hard work and often abuse.

Writer, director, producer and star Lake Bell has here made a film that is not only an unassuming story of female empowerment, but also one with a subject that is probably not very well - known and perhaps not immediately appealing to a lot of people.

Less impressive is the Dolby Digital 5.1 mix — a shame that the film looks more ambitious than a comedy but sounds exactly like the typical example of one: unassuming.

This is one of those little films that doesn't get much press and is very quiet and unassuming, but once you watch it you won't easily forget it.

Following that fanciful prologue, the film fast - forwards to the present where we learn of several developments in the life of Sam Witnicky (Shia LaBeouf), the unassuming hero of the trilogy's prior two installments.

Loving finds him at his most unassuming, an emotionally intuitive film that simply doesn't work as well as it should.

It's a sweet, unassuming little film that showcases Garland's charm quite well, and has a nice supporting role for comedian Keenan Wynn.

A predecessor to the likes of the noted 1980s American film Red Dawn, Neill plays an unassuming loner who gets sucked into a violent divide between guerilla rebels and an encroaching Fascist political system which seems to be mirroring the Nazi takeover in Germany.

A quiet, unassuming drama about the unexpected new beginnings still available as we age, the film is centered by a subtle and fully realized performance by Blythe Danner.

Hanks plays a department store salesman who gets downsized in the economic climate and enrolls in community college to get a degree and a new start and he's as sweet and unassuming and genuine a fellow as you'll see in a film this year.

If you're not familiar with the film, de la Huerta stars as Abby, an unassuming nurse by day and a murderous man - eater by night.

Still, the film holds a quiet, unassuming appeal, due to some witty moments (an extended sequence in which Erin interviews her ad respondents is a comic highlight) and, most especially, the endearing performances by Davis and Gelfant.

At first this approach seems counter-intuitive for a movie filled with fantastic creatures, structures and situations, but it ends up being effective for that very reason: it makes you feel as though you're seeing a record of things that are actually happening, and it makes «Coco» feel gentle and unassuming even though it's a big, brash, loud film.

Paw - rents all over the world have decided to feed their curiosity by filming themselves pulling fainting pranks on their unassuming furries.

But as evidenced by the film's lukewarm reception, Smithee's secrets are far too uninteresting to become the stuff of drama or intrigue, his character far too unassuming to make a compelling protagonist.

In 1985, the classic comedy film «Moving Violations» brought screams of laughter to audiences as slap - happy and unassuming Dana Cannon (John Murray) and a supporting cast of oddball characters joked their way through traffic school.

In 1985, the classic comedy film «Moving Violations» brought screams of laughter to audiences as slaphappy and unassuming Dana Cannon (John Murray) and a supporting cast of oddball characters joked their way through traffic school.