Sentences with phrase «uncanny impersonation»

Streep creates an uncanny impersonation of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, but in this film she's all dressed up with nowhere to go.

Gary Oldman deserves the Best Actor Oscar for his uncanny impersonation of Winston Churchill in Wright's Darkest Hour, but the film was weakened by its humor, sentimentality, and unfortunate appeal to populism in the ludicrous tube train sequence.

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Coupled with his incredible impersonation of the older actor's voice and expressions, it's an uncanny experience.

Frost / Nixon, which stars Michael Sheen and Frank Langella, premiered in London to critical acclaim before being brought to Broadway where the hoarse - voiced Langella landed a Tony for his uncanny Nixon impersonation.

His latest job takes him to the (fictional) South American country of Parador, where his uncanny ability to perform his impersonation of the ruling dictator there, President Alphonse Simms, eventually lands him the role of his life when Simms suddenly dies.

In the end, Levant's versitility and centrality to the film edge out Phoenix's remarkably physical, extreme - method performance, and Day - Lewis's uncanny ability to breathe life into an impersonation, either of which would be more than worthy winners in any other year.