Sentences with phrase «uneven performance»

And yet, despite the continued uneven performance of emerging versus developed economies, the consensus is for higher growth this year.

Hopefully with Apple switching to custom chips, issues the current generation of MacBook Pro laptops suffer from — such as poor battery life and uneven performance in some cases — will be a thing of the past.

Teamed with veteran, versatile performers, it's easy to guess that the very uneven performances played far better in person.

Despite wildly uneven performance, they've gained a quick - fix cachet amid a pandemic of failure.

DiCaprio's uneven performance as the main villain never takes on enough definition to seem necessary in the already cluttered plot.

But now the piper has come for payment, and the price is the manifold shortcomings of Green Lantern: a woefully underdeveloped script; dubious casting (I don't care how many billion galaxies are out there: in none of them is Tim Robbins the father of Peter Sarsgaard); slack, aimless direction by Martin Campbell; and a set of decidedly uneven performances.

Having proved his acting chops in «Billy: The Early Years» and «The Social Network,» Hammer offers a more uneven performance here.

Island also lacks strong sympathetic characters, which coupled with uneven performances and a coincidence - filled course of events, makes for a film which reaches for spectacle and merely hits «fairly engaging.»

Also, a finger must be pointed at the director of the voice talent (one or both of the co-directors Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick, I assume), who somehow coaxes shrill, uneven performances out of both human villains (the great Allison Janney and Thomas Haden Church), while neutering the others, save Carell and Wanda Sykes» skunk Stella.

A bit of a rough season at The Arsenal with some very uneven performances and nagging injuries, though.

Messy at best, the two - episode premiere suffers from wildly uneven performances, beginning with Dennis Hopper at his manic worst.

They are also concerned about the uneven performance of the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), the regulatory agency which decides what changes can be made in the operating permit and how to enforce the provisions of the permit.

With thinly drawn characters, uneven performances and tin - eared dialogue, Stonewall plays at best like a musical without the songs.

His attempts to wipe the mutual deeds of the past away concerning both he and his wife Lucy (an uneven performance by Daphne Rubin - Vega) are almost heartbreaking - he has forgiven her, but she can't do the same for him.

The central plot is involving, even with the awkward editing and a couple of uneven performances.

Unlike his uneven performance in his previous movie, Timberlake gave a committed portrayal; his character suited him, and he held his own with the more established young actors on screen.

The biggest surprise of the piece is Wasikowska's uneven performance: her accent dropping in and out, she generally gives off the impression that she squeezed this thing in between a full dance card.

What's left is an uneven performance by the Oscar nominated actress.

You can probably blame these uneven performance on the director, but that wouldn't have helped the script problems.

And its superficial, often cartoonish, virtues are undercut by a weak script, uneven performances and tepid emotion.

With a slow first half and some uneven performances and character work beyond its leads, it feels a bit rough around the edges.

Overall it is a good tablet in itself, but it's held back a little by what may seem like an uneven performance due to an imperfect firmware.

Despite an uneven performance across this series, Doyle remains an author to watch.»

This is causing an uneven performance in sales closings, which is likely to continue, but we also see notably higher levels of sales activity compared with a relatively flat performance in the preceding four years,» Yun says.