Sentences with phrase «uneven piece of»

All kinds of abrupt dysfunction and daffy discombobulation try to be endearing entanglements for entertainment, but the result is a really uneven piece of batty humor and grating romance

The end result is an uneven piece of work that's at its best in its opening hour, which is as thrilling and engrossing as anything the superhero genre has cranked out in recent years.

Not exact matches

His first novel, Morte D'Urban (1962), won the National Book Award, as did a third short - story collection, Look How the Fish Live (1973) Although more uneven than the first two collections, this book still contained the requisite number of outstanding pieces.

Pulse chickpeas in a food processor, scraping down sides as needed, until they resemble finely chopped nuts (the texture should be uneven with some slightly larger pieces of chickpeas visible), about 1 minute.

A variety of plaids in uneven patches are pieced together to give our quilt and bumper their handmade look.

There is some risk that immense inequalities and uneven regional development — left unchecked — might fracture what remains of «mainland India» into multiple pieces.

Begin with a piece of furniture that is evenly covered on the top third, the bottom two - thirds will be more of an uneven and even streaky covering.

Greta Gerwig: I can not fully get aboard the piece - y nature of this Burberry dress, what with the embroidered lavender overlay, the uneven hem, and the wide, dropped waistband.

After a lackluster period piece («Gangs of New York») and an uneven biopic («The Aviator»), director Martin Scorsese returns to familiar territory: the world of organized crime and the men and women who fall under its influence, either as willing participants or bitter antagonists.

This belated second sequel to The Three Musketeers is a rather slapdash, uneven patchwork of weak writing and sloppily directed set pieces that fails to recreate the magic of the previous films.

Although the problems appear to have had an impact on the final product, especially in the uneven tone of the comparatively smaller - scale finale and the unsatisfying epilogue, it's a bit of a pleasant surprise that the movie manages to hold together even through some turbulent patches to be worthwhile viewing for anyone not expecting much more than a grandiose, set - piece dominated horror - thriller.

An uneven yet affable piece of work, Due Date follows harried architect Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) as his ongoing efforts at getting home to his pregnant wife (Michelle Monaghan's Sarah) are consistently foiled - with his companion virtually every step of the way a loud - mouthed struggling actor named Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis).

By the time the undeniably exhilarating climactic bout rolls around, Real Steel has established itself as a frustratingly uneven (yet consistently watchable) piece of work that could have and should have been so much better.

There's an amazing lack of focus, uneven characters and writing, the direction is essentially a lazy copy of the direction in Breaking Bad (another show that just so happens to be about cocaine), and I'm really upset over the fact that I wasted two hours (I watched three episodes) of my life trying to enjoy this piece of **** I'll be honest, this is a really generous rating, and it probably doesn't even deserve it.

Giddily recycling everything from «2001: A Space Odyssey» and «The Matrix» to yakuza actioners and National Geographic documentaries, it's a garish, trippy, wildly uneven and finally quite disarming piece of work, graced by a moment - to - moment unpredictability that will pique audience curiosity but may put off those who prefer their summer movies on the more conventional side.

Stone's misguided efforts to turn Alexander into a drama of Shakespearean proportions undoubtedly plays a big role in the film's wildly uneven tone, which flits wildly between talky period piece and flamboyant melodrama (often within the space of a few scenes).

Gaudio demonstrates his gift for creating magical set pieces, but it's difficult to admire anything beyond the visuals and good intentions of this uneven film.

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.

A garish, trippy, wildly uneven and finally quite disarming piece of work, graced by a moment - to - moment unpredictability.

While the end result may be admittedly more uneven in spots than [Tsui Hark's] best - known works, this lavish period piece contains enough thrills, spills and moments of cinematic grace that not only manage to push it through the rough spots but allow it to put most American action films of recent vintage to shame.

Ten more: S. Craig Zahler's Brawl in Cell Block 99, a violent yarn with an indomitable Vince Vaughn performance; BPM, a moving look at AIDS activists in Paris; Before I Fall, a teen Groundhog Day; Luca Guadagnino's Call Me by Your Name, a lush holiday at an Italian villa; Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk, with its ingenious time - shifting narrative; Alexander Payne's social comedy Downsizing; William Oldroyd's Lady Macbeth, a period piece with bite; the uneven but lively satire The Square; Steven Soderbergh's clever heist picture Logan Lucky; and the Twilight Zone vibe of The Killing of a Sacred Deer.

Though it suffers from an overlong running time and an increasingly uneven structure, Psycho nevertheless lives up to its reputation as one of the most entertaining and suspenseful horror films of all time - with Anthony Perkins» spellbinding performance heightened by timeless set pieces, Bernard Herrmann's justifiably legendary score, and, of course, Alfred Hitchcock's consistently captivating directorial choices.

Although the film takes an awfully long time to get going, The Black Hole eventually establishes itself as an engaging (albeit distinctly uneven) piece of science fiction.

A rather uneven sequence of cues follows this, mixing the various styles heard along with some surprisingly conventional animated action sequences, which finally gain a real focus near the end in the somewhat John Powell - like «Run with the Herd», a fluid and very entertaining piece.

A mix of uneven surfaces and erratic torque feed will, even on a straight piece of road, induce a fair amount of shadow boxing.

The first is from the NAHB (the National Association of Home Builders) in an Eye On Housing piece called Uneven Aging.

This is definitely a game that, should you receive the total sum of its parts, rises above its individual pieces into an uneven fascination.

Made up of 2,700 pieces valued at some $ 80 million, the foundation's uneven holdings range from Dan Flavin light fixtures and Donald Judd stacks to the messy outpourings of West Coast artists Paul McCarthy and Mike Kelley.

Riding a motorcycle is an exhilarating experience, until you hit the first obstacle — a piece of debris, an uneven road surfaces, a small object or a strip of wet pavement.

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