Not exact matches
In making his movie, he deliberately took advantage of the lack of this framework, and a different set of communicative expectations, namely, the expectation that his
characters were real people, dense but not
utterly unlikable.
I'm a huge Aaron Sorkin fan (ever since The West Wing), but because this movie has an
utterly unlikable protagonist it's difficult to care about anything that happens to her — no matter how clever the banter between
characters.
Turturro's
character is manifestly
unlikable in almost every way: sanctimonious, patronizing, hypocritical, and
utterly devoid of self - awareness.