Sentences with phrase «very dull film»

All workmanlike polish and no sense of play makes the remake of James Toback's 1974 drama a very dull film indeed

Not exact matches

Got ta be honest, most of this film is kinda dull now, not in a bad way but more of a very dated and unfunny way.

All in all, the film is plenty conventional, even in a portrayal of Ancient Rome that is about as thin as a lot of the characterization, and as contrived as the melodramatics which slow down the impact of momentum almost as much as dull and draggy spells, thus making for a script whose shortcomings are challenged well enough by a powerful score, immersively beautiful visual style, solid direction, and strong lead acting for Henry Koster's «The Robe» to stand as an adequately rewarding and very intriguing study on the impact Christ had even on those who brought about his demise.

The very fact that this movie tries, dynamically, to do the same will itself outrage some viewers: Social - issue films are supposed to be square, dull, and single - note.

The pacing of the film is very deliberate, yet I didn't find it to be dull or meaningless.

Unfortunately, the finished product was seen as a dull mess of a film that captured very little of what made Stephen King's novels so popular.

While Spielberg's visual and storytelling instincts are always in evidence — the film is impeccably shot and never dull — his greatest contribution was his belatedly discovered but very real sense of rage about the subject matter.

The film is very colorful but some of the shades come off still as a bit dull and faded.

Ruzowitzky uses camera angles designed to force audience identification with the prisoners, and one scene late in the film follows suit with subjective audio effects — a very flat soundmix, with muffled dialogue — to put you inside Sol's head, his senses going dull after he witnesses the death of another inmate.

Despite acclaim for the film from some of the reviewers on Rotten Tomatoes and elsewhere, this film will seem dull, confusing and not very funny to most audiences.

It's a terribly serious film and as a result very dull.

The muted reaction to the film, which has faded as far as the public is concerned (it presently boasts a very respectable 7.3 user rating on IMDb), did seem to set back Anderson's career and dull some of its luster.