Sentences with phrase «with emotional heft»

While at this point in his bastardized career, Burton is no longer a tough act to follow, Muppets director James Bobin doesn't clear the CGI cobwebs or successfully anchor any of these new events with the emotional heft that would at least make the removal of Carroll's sense of humor, brilliant caricatures, vivid imagery, and peerless wordplay somewhat tolerable.

Alice Through the Looking Glass doesn't clear the CGI cobwebs or successfully anchor any of its new events with emotional heft.

The final film presented a gargantuan challenge to its makers, who were required to juggle gigantic action scenes with emotional heft and jaunts into the metaphysical to explain its labyrinthine plot.

Not exact matches

Redoubtable dances a similar waltz, peppering late -»60s post-modernist chic with layer upon layer of allusion while simultaneously providing emotional heft and intellectual stimulation about the themes being discussed on screen.

The bulk of the movie's emotional heft revolves around these key players, with various supporting roles showing up in the latter half of the film to offer support and their condolences to the shattered man.

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The first of five new films in the Harry Potter universe combines enthralling visuals with surprising emotional heft

Despite an occasionally stilted pace and a few cartoonish touches (Molly Shannon plays Rachel's mom with a broad sexual frustration that clashes with the rest of the material), Earl develops a rare emotional heft, particularly when Greg is pressured to make Rachel an original film.

Visually stunning, well acted, but altogether too silly and far - fetched to really resonate, the film lacks the emotional heft, enormous sense of personal loss or sense of time from Reiner's film, and for a film so preoccupied with its central character's inability to forget or escape the past, it fades into memory all too quickly.

It is not concerned with the wider political issues of the period, but a little more specificity would certainly help the film, as both its lack of nuance and persistent plotting issues frequently undermine much of the potential emotional heft.

Despite an occasionally stilted pace and a few cartoonish touches (Molly Shannon as Rachel's sexually frustrated mum clashes with the rest of the film), «Earl» develops a rare emotional heft, particularly when Rachel pressures Greg to make an original film for her.

For Plummer — who is currently filming «Gully,» about a trio of teens running wild in a dystopian L.A. — managing the emotional heft of «Lean on Pete» with the day - to - day baggage of filming illustrates the harmony he strives to achieve between his career and home life.

Talking of the emotional heft of objects, one of the things that I found immediately moving about the film is the sense it has of a world where images are scarce, and where something like a rosary bead can be invested with so much longing.

Overall, Running With Scissors is a mess, but one that's made watchable by its Oscar - worthy performances and the emotional heft of its mother - son storyline.

«Games» created complex characters with psychological depth and emotional heft, and put them at risk while tackling bleak futuristic narrative themes.

Another frustration within the film is constantly missed opportunities to pack emotional punches and the film miscues moments far too often with only a scene between Bale and Saldana at a bridge encounter showcasing the emotional heft needed to do so.

«A work with true emotional heft that highlights what Donoghue hammered home so effectively in her breathtaking book.»

Coogler manages to pack each with enough backstory, breathless action, emotional heft and political weight to fill three films.

The movie uses familiarity with the Star Trek crew to give the story some emotional heft, but the story itself is one of the most self - contained Treks in the whole 13 - movie series.

In a presumed effort to add some emotional heft and continuity with The Lord of the Rings, we get a guest appearance from Legolas (Orlando Bloom), the flaxen - haired elf from the LOTR trilogy.

Lady Bird's relationship with her mother forms the same steel column of emotional heft that the Frances / Sophie relationship does in Frances.

His relationship with his father gets a bit of a short shrift (an aspect of the story that gets more of a spotlight in the novel); the content is there, but it might not have the emotional heft it could given more time.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, given Woodson's background not only as a novelist but also as a poet, Another Brooklyn is told in spare, lyrical prose, with a surface simplicity that belies its underlying narrative strength and emotional heft.

Taking Toys Seriously With their great emotional appeal, relatively short life span, accessible price points, high margins and powerful in - store display potential, toys contribute serious heft to a store's bottom line.

Naturally Shay's turn to the Templars brings him into conflict with the brothers and sisters of his previous life, a driving force behind the narrative that's never given the true emotional heft it needs, especially toward the closing stages of the tale.

Titanfall 2 is at punching weight with Doom for single - player shooter experiences because of its creativity and surprising emotional heft.