When Emily is beset with a mystery illness, it forces Kumail to navigate the medical crisis with her parents, Beth and Terry (Holly Hunter and Ray Romano) who he's never met, while dealing
with the emotional tug - of - war between his family and his heart.
Not exact matches
Rather than assuming that all women or African Americans or working - class whites will respond to the same message, they target individual voters
with emotionally charged content — in other words, ads designed to
tug on
emotional biases.
The holidays are already an
emotional time for shoppers,
with little kids
tugging at parents to buy them things,
with pressure to get the perfect gifts for new family members, friends and business associates, and
with a perceived lack of time to get it all done perfectly.
For the younger adoptee, it is easy to internalize the anguish of knowing that two mothers (or two sets of parents) have a claim on you and to feel some
emotional tug - of - war as a result, but this is common among children of divorce as well, and nobody would force a child to live
with one parent while denying the existence of the other.
In an era where drama is delivered
with heart -
tugging dialogue that is bolstered
with convincing
emotional expressions, «City Lights» delivers simply through great acting capability.
«Vividly illustrates the passage of time, plus memory and loss,
with an almost wordless screenplay that
tugs at our deepest fears about
emotional and physical detachment» — PH
The internal
tug - of - war of the
emotional turmoil lands them deep in Riley's subconscious, along
with Riley's core memories, which they need to save before they're lost to the graveyard of the forgotten past.
SEE THIS MOVIE IF: you are looking for an entertaining movie loaded
with stars and a story that delivers some
emotional tugs.
«Barry's skills are evident as he tenderly unspools Lilly's story,
with a fine eye for intimate moments, but... the schematic way each additional
emotional blow falls relentlessly,
tugging at the reader's heartstrings
with diminishing force.»
Coupled
with a story full of positive lessons about the ramifications of bullying and the fierce verbal abuse that comes
with it, players are in for both a challenging and memorable experience that's sure to
tug at their
emotional heartstrings.
The
emotional moments from the original game hold up extremely well and still
tug at the heart strings, perhaps even more so
with full HD graphics.
The soundtrack also changes
with what's happening in the world of Lara and once again
tugs at your
emotional heartstrings when things are getting a little difficult for our hero.
Every now and then, Dead Island will try to
tug at the heartstrings
with an «
emotional» moment, but the characters are paper - thin stereotypes spouting inane dialog so the whole thing comes off as unintentional parody.
As someone who talks
with many people who are contemplating divorce, I see firsthand the
emotional exhaustion that clients experience from this stress - inducing
tug - of - war, going back and forth about the pros and cons of each possible decision.