Sentences with phrase «with uneven performances»

Island also lacks strong sympathetic characters, which coupled with uneven performances and a coincidence - filled course of events, makes for a film which reaches for spectacle and merely hits «fairly engaging.»

Not exact matches

Criticized lately for his uneven play combined with recent solid performances by backup Khudobin, Rask raised his record to just 4 -8-2 this season.

Made with a high - performance aluminum chassis, the Maclaren Quest stroller features swivel front wheels that make the stroller easy to maneuver on smooth surfaces and which can be locked to help when pushing over bumpy ground or uneven pavements.

That to me is the great unknown — it's a good bet UKIP are going to double or triple their national vote share but it might be very uneven, with big votes in safe seats and more modest performances in marginal seats due to a stronger campaign from the other parties.

It's an uneven movie with some odd jolts in the story, but the performances — especially from Patricia Clarkson — are noteworthy.

An uneven movie with some great, subtle performances, The Reader has no easy answers and leaves us wondering about the borderline of moral reprehensibility.

The footage above is docked, but the game arguably looks at its best in portable handheld mode — the 720p resolution holds up better there, and the game seems to run with an unlocked frame rate, shooting for 60 fps and sometimes getting there with uneven but decent performance.

That clash of R - rated approach and broad melodrama proves an uneven pitch at times but Macdonald's signature intensity, combined with another sneak attack performance from Saoirse Ronan, assembles a thrilling genre entry that stands firmly alongside its contemporaries in terms of quality.

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.

With such a script so uneven in tone, it's little wonder that the performances are wildly varied.

With a slow first half and some uneven performances and character work beyond its leads, it feels a bit rough around the edges.

Not as strong as the Oscar - winning scripts he wrote, Trumbo is a nevertheless a good (maybe slightly forgettable) biopic that can be uneven here and there, but is overall an intriguing real story supported with a sound lead performance.

In most cases, however, student underachievement, particularly in reading, can be identified by testing skills in the academic domain in question; by direct comparisons of the student's age and grade with speaking, reading, writing, and math skills; or simply by uneven overall performance regardless of IQ level.

Second, student gains were uneven across Teach to One's schools; one school in particular stood out with student - learning gains significantly higher than those posted in other schools, which begs the question of what is causing the performance gains — the Teach to One model or some other factor.

The academic results in the recovery district charters have been remarkably uneven, with some closing because of dismal performance, and other upstarts posting higher scores in some grades than the longtime academic leaders.

While these programs are often popular with advocates, and already in use around the country for many decades, including in New York City, their performance has often been viewed as uneven.

The voice - acting is uneven in both performance and existence, as if the relevant teams paid their actors with the budget of 12 Big Mac meals (medium).

Like some of the previous entries, performance is rather uneven, with evident frame rate drops on the field which can be distracting but thankfully not in a major way.

As a result, the inverter is able to ensure optimal performance even in challenging environments, such as those with uneven grounds.

Hopefully with Apple switching to custom chips, issues the current generation of MacBook Pro laptops suffer from — such as poor battery life and uneven performance in some cases — will be a thing of the past.

Home sales are expected to stay on an uptrend through 2012, although the performance will be uneven with mortgage constraints weighing on the market, according to experts at a residential real estate forum today at the Realtors ® Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo here.

WASHINGTON (May 12, 2011)- Home sales are expected to stay on an uptrend through 2012, although the performance will be uneven with mortgage constraints weighing on the market, according to experts at a residential real estate forum today at the Realtors ® Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo here.

This is causing an uneven performance in sales closings, which is likely to continue, but we also see notably higher levels of sales activity compared with a relatively flat performance in the preceding four years,» Yun says.