Sentences with phrase «with unlikable»

Couple this with unlikable characters, and you have this, a game that should receive a 1 out of 10 from every reviewer out there.

Authors who keep readers immersed in the story can get away with so - so writing, and sometimes they can even get away with unlikable characters, characters who make stupid choices, lame subplots, sections with slow pacing, etc..

Some genres can get away with unlikable characters, but for those stories that can't, here are 3 1/2 tips to fix the problem.

My inherent mistrust of the decade that gave us disco fever and pet rocks aside, it's not like there haven't been late 70s / early 80s films with unlikable characters and minimalist storylines that I've enjoyed — Animal House and Caddyshack spring to mind.

Wiener - Dog is an unrelentingly dark, bleak comedy peppered with unlikable characters and some sequences that are just begging for animal rights groups to petition and denounce Todd Solondz» work à la Heaven's Gate.

There's so little to say in this film, and if there was a little more heart here, then the final product would have stood as genuinely decent, but as things stand, this effort is not only forgettable, but mean -, if at all spirited, with unlikable characters behind a meandering narrative that mediocrity goes secured.

Under the Dome is boring, plodding and rife with unlikable characters.

With this unlikable trainwreck of a concept album about his celebrity ex-wife.

The film begins with an unlikable loser named Charlie Kenton (Jackman) who is looking for an easy break by recycling robots and betting on them to fight in the ring.

Not exact matches

In plainer words, he's extremely unlikable, even for a character who will undoubtedly strike a negative chord with devout Catholics.

Miranda's post is wonderfully entertaining, comprehensive and infused with the conflicting emotions whether we'd find as much joy in a winning team and unlikable broadcast partners.

Although the main character, Libby, is a little unlikable in my opinion, Gillian Flynn is always keeping you on your toes with her novels and makes you want more.

Obiviously Project Soul doesn't want to tackle a modern «Weapon Master» mode, the campaign is shallow as always (and cast with a bunch of unlikable characters).

Fanning gives an assured performance with a convincing English accent but no amount of quality acting can make up for how unlikable her character is.

Bassett comes across so damn unlikable, while Devine is just downright irritating, that it feels like the film has been overstuffed with villains.

Additionally, Adams was apparently a very unlikable man, and so the series is left with no one to root for.

A noisy, unlikable distraction that seems more invested in photographing lush Hawaiian locations than solidifying a sense of humor that might coexist peacefully with the violence.

The unredeemable problem with Happy Christmas is that the screenplay presents a protagonist who is utterly unlikable, and is paired with a best friend who is equally unlikeable.

My problem was most of the characters were unlikable (although there were great lengths to show them as well rounded people with both good and bad within), and even Bingbing Fan's character (the most likable) was a bit of a doormat.

Rhys Ifans plays another slimy creepy generally unlikable character, Nick Frost plays... errr... the fat bloke... again, and then pad out the rest with various familiar faces which most Brits will recognise in some form or another but everyone else won't.

Andrew Matthews» script is kind of limp, but with decent bits, at least in humor, as well as intriguing elements in the mostly undercooked, maybe even somewhat unlikable characterization, whose distancing attributes are challenged by, at the very least, decent performances.

Yes, do note that I said that the underdevelopment makes it «hard [u] er [/ u]» to get invested in the characters, because as if it's not bad enough that the characters are so undercooked and, well, kind of bland, they're unlikable, or at least the lead is, for although Sam Eidman's portrayal of the Scott Weidemeyer character is engaging convincing, the character himself is just too much of a manchild - concerned with the superficial and his own self - esteem over the concerns of others and growing up - for you to feel for him all that much.

While the cast of characters all remain in touch with their deep - rooted feelings of survival and promise, when a film is full of unlikable and hard - pressed figures, it's difficult to scale your own investment into their well - being.

In a clunky but not unlikable way, the filmmakers play with ideas about female sexual voracity.

While others usually paint the kids as bratty and unlikable, Reitman sees them as basically good kids with a great deal of inner talent that doesn't get a chance to come out until the end.

Kidman's fearless habit of picking genuinely unlikable characters peaked with her role in Noah Baumbach's intentionally difficult 2007 comedy.

Also in the fictional world of Nocturnal Animals, Michael Shannon is once again explosive but with added humour, and Aaron Taylor - Johnson is just downright nasty, intimidating, and unlikable in all the right ways.

The movie, one of the last to be released by Focus Features under the stewardship of the recently - ousted James Schamus, is sharp, energetic and rough around the edges, with a skeletal McConaughey — who lost almost 40 pounds to play Woodruff — making a thoroughly unlikable but somehow understandable anti-hero.

How Netflix nails the unlikable female lead in shows like Orange is the New Black and GLOW, and what went wrong with for Girlboss.

Edgerton never makes the character come off as too unlikable but at the same time, you never stop asking the question, «what the heck is with that guy?»

Unafraid to be unlikable as a calculating manipulator without scruple, he is every bit the formidable thespian Collette is, playing expertly off her character's insecurities as a working - class, single - mother of a certain age, trying to fit in with Trent's upscale friends (Robb Corddry, Amanda Peet).

The human side of the family comes off as dysfunctional, and sometimes unlikable, but we still root for a reunion because we like the animals enough to want them to achieve a happiness in the end, even if it is with petulant doofuses (kidding!).

The simple fact is writer / directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa don't give us much in the way of a point of sympathy with Russell, except his ability to cheat generically unlikable systems (prisons and the opulence of the world of corporate executives) and say he's entirely motivated by a need to love and be loved in return.

Likewise Ingmar Bergman's 1953 Summer with Monika featured the then object of his affection, Harriet Andersson, in a fiercely unlikable role that celebrated her spunk and dangerous unpredictability rather than simply settling on reveling in the contours of her face.

The filmmakers commit for a large chunk of the run time to having Hope remain unapologetic and unlikable (much like Charlize Theron's character in YOUNG ADULT), but then they bail, gifting audiences with a completely inauthentic turn.

In Rock the Kasbah he is at his most unlikable since «Kingpin,» but at least that picture was hilarious and Murray's delightful bastard, Ernie McCrakin, fits right in with the rest of the silliness.

With his glib comments throughout the movie while showing that Cruise smile, makes Reacher feel even more unlikable her0.

No matter how many times the characters do things that make them unlikable, they can win the audience back with only a few lines of dialogue.

Of course, like practically all comedies centering on a boorish and unlikable individual, this wraps up with a few insincere moments of character maturity and empathy, but here such bits are no harder to take than the desperate gags flailing and falling flat at a rapid clip.

Above all, «Inside Llewyn Davis» is a revelatory showcase for Isaac, who sings with an angelic voice and turns a potentially unlikable character into a consistently relatable, unmistakably human presence — a reminder that humility and genius rarely make for comfortable bedfellows.

In films such as «Inside Llewyn Davis» and «A Most Violent Year,» Oscar Isaac, the man with two first names, has shown an uncanny knack for playing quietly intense, often unlikable characters that nonetheless have an undeniable magnetism.

First - time filmmaker Lemmon has infused Kotch with a very slow and very gentle feel that admittedly proves an ideal complement to John Paxton's subdued screenplay, with the movie benefiting substantially from Matthau's strong work as the somewhat unlikable protagonist.

Additionally, in the case of the February 11 - debuting drama about a progressive and multi-ethnic Portland family, the Alan Ball - created and Holly Hunter - and Tim Robbins - led Here and Now oddly never progresses beyond an unwieldy tale with supernatural distractions about exceptionally unlikable people.

MacMurray, in a daring departure from the family - friendly image he was beginning to cultivate at the Disney studio and in then - upcoming «My Three Sons», provides an interesting character study with his portrayal of a rather unlikable fellow whose sense of decency is considerably more deplorable than that of Walter Neff in Indemnity.

With two incredibly unlikable lead characters (the worse being Darry, thanks to Long's feature - length impersonation of Freddie Prinze Jr.'s mouth - agape stare), one is left to hope for at least some decent scares, but outside of the opening sequence, there aren't any.

The Academy Award winner talks about the risks of being an unlikable protagonist, the range he got to play as Nick Dunne, and the collaborative aspect of working with director David Fincher.

The main character of Ari (Alex Dimitriades) is about as unlikable as one can get: lazy and selfish, he spends his days and nights indulging in drugs and reckless, anonymous sex when not arguing with his strict (and completely oblivious) Greek parents and anyone else who dare cross him.

Some genres can get away with flat, unrelatable, or unlikable characters, but others can't.

In this post, St. John Mandel is writing about books by other authors — specifically, books with «unlikable» characters.

He's not likable in the novel's first pages, when he's a scholarship student at a posh boys» school in Australia, and he remains unlikable at the end, when he's a 30 - something who doesn't know what to do with his life.