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The progression of their relationship is erratically presented and this, coupled with choppy editing, leads the viewer to be less than assured as to what is transpiring, motivation being almost completely ignored in the writing.
When me and my GF went to see this film, we didn't know what to expect, however she assured me that it had good reviews.
Altman's direction is assured, the performances are o.k.
An intelligent summation of Cold War era mutually assured destruction policy, up until the conclusion: it's a gasser!
If you have the DVD, rest assured, you can skip forward.
I watched this film on the advice of a friend who assured me it was one of the funniest things he'd ever seen.
Dark Harvest promises big with its Artisan DVD cover, but rest assured that is where the show stops.
Under the assured direction of F. Gary Gray, "Italian Job" never loses its grip on being cool and fun.
It has an underlying air of eeriness, interspersed with shafts of humour which are not out of place, and serve to demonstrate the assured direction & production values involved.
The film is, perhaps, not as exciting overall as many other films in the genre; but this is more than compensated for by the assured way that the central situation is fed to the audience, and the tension resulting from that.
The direction is self assured, especially with locals who were recruited on the fly for extras and bit parts.
What's more, the always great Cassavetes was confident and assured enough a performer to have let him!
With incredibly assured pacing and performances, this film maintains its funny/sad/insightful tone throughout.
The debut that plucked from obscurity one of the brighter stars of contemporary noir is an assured, if limited, stab at the con game and obsession.
You have the stellar cast - Michael Douglas in an uncharacteristic 'free-spirit' role that pretty much launched his movie career, Fonda playing her typical forthright female doing her bit for womens lib, and Jack Lemmon as assured as ever showing us a man with a crisis of confidence.
Anyone who still has reservations can rest assured that The Return to Lonesome Dove succeeds in capturing the 'feel' of the original and will not disappoint.
Alfred Hitchcock's more assured telling of a film he made twenty-one years earlier is infinitely superior to the original.
Flawless film-making, and as assured and as professional as any of the aforementioned movies.
She had done a few films as a child actress before National Velvet, but when it came out her place in the movies was assured.
Well, now in addition to his job he's now got to mind the house as well as their 6-year-old son, Billy; Ted assured his boss that his wife's leaving would not affect his job performance in any way.
Several times during the movie I had thought that maybe I had "zoned out" because the incongruity of the plot, however, my companion had the same issue and assured me I did not "zone out" from boredom, but it was indeed the movie.
There were some other plus points, the support acting from Edgerton in particular, assured direction from Jordan (confirming his talent on show in Buffalo Soldiers as well), and production design that gave a real feel of harshness to the Australian bush, much as the Irish immigrants of the early 19th century must have seen it.
Be assured, kids and adults will find this movie a colossal bore, so opt for A Night at the Museum or Around the World in 80 Days instead.
Director Luke Watson being new to the series might have worried fans of the older films, but he returns to the period setting abandoned by the later films which immediately sets the tone for a great Ghost story, his direction is assured as he stays true to the mood of the masters works and gradually builds up the fear factor to a terrifying climax, all the while keeping what the viewer sees to a minimum, thus upping the tension and mystery.
Of Deanna's three songs, only "Il Bacio" is from the classical repertoire, but when she sings it in that police station scene, the film's place in history is assured.
Bernsen positively shines as Dr. Feinstone; he expertly projects a truly unnerving underlying creepiness that's right beneath Feinstone's deceptively calm and assured veneer.
Nolte is fantastic - self assured and confident as the younger Campbell, and then broken and haunted as the older man who is forced to atone for the sins of his past.
I could even identify with Giancarlo, the brother, who while being the more self assured and elder brother, had so many insecurities.
The direction is competent and assured.
Overall, it is indeed a very assured and technically accomplished film which belies the fact that it was only Renoir’s sophomore effort.
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