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A modest but quite competently done spy-thriller set in 1939 France.
The special effects were also masterfully done, considering the modest budget for this film.
This modest, non-color film by Robert Glinski is one of the most important achievements of Polish cinema after the year 1989.
In the year 2002, a young Californian director named Lucky McKee too the independent film scene by surprise with a modest tale of horror and suspense named "May", the tale of a young woman traumatized by her difficult childhood.
I can't possibly imagine that there are men (or women?) out there that get aroused by gigantic cup sizes like this, but this film as well as its predecessor "Deadly Weapons" was a modest cult-hit in the bizarre sexploitation-circuit of the early 1970's.
Her dyed blonde locks now toned down to a still teased, yet slightly more modest black.
The conversation as a whole is very well executed; the modest performances by the two actors never seeps into the overly dramatic, they maintain a natural flow and make it entertaining, challenging and realistic throughout.
There are way too few films like this in the horror genre and of the two I encountered during the past year, one is obscure as hell and remains unreleased on DVD to this date (the modest Swiss production entitled "Marmorera") and the other one - this particular film - is a missed opportunity.
Hersey Cok Guzel Olacak is one of the best products contemporary Turkish cinema can offer, with its modest but solid direction, clever script, and outstanding acting.
I too caught this one on American Movie Classics and I have to say it's a modest little movie that does a lot of things right.
His modest demeanor and silence until it's time to use lethal force... it's very refreshing.
This is a very good cartoon that I intend to watch many times more in the future, but for now I will publish these modest comments based on my experience of having seen it only once.
Thai people are very modest people and would not easily have their faces filmed in this kind of film in order to protect their future.
...Well, after I added this flame, I suppose there will be 'nuff lines to finally display my modest comment on the movie.)
Unearthed was shot on digital video on a modest budget.
He has probably grown up under humble circumstances, and through enormous self-discipline, long hours and weekends of hard work, and seizing the rare opportunities that have come his way, has achieved modest financial success and comfort.
Stillman strikes just the right note in a story that touches on pains and fears that are genuinely daunting (divorce of parents, love unrequited, etc) as well as the comic value of his characters' earnestness and foibles, keeping just the right distance so that comedy keeps just ahead; all leading to the modest but charming triumph of the shy and virtuous protagonists.
One of those modest little films that are awfully good but you may have to oversell it's virtues to get your friends to see it.
They'll also be pleased to see that given a modest budget by today's shock-horror standards, he has exhibited new freedom of movement and imagery.
Jayne gave a valid performance in "A Guide for the Married Man" shortly before her death, and that would have been a more fitting end to her (modest) career.
But the modest independent production looks pinched, and the scriptwriters haven't thought their intriguing situation through.
From he modest petition drive she is thrust quickly into the limelight as a leader of the 'peace movement.'
The results are under everybody's eyes, but it has to be admitted that he would have never thought of a future, let alone international, survival of his modest output thanks to TV, videotapes or DVDs.
After affixing the Disney brand to five--count 'em, five--Air Bud installations, all laughable after the first one broke some modest ground (and prompted rumors from PETA that Buddy the dog was killed by bone spurs resulting from wearing tennis shoes in filming), any affiliation with this travesty must be purely contractual.
Terrible title for a very good, modest and charming movie.
Yeah, I watched and enjoyed it, but it is filled with very simple and sometimes corny elements and sequences that were a bit too modest for me.
Some incidentals in the theme bring to mind the later "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean", but that film was much more ambitious and engrossing than this extremely modest underachiever.
So, the success of this modest but "A" production effort is worth noting as a milestone in cinematic history.
John Payne plays the put-upon leading role in his usual keyed up, hyper-virile manner, and while I would not call him a charming actor, he was capable in the kind of modest tale.
Made in the 1970's with a modest budget, this stinker is entirely about CUSTOM VAN CULTURE.
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