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They had no idea how to overcome the life that was set before them.
The concept -- a gardener growing marijuana to overcome the penury she finds herself confronting after her husband's death -- does not offend me.
LeRoy's direction is full of innovative visual touches but he cannot overcome the bad acting and the unintentionally funny situations.
To overcome the death of his wife, an old man does what anyone in his position would naturally do (at least in a Peter Greenaway movie): he and his son populate their home with eight and a half (one has no legs) women and embark on a sexual odyssey.
The acting can't possibly overcome the script which removes the characters' motives for their behavior.
The actors do their best and are appealing, but this is not enough to overcome all the glaring faults of poor writing, editing and lack of focus.
Or, more likely, it was his need to overcome his fear of death.
A good story can overcome poor effects and bad acting but a bad story with good acting and good effects is still a bad movie.
Even the presence of old pros Edward Everett Horton and Terry-Thomas can't overcome a rancid screenplay, a horrible theme song, and some wretched 'special effects'.
All the setups were in place; typical love story, characters have to overcome their short-givings, villain has to emerge, but none of it ever initiated.
I'm not even going to get into the fact that the escort she paid for falls in love with her--that could've been overcome by better movie-making.
Individual performances were good, and special effects were adequate, but not enough to overcome the basic lack of content.
Just because you've got an excellent ensemble cast doesn't mean that this can overcome a script that was probably written by a chimp!
An inspirational movie, showing that determination can overcome all odds.
We are shown the series of struggles from boyhood on that Brashear has to overcome to make his dream come true (and then to keep it alive.)
As children, we felt that the love that developed b/w them was very natural :) The way they face and overcome all their trials and tribulations together was something that can make even kids realize the value of true love, sacrifice and caring.
The first step to getting off of that road that leads to nowhere is recognizing that you're on it in the first place; then it becomes a matter of being assertive and taking positive steps to overcome the negative influences in your life that may have put you on that road to begin with.
Will and Ted's Bodacious journey is an existential trip through themes of mortality, religion, time, Heaven and Hell, man's quest for fame and his fears of the body being overcome by a soulless machine.
Every flaw in the movie is easily overcome by the many amazing things the movie has going for it.
One of the best records of Israel's response to the murder of Rabin.Extremely true and natural, it captured the spirit of the nation.Especially important was the response of young people to the trauma of Israel's loss and the feeling that we shall overcome.
At the end the group of tigers tried to capture the baby but the mammoth helped incredibly by his tiger colleague was able to overcome this attack and to give the baby back to his father and the community to which he belongs.
whether it be Celie having lived through hell and losing her sister, and Shug coming into her life to show her love again, Albert not being man righting his wrong toward Celie, Shug shunned by her father and confesses to him in the end, Sofia and her stubborness good and bad, and even Nettie, they had their emptiness and hardship through the film but was overcome in the end and that's the sign of a good movie.
Now the gang must learn to perfect their craft and overcome the many problems facing them as they shoot for the stars.
A movie which deals with the the ability to dare, to face fear - especially fear passed down from parental figures - and overcome it and, in doing so, embrace life's possibilities, is a film to be treasured and savoured.
Several years ago the Navy kept a studied distance away from the making of "Men of Honor," a film based on the experiences of the service's first black master chief diver's struggle to overcome virulent racism.
Instead, it is about a Parrot who learns to talk to help his owner, a little girl with a serious stammer, overcome her speech impediment only to be separated from her in a heart-wrenching scene early on.
Modesty manages to overcome terrible odds through discipline, innate talent and courage.
The village is overcome by hysteria and Karl depends on his trusted medical genius, Dr. Otto von Niemann(Lionel Atwill, in yet another effective mad scientist role)to provide some feedback as to what might be causing the deaths of innocents.
Perhaps overcome our fears, limitations and obstacles.
The fact is, this entire family is plainly and perpetually afflicted and overcome by an extremely zealous and candid cupid in all of their lives.
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