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Every subtlety and twist and trick been used, and used again, and overused, so the only possible result for a movie of this theme, if it IS released, is to be boring, predictable, and mundane, which "Firewall" achieves in spades.
And yes, the Grant-Naylor partnership was possibly key in maintaining the subtlety of the gags.
It's not often you see such a strong, disabled female character, Stockard Channing is a master stroke in casting, she plays the role with inteligence and a intuitive subtlety.
If one sees the early Hill's Angels numbers, especially the juxtaposition of dancers gyrating and men's various reactions, one can see many similarities; alas, there was none of the relative subtlety and wit for which Avery was most famous.
Nothing prepares you for the subtlety and searing honesty of this film.
Genius and all-round hero Buscemi shows his legions of fans his true brilliance with this, his own feature in every sense, in which he shines as the central Tommy, drinker and all-round slacker whose trials and tribulations are played out with such gentleness and subtlety you just can't help loving him.
This version however seems to have thrown both the novel and the 1960s movie out of the window and opted for a virtual re-write which adds nothing to the story and instead loses most of the subtlety of the book.
But these subjects are dealt with in a very heavy-handed manner, with such obvious dialogue and no subtlety.
Willie Nelson is wonderful in this picture, an actor of considerable great subtlety as well as the great singer you already knew he was.
Long-acclaimed for her dazzling beauty ("The Deep," "Class," etc.), but sadly overlooked for her impeccable acting abilities (was everyone dozing when she gave breathtaking performances of subtlety and nuance in "Under the Volcano," "Rich and Famous," "High Season," "Le Ceremonie," etc.),
The script contains no subtlety or finesse, giving us the bare bones of what passes for key moments in the story, and features dialogue that makes you presume it was written in a foreign language and then translated using Google.
For the particular movie fan, The Beat That My Heart Skipped, is a slice of intensity, wonder, and subtlety that can only come from Europe.
What was subtle and ambiguous, has here the subtlety of a man smashing up another man's dingy flat.
There was the "Pakistanis are really good Indians too" lesson, the "family is more important than money" lesson, the "women are more than tokens in the marriage market" lesson, the "forgive those as you wish to be forgiven" lesson, etc. etc.--every five minutes, and no subtlety at all.
A little subtlety would have been far more effective, along with a more coherent story and characters who were a little less cardboard.
The terms "career building" and "tour de force" are so rabidly overused that they don't do the performances justice in this film -a film that actually deserves such description without sacrificing subtlety.
No emotional subtlety nor human tangibility, no invitation of discomfort to the viewer as to why a society would allow the gross mistreatment of so many young people.
Paul Bettaney looks quite like the younger MacDowell (whose younger self he plays), and the film also has the talented David Thewlis on its cast list, but the net result is tiresome and thin, while the potentially interesting plot ends without subtlety or satisfaction.
The subtlety and unaffronting reality of these qualities are so endearing to me.
Even John Malkovich's performance (which others are praising) is very over the top, with an ounce of subtlety.
The growing attachment between the two men is chronicled with so much subtlety that it takes us quite awhile to realize that there is anything of that nature between them.
Tim and Eric are NOT funny, the sketches have NO subtlety, and the jokes seem to be aimed at a 3-7 year old audience.
You can see where the melodrama comes in, and they really lay it on, as this is not a film where subtlety is a leading quality.
clichéd and lacking subtlety, Bong Connection left me cold.
She was still the best thing on screen, but she lacked subtlety as an actress.
I see what Tom Clancy is trying to say, but as usual he does it with all the subtlety of a brick over the head and it doesn't help that in trying to compress all he has to say, into a less than two hour movie, it all just becomes confused.
The indie gem, "Charlotte Sometimes," proves that subtlety and economy of expression can speak volumes about the human condition.
the lack of subtlety is insulting to the intelligence, and the gratuitous nature of the sex and violence featured in this film is simply offensive.
They have lost all of the subtlety and almost all of what made Von Trier's frightening, along with the beauty that Von Trier captured.
The muddled, underwritten script works strictly on the level of a high-school play, driving home its well-worn messages (true love will find a way to overcome even the greatest obstacles, heterosexual men are selfish bastards and bad in bed to boot) with all the subtlety of a poorly greased jackhammer.
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