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And therefore understand Helene's sympathetic patience and love for Popaul?
Whilst Suzanna Ling is somewhat convincing as the unhinged heroine she is not particularly sympathetic or interesting as a protagonist and little time is spent in the script developing the character or going into the details of why she is the way she is beyond her contemporaries thinking she is weird because she lives at the morgue with her mortician father (shades of Six Feet Under).
The other characters, such as the sleazy uncle, are not very sympathetic or interesting either.
Undoubtedly this film will be well-received in NYC where these types of films seem to ply well to a sympathetic audience, but for those of us outside the Big Apple, it's just short of being an extremely painful film to watch.
Morley's sympathetic characterization of the king almost steals the picture, but there's too much happening in this film for anyone to be able to get away with that.
He's well matched with Norma Donaldson as his sympathetic wife.
Juliette Binoche portrays Pauline, the sympathetic wife of the local garrison commander on a bleak French Island off Newfoundland.
Yeah, Dietrich played a very similar character in Destry Rides Again, but here she is more sympathetic, and has killer dialog and wardrobe.
It is notable for its total lack of any sympathetic characters.
The plot is a lot like King Kong, but the Mighty Peking Man is a much less ferocious and more sympathetic and human character than Kong.
In addition, I know Fannie Hurst was genuinely trying to be sympathetic in her novel upon which this film was based, so I can see someone enjoying this, but please don't miss the reductive stereotyping.
If you want your films to have sympathetic characters, you probably shouldn't go near this one.
Everyone in this film is fairly loathsome, with the Muslim extremist possibly coming off as the most sympathetic of the ensemble until the end.
This time the "sympathetic" wifey comes in the form of 80's pop culture queen Virginia Madsen (sister of Michael Madsen, infamous among cult-film fans as the sociopathic Mr. Blonde in "Reservoir Dogs").
The character's are not particularly interesting or sympathetic due to a severe lack of development - this blame can go on the writer's.
Juliet Binoche is outstanding , and Ray Winstone plays a strong support role as a sympathetic detective.
As usual Gary proves able to sculpt a sympathetic protagonist who is able to win over the audience into rooting for him regardless of the sometimes violent methods he uses to defeat his foes and here his vengeance against the criminal fraternity who destroyed his family and friends is nothing short of apocalyptic.As well as the superb physical skills that Gary brings to his performances he is capable of portraying strong human emotions also.He is always very effective indeed in scenes involving children and it can be no accident that he is often cast as a father in his films.Martial arts are absent from this tale until the final thirty minutes and when they finally appear in a series of brutal and superbly well choreographed fights you realise that you are watching a master at work.There are simply no current screen martial arts stars (Chinese,European or American)who could have brought what Gary Daniels brings to this role.This is a movie that should be sought by anyone who professes to enjoy action and if they enjoyed it half as much as I did then it won't be long before they seek out other Gary Daniels movies.They won't be disappointed,if anyone working in this genre delivers the kind of energy that Gary Daniels does in every role then they are being very quiet about it.Keep the British flag flying Gary for there isn't any young actor in the UK today who looks as if they even have the strength to even lift the flag up.Only the US is capable of producing a movie like RECOIL and long may they continue.
Joseph Cotton appears annoyingly useless, instead of his usual sympathetic everyman of films like The Third Man.
The plot is a standard heroic Chinese take on weaselly Japanese type affair, as our heroes seek to prevent the building of a poison gas factory in a mountain town and rescue its sympathetic leader Youda, well portrayed by Lowell Lo as a slightly weak and fuddled but basically good patriotic guy.
It includes both some really sad moments (including the death of sympathetic characters - a topic rarely treated in children's films), but also some funny ones, like the hilarious scene where the two geese get drunk or the scenes that feature the two stupid dogs.
Movie fans will be sympathetic to what the movie is trying to achieve.
Fortunately she's got a most sympathetic boss who has an eye for her in any event.
If she was supposed to be a sympathetic character, it never showed and that is too bad because Hershey is an accomplished actress and this movie doesn't help her career.
Daley easily steals the show as the most sympathetic of the characters.
I didn't feel sad when the movie wanted me to, I didn't laugh when the movie wanted me to, I didn't feel angry or sympathetic to the characters when the movie wanted me to.
I found the lead character to be a sympathetic and likeable character trapped in a hell on earth that seems inescapable.
Depiction of African-Americans in movies from this era are often very racist, but I found some scenes were they were portrayed more sympathetic than in other movies of the thirties.
Esther Blodgett (Janet Gaynor) wants to be a star.She goes to Hollywood to find her way into the pictures.There she meets the big star Norman Maine (Fredric March) and soon the big Hollywood romance is blooming.Esther finds herself in the same movie with her sweetheart and soon there will be more.Her Hollywood name is Vicki Lester.Norman Maine is a troubled star.He drinks too much but she makes him stop.But fighting against alcohol is much harder when he finds his wife a bigger star than he is.William A. Wellman's A Star Is Born (1937) is perfect drama.It touches you the way it should.You really feel for Norman Maine when he loses what he once had.Fredric March does a brilliant job portraying him.The true star Janet Gaynor is wonderful in the role of Mrs.Norman Maine.Adolphe Menjou gives a great performance as Oliver Niles.Andy Devine is in a really sympathetic role as Danny McGuire.May Robson is fantastic as Grandmother Lettie.This movie from 70 years back does very good job showing the downside of fame.A Star Is Born is ageless.
Doesn't make her a very sympathetic vigilante, considering she participated in the crime.
I was always amazed that Sorcha Cusack (Jane) seemed to disappear from the screen for many years, she is very talented and makes a sympathetic Jane.
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