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While this pivotal yet apparently unremarkable scene takes place employees of the the Swiss bank who normally count Di Girolamo's cash tell him that 10,000 dollars are missing from his usual suitcase full of tightly stacked banknotes.
The scripts are tightly written and the actors all have impeccable comic timing and none of it is encumbered by an idiotic laugh track.
In this tale of a tightly wound Christian family that has three of its four members "born again" after a cake-caused car crash, what really stands out is how grounded most of it is, where there is so much potential to go over the top, and how truly inspired most of the acting is.
It is an incredibly suspenseful episode, tightly constructed for maximum effect.
The story line is tightly woven and the character development throughout fantastic!
From the contrasting landscapes, to the tightly enclosed world that the hero inhabits, we are taken by the Director and controlled from the very moment we enter the hotel.
Nice concept well executed, and tightly produced.
This made-for-television movie is a cinematic gem that exemplifies the technique of Michael Mann with stirring contemporary music tightly integrated to the visual images.
Crisply photographed in Black & White by Nicholas Musuraca it was tightly directed by John Farrow.
That's a big disappointment because one of the things that makes Borges' stories so good is his minimalism -- they are tightly bound, with no superfluous details.
The person who wrote the glowing review of this misguided project must be related to the writer/director/star--or is, in fact, the same person as it defies rational thinking that this movie would be appealing to anyone not connected to a very tightly woven inner circle.
The actors are first rate and the script provides good dialog best capturing the ambiance of a tightly knit, likable family.
It's about a very awkward and tightly wound man who attempts to navigate his life as a door-to-door fundraiser/salesman.
It's truly one of the best acted, most tightly structured films I've ever seen.
Beautifully filmed, well acted, tightly scripted suspense movie.
In the old days, they might not have focused so tightly on just two characters, and there were some enticing moments when I hoped they were going to let some other people have a few lines.
But these folks were probably right to keep the movie so tightly focused.
It is beautifully written, smartly acted, and tightly directed from a script that keeps you biting your nails.
The direction is tightly controlled to not only excite the viewer by the speed and movement but to awe her with the precise skill displayed.
Every actor in every role is terrific, especially a wise and understated Jamie Lee Curtis, a tightly wound and anguished Ray Liotta, and a heart-stopping turn from Tom Hulce that should have had him up for every award in the book.
The film opens with Bill Coles (Melvyn Douglas) telling a story about how his best friend--make that client--Jim Blandings (Cary Grant) and his family are tightly packed into a small New York apartment, with not enough closet space and way too few bathrooms.
Now, that controversy out of the way, let's move on the actual movie...I thought the script was really well thought out and written tightly...The action sequences were simply great, although it is obviously a stuntman riding the rhino, Weissmuller actually wrestles the big male lion...The use of background shots that were second unit stuff from Africa is very well blended with the studio & US locations making it sometimes hard to tell which is which.
Vic Morrow as Matthau's tightly wound coaching nemesis is excellent and Tatum O'Neal is very good as Matthau's secret pitching weapon.
Well acted, but characterization is a tad sparse, however that's all right as the film is tense and tightly made so it's not a huge problem.
Still, it has a good cast and a well structured story that doesn't tie all the loose ends up too tightly.
Forget Jackie Chan,Jet Li,Steven Seagal and Van Damme.The star of this movie,Gary Daniels is the best martial artist working in movies today.This London born action star always gives 110% in his fight scenes and is constantly improving as an actor as CITY OF FEAR shows.This tightly plotted little movie is no masterpiece and its lack of a decent budget is evident from time to time but nevertheless is a worthy entry in Gary's impressive filmography.
With echoes of his earlier film 'Knife in the Water', Bitter Moon is a story of lust, revenge, betrayal, dependency and most of all; love, wrapped tightly around a coil of taboos and sexual perversions.
If, as it is with old musicals, you can accept that this is a series of vignettes rather than a tightly bound story, you're home free and you'll know ecstasy.
The action, singing and dancing are compressed into the lines of flamenco dances as tightly as pure emotion can be condensed into a sonnet, or any other strict form, and yet they transcend with the freedom of the gypsy spirit, if you but open yourself to the experience.
THe story is actually pretty good, not original, but tightly woven and deceivingly fresh with a timely message.
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