Word: disgusting
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...have made Precious more enigmatic than her literary creator did. Sapphire drops two major bombshells in the book's first sentence, but we're kept mostly in the dark during the film's early scenes. We learn only that Precious is pregnant - for a second time - much to the disgust of her principal, Mrs. Lichenstein (Nealla Gordon), who tosses her out of school. (See pictures of the youngest best actress nominees...
...song could have been used better in a rowdy, celebratory scene (post-sectionals?), but this is a worthy acoustic cover. Puck completely disregards Will's mash-up assignment, but if it helps a further another love rectangle, then sure, why not. Also, Santana’s look of disgust is pure gold. Quinn’s shell-shock, not so much...
...darting eyes build on one another until he seems to be held together by nothing save his trembling cigarette. He evokes ample sympathy throughout the film, but when his plans to kill Little are revealed, one can’t help but feel pity and a measure of disgust for his delusion that it would change anything. Liam Neeson’s sympathetic and tortured portrayal of Alistair Little marks a departure from his normal role as powerful, authoritative, decision-maker. His regret is palpable, and his permanently haunted look demonstrates the suffering of an individual who it would have...
...comes to terms with his illness, Pierre’s voyeurism becomes increasingly creepy, and Duris’ attempts at understatement fail to make these scenes work. When he contacts his childhood crush to inform her that he is still in love with her, he invites neither pity nor disgust; the audience simply wonders when Klapisch will grant us another scene with Binoche. Because Pierre’s experiences are the foundation of the movie, even the talent of Binoche and the solid cinematography can’t salvage “Paris.” The vignettes about other...
...hope for that same richness in Krasinski's film. Instead I found myself thinking of those man-on-the-street interviews Sex and the City used during its first season, in which men copped to their hideous dating practices, seemingly for the sole purpose of churning up female disgust. It is difficult to imagine David Foster Wallace putting pen to paper with that intent...