Word: detract
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...stands out in the film. As she becomes weighed down by the shocking truth of the concentration camps, Elsa’s health begins to deteriorate. Farmiga portrays Elsa’s breakdown in mind and body with convincing honesty and vulnerability.The film suffers from some minor flaws which detract from the overall effect. The main interaction between Bruno and Shmuel becomes repetitive after a while. However, the various subplots and Bruno’s internal struggle keep the film from dragging too much. “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” seems somewhat muted and slow...
...portfolio. But the transitions between McCusker’s creative motifs seemed unsteady at times, as the dancers’ changes in character seemed to lag during these moments. The occasional shaky turns and a lighting scheme that sometimes masked the dancers’ facial expressions did little to detract from the overall performance, which ended with a rhapsodic chorus of movement.The lingering radiant mood “Braid” created immediately dissipated as performers took their positions for “Von,” choreographed by faculty member Jim Viera. The dramatic lighting effects and neutral costume...
...sanity, is convincing in his quiet leer and uneasy smile. As is the danger with a film that draws from real life, “Changeling” follows the template of Collins’s true story far too literally. Some scenes that loyally adhere to actual events detract from the overall spirit of the movie. Though most of the film’s questions are answered two-thirds of the way through, it continues to roll with an impatience for finality and a self-conscious pace that the audience feels. Eastwood, however, does know how to milk...
...chased by revolutionary forces, soldiers hoist the various backdrops, spinning them around the stage as the two characters run frantically to escape. The result is a well-created sense of chaos, a bit clunky in its execution, but astounding in its conception.The overlying nonsensical nature does not, however, detract from the serious condition. Instead, there is something like truth that resonates even amidst the obvious exaggeration: this was Romania in the 1980s, and it was crazy. When Elena and Nicolae are captured, the lights on-stage darken, revealing only the projected letters, “THEIR REAL WORDS...
...build food service areas deep into the campus, they detract from Barry’s corner,” task force member Brent Whelan said, referring to the large intersection at North Harvard Street and Western Ave. that Harvard has promised to revitalize as part of its expansion. “I’m thinking about retail as squares of compressed areas where it’s all accessible...