Though shrouded in time and heroin, the facts of the case — and dysfunctions of the romance — are resurrected by Sid Vicious's emotionally invested biographer, Alan G. Parker, from old police files and the dubious recollections of the couple's closest associates.
Crowe's point of view is unstable: we can't get a hold on Russell, a character now decent and talented, now casually vicious or emotionally absent....The plot turns on a peculiar point of honor.
That vicious cycle is why being emotionally prepared for loss is important before any competitive play, and I just didn't have it.
They can multiply in force to take you down emotionally and financially with just a few vicious, malicious comments about you or your business and soon you can be facing personal and professional devastation.
Diana Steenbergen of IGN found him "menacing, with his low voice and the cruel words ... trying to tear them apart emotionally before tearing Dean apart literally", and enjoyed the sadistic and "vicious humor" that makes the character "more sinister".
Donut's foil is Mac Taylor Kitschh), a sexually crude and emotionally stunted colleague who is also Donut's most vicious harasser.
Sol Pillas winces as a sobbing Filipina maid gives an all-too-familiar account of fleeing her Saudi banker employer following a vicious attack that left her physically and emotionally scarred.
Unlike the aggressive, competitive, and sometimes vicious player whom we watch on the court, Durant was open, vulnerable, emotionally brave, and sincere.
