Sentence examples for flat portrayal from inspiring English sources

A flat portrayal by Curtis Mark Williams doesn't help.

They are pure dancers whose attempts to justify these characters dramatically resulted in largely flat portrayals.

Before: 70kg (10st 12lb/152lb) After: 100kg (15st 10lb/220lb) Although the film fell a little flat, Leto was praised for his portrayal of John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, in the 2007 biographical film, Chapter 27.

They see celebrity and "reality TV" stars whose portrayals of women are often flat out derogatory.

Mistry's third novel, Family Matters (2002), was set in a tiny two-room flat in modern-day Mumbai and presented a compelling portrayal of a family of Parsis living in exigent circumstances.

"Bound East for Cardiff" certainly benefits from the flat-line simplicity of Mr. Mendes's simple, straightforward portrayal of Yank, a sailor dying in his bunk, miles from land.

Mr. Glaudini's portrayal of the mean-spirited, moribund Charlie is flat.

Schickel summed up Schwarzenegger's acting as "flat", while Knoll was more verbose, characterizing the actor's portrayal as "a dull clod with a sharp sword, a human collage of pectorals and latissimi who's got less style and wit than Lassie".

Angelina Jolie's portrayal of Marianne Pearl in "A Mighty Heart" was as flat as the film itself, but it was a serious piece of work; her part in "Beowulf" as the voice and babe-body behind the computer-generated image of Grendel's mother is the kind of role that makes accountants happy.

So the twitter fans were flat out wrong -- and borderline imperceptive for criticizing the film's portrayal of Rue and Thresh.

The 17-year-old first-time actor Katie Jarvis picked up the prize for best performance in a British feature film for her portrayal of a poverty stricken teenager living in a tiny council flat in Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank.