Sentence examples for smart script from inspiring English sources

Scott Z Burns's smart script is elevated into something else in Soderbergh's hands.

Peter Morgan's smart script sensibly does not contrive an agonised, tearful dark night of the soul for her.

Which a smart script editor should have excised at the earliest opportunity for being almost as pointless as planespotting itself.

Forty years ago, Spielberg all but invented the summer blockbuster with nothing more than a smart script, a perfectly chosen cast and a malfunctioning rubber shark.

A smart script (by Brian Helgeland, who wrote "L. A. Confidential") helps ratchet "Conspiracy Theory" a couple of notches up from the "Lethal Weapon" level of amiable entertainment.

Tony Gilroy's "Michael Clayton," a tale of corporate malfeasance with a smart script, a few murders and George Clooney's charisma, may be the best recent example.

Yet earlier projects offer smart scripts, precise pacing and often arresting tableaus.

"We don't look for gore or people getting hacked up," said Mr. Hein, who contends that the movies shown at the festival are really about fine acting and smart scripts.

There was some more top-notch acting from Freja Riemann as Laura in a difficult role, and some smart scripting: having the psychiatrist explain how she thought Laura might feel was a neat way of avoiding overwrought emoting but still getting the message across.

Today's Depp seems concerned only with tentpole fare and vapid box-office behemoths, and while the 50-year-old actor has long provided a reliable revenue stream for studios, his penchant for smart scripts accompanying those big dollars has evaporated.

It's a huge problem to tackle in 90 minutes, but with simple staging, a dense but whip-smart script, and outstanding performances from Collins and Larkin – sensitive, generous and strong, managing to somehow inject moments of levity amid the horror – The Game manages to cover all corners without feeling laboured.