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What stands out first about Mustang is the confidence with which Deniz Gamze Ergüven establishes its drama identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Mustang asks Günes Sensoy and Doga Zeynep Doguslu to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Mustang is established with useful clarity: When five orphan girls are seen innocently playing with boys on a beach, their scandalized conservative guardians confine them while forced marriages are arranged. That

What stands out first about Any Body Can Dance 2 is the confidence with which Remo D'Souza establishes its biographical drama identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Any Body Can Dance 2 asks Prabhu Deva and Varun Dhawan to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Any Body Can Dance 2 is established with useful clarity: Based on the true story of the Fictitious Dance group; their rise to fame, sudden downfall, and their heroic attempt to seek vindic

What stands out first about Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal is the confidence with which Robert Gordon establishes its documentary identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal asks Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal is established with useful clarity: A documentary on the series of televised debates in 1968 between liberal Gore Vidal and co

What stands out first about Singh Is Bliing is the confidence with which Prabhu Deva establishes its comedy identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Singh Is Bliing asks Akshay Kumar and Amy Jackson to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Singh Is Bliing is established with useful clarity: A lazy youth failing to take up any responsibility is sent to work with his father's friend in Goa where he meets a woman who has problems of her own. That dir

What stands out first about Boruto: Naruto the Movie is the confidence with which Hiroyuki Yamashita establishes its animated adventure identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Boruto: Naruto the Movie asks Yûko Sanpei and Kokoro Kikuchi to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Boruto: Naruto the Movie is established with useful clarity: It's been some years since the end of the Shinobi War. That direct approach lets Boruto: Naruto the Movie use i

What stands out first about Faith of Our Fathers is the confidence with which Carey Scott establishes its drama identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Faith of Our Fathers asks David A.R. White and Kevin Downes to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Faith of Our Fathers is established with useful clarity: Two men embark on a trip to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial guided by the letters their fathers wrote while serving in the war. That direct ap

What stands out first about Dark Horse is the confidence with which Louise Osmond establishes its documentary identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Dark Horse asks Jan Vokes and Howard Davies to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Dark Horse is established with useful clarity: An inspirational true story of a group of friends from a working men's club who decide to take on the elite 'sport of kings' and breed themselves a racehorse. That dire

What stands out first about The Overnight is the confidence with which Patrick Brice establishes its comedy identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, The Overnight asks Adam Scott and Taylor Schilling to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of The Overnight is established with useful clarity: Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. That direct approach lets The Overnight use its 1h 19m running time for character, atmosphere and conseq

What stands out first about Macbeth is the confidence with which Justin Kurzel establishes its historical drama identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Macbeth asks Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Macbeth is established with useful clarity: Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. That direct approach lets Macbeth use its

What stands out first about Papa Hemingway in Cuba is the confidence with which Bob Yari establishes its biographical drama identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Papa Hemingway in Cuba asks Giovanni Ribisi and Joely Richardson to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Papa Hemingway in Cuba is established with useful clarity: In 1959, a young journalist ventures to Havana, Cuba to meet his idol, the legendary Ernest Hemingway who helped him find

What stands out first about Dough is the confidence with which John Goldschmidt establishes its comedy identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Dough asks Jonathan Pryce and Jerome Holder to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Dough is established with useful clarity: An old Jewish baker struggles to keep his business afloat until his young Muslim apprentice drops cannabis in the dough and sends sales sky high. That direct approach lets Dough us

What stands out first about Miss You Already is the confidence with which Catherine Hardwicke establishes its comedy identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Miss You Already asks Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Miss You Already is established with useful clarity: The friendship between two life long girlfriends is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill. That direct approach lets