tough-tender

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Edgy, tense, and seductive, with a very tough-tender, wounded heroine who is trying to figure out who she is, and an intelligent, thoughtful hero who thought he had that all figured out.

Forget You Jennifer Echols 2010
Edgy, tense, and seductive, with a very tough-tender, wounded heroine who is trying to figure out who she is, and an intelligent, thoughtful hero who thought he had that all figured out.

Forget You Jennifer Echols 2010
The finale packs the tough-tender jolt of a first-rate HK genre flick, and Argento's instinctive, force-of-nature performance is worthy of the emerging queen of the festival (she has two more movies yet to screen: Abel Ferrara's Go Go Tales and Catherine Breillat's An Old Mistress).

GreenCine Daily: Cannes. Boarding Gate. 2007
The tough-tender chemistry between them feels lived in, comfy.

Go Ahead, Take My Prez 2008
The Wrestler Mickey Rourke slays in Darren Aronofsky's tough-tender story of a washed-up wrestler body-slammed by mortality. 8.

Ansen’s 10 Best Movies 2008
Tomlin and Waits work up a wonderful tough-tender chemistry.

A Diorama Of Dysfunction 2008
Ms. Spacek, in a role comprised of the same strong, implacable maternal forces that catapulted In the Bedroom to enduring greatness, plays Maggie Pope, a tough-tender woman of pioneer stock who has lost one son in a tragic accident and another son to the worldly destruction of big-city decadence in the fast lane.

Sissy the Great 2008