character study

noun

1. a work of fiction in which the delineation of the central character's personality is more important than the plot.

Example Sentences

Todt makes an unusual character study.

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But while Walker-Silverman couldn’t have imagined his movie’s jarring real-world parallels, “Rebuilding” is as much a character study as it is a warning about our increasingly fragile planet and the beloved places we call home.

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Rather, it’s a hypothetical question as character study, an examination of how this happens and an assertion that a system like this shows no mercy, not even to its most loyal subjects, despite what we want to believe.

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Catch up: After starting a bit on the bleak side, it soon became apparent that “Task,” creator Brad Ingelsby’s Philly-adjacent crime miniseries starring Mark Ruffalo, Tom Pelphrey and Emilia Jones, was less about plot and mystery and more of a surprisingly deep character study about family, grief and redemption.

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Instead, in “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,” he offers a character study as biopic, riding a similar groove as his Oscar-winning 2009 directorial debut “Crazy Heart.”

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