chew up the scenery

An enormous amount of screaming, F-bombs and head shot blood spurting greet viewers throughout the Tex Avery-style action as the stars chew up the scenery.

But I’d counter that watching Pacino chew up the scenery as a bitter, blinded man offers more pleasure than anything I saw in “Bohemian Rhapsody,” a bland, superficial biopic that swallowed Malek whole, save for the prosthetic teeth, which were far too big to be digested.

Foy has already begun filming Season 2 of “The Crown” and, despite the thespian in her who longs to chew up the scenery, has come to admire the queen’s stoicism.

She was never really allowed to go full throttle and chew up the scenery.

Though many actors take the role as an excuse to chew up the scenery, he plays the role with considerable subtlety.