Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though Jane's character is constantly worked on--even labored at--it is so insubstantial, so suppressed by its own struggle to define itself that Jane never appears to us as a real person. This is the novel's greatest setback: it doesn't manage to outgrow its fairy tale...
This is the greatest tragedy of Swimming with Jonah: in Keefer, Schulman creates a character at once interesting and real. He is the most arresting and human character in the book, but Schulman never allows him to develop fully, nor does she really explore Keefer's relationship with Jane. In...
The poorly scripted, quasi-interwoven story is almost as confusing as it is melodramatic, particularly when improbable, Dickensian coincidences and secret character connections begin to surface after the 90-minute mark. The characters are developed only enough to continue the simplistic plots, leaving little desire to empathize with them. In...
Playing by Heart often feels like a high-budget soap opera, with so many characters and thin, unoriginal dialogue. Each relationship is basically stereotypical, with some clever little twists sprinkled in from time to time. There are so many names and details to remember that the director often provides scenes...
The director deals with one aspect of the multiple mini-plots very well. The issue of introducing each character's name and personality presents a promising opening to the film. Carroll throws the personas at the audience in a whirlwind of brief conversations and interactions for each character clinched with...