Word: glowed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Part of the drama is in the antidrama, the visual geniality of Seahaven. It's a Disneyland dream of cheer and rectitude. The film's light is soothing, beckoning--a near life experience. Its cool glow is so infusive you may feel you're getting a gentle tan as you watch the film. This could be a spiffy updating of TV's first great Springfield--the setting for that archetypal '50s idyll Father Knows Best--rather than the wildly twisted suburbia of Homer Simpson or the Armageddon-arsenal Springfield of Kip Kinkel. The only weapon flaunted in The Truman Show...
That Knapp enjoyed his hours before the fete was abundantly clear by his healthy, slightly sweaty, glow...
...developing relationships with two acquaintances: a gay painter who lives in the apartment next door and a lovely, down-to-earth waitress who serves him lunch every day. The film's genuinely funny, moving script will make the audience feel as if it's earned a pleasant after-glow (and perhaps a Kleenex or two). --Erwin R. Rosinberg...
...Pearl Jam that was playing earlier has given way to the sounds of a big band. And, in a way that reminds me of that scene in "The Shining," the place has been completely transformed. The bar is packed and the lively dining room gives off a warm glow. Meanwhile, back in the kitchen everyone's still busy at work, including Ms. Adams. Her hair is now up in a chopstick...
...nailed him the instant the rock left my fingers. The missile struck him in the temple, and he clutched his head and fell to his knees, blood gushing through his fingers. I fled in horror, and the war was over. But I secretly cherished a certain involuntary glow of pleasure at the perfect bull's-eye I'd thrown...