Word: heartfelt
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Then again, Damon Albarn and company often remind me of that nerdy, sarcastic kid you’re always afraid to take seriously: it might be heartfelt truth, or it might just be a joke meant to make you look stupid in front of all your friends on the baseball team that summer when I was twelve. Anyway, whether self-revelation or mockery of others, a little summer-time prettiness is always worth a shot, especially when you’re about to enter rehab...
...much like a traditional memoir, but halfway through the book we see a switch in tone and mission. Lelyveld begins the chapter entitled, “Ben,” by addressing his subject in the second person. His textual conversation with the long-dead Ben ends with a heartfelt declaration of purpose: “It may not always seem that way but I mean this exploration as a kind of homage; that and, secondarily, as an attempt to round out and perhaps put to rest an early chapter of my own life.” This is what...
...stories themselves vary wildly in terms of quality. While some are heartfelt and insightful, others come across as poorly conceived and unduly stereotypical. Jean’s (Sandra Bullock) maid, for instance, speaks English but lapses into Spanish for basic words the gringo audience will be able to understand: words like “sí” and “señora”. This particular subplot’s conclusion has lily-white Jean learn to appreciate her helpful Mexican servant with an insipid, cringe-worthy character reversal that basically materializes...
Millions may lack the dark, subversive appeal of Boyle’s previous films, and if you are looking for a similar jolt, it’s best to avoid it. It is, however, that rarest of film commodities, a heartfelt feel-good film whose sweetness is palatable even to the cynical...
...referring to supposedly heartfelt “feelings” about things like derivatives (“I feel like the derivative has to do with rate of change”),— the sharing of emotions generated by the proper drawing of a Lewis-dot diagram (“I feel like there’s a double bond between the carbons”), and worst of all, rousing concern with regard to another student’s impressions (“I feel like what he/she said is wrong?...