Word: joyful
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Alex Comfort 80 This British physician wrote the tasty The Joy...
...chocolatier will perhaps evoke for sardonic viewers the old dope peddler of Tom Lehrer's song, "spreading joy wherever [s]he goes." Indeed, some of the desserts apparently contain aphrodisiacs. The movie itself may suggest to those who find themselves unsusceptible to its fabulistic charms how easy it has become to travesty the manner of what used to be thought of as "art movies." This one has something of their air--an attractive, slightly exotic setting; characters who appear to have some substance and some curious quirks. But everything is spun toward sugary sentimentality...
...This was her pride and joy," Harry says of his wife, Christmas decorations all around as he stands behind the counter in his white apron. And so it was, but there was a price for the success of Je's. The same price we all pay when, in balancing a work life with a home life, work too often wins. "If you got a break for a minute on a Sunday, you'd look out and see all these families together," says Jason, 29, who came after Harry Jr., 30, and before Chad, 24. "It was hard to deal with...
...strong we are. And because of that, we are about to be rewarded. While all of unemployed America spent eight hours watching a Ryder truck filled with ballots travel at the speed limit across Florida, one brave woman in Los Angeles saw that truck as a way to bring joy to this chad-torn country. Or at least to make some cash...
...various inhabitants (Judi Dench, Lena Olin, John Wood). Vianne eventually makes common romantic cause with a riverboat wanderer (Depp) who also scandalizes the town with his unsettled and unsettling ways. The chocolatier will perhaps evoke for sardonic viewers the old dope peddler of Tom Lehrer's song, "spreading joy wherever [s] he goes." Indeed, some of the desserts apparently contain aphrodisiacs. The movie itself may suggest to those who find themselves unsusceptible to its fabulistic charms how easy it has become to travesty the manner of what used to be thought of as "art" movies. This one has something...