Word: over-the-top
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...social climber. The children and Nanny McPhee must band together to rid themselves of these two terrors. The film is extremely visually arresting; its creative team dresses the characters in brightly colored clothes and perfectly fills the Brown house with quirky clutter. Both Lansbury and Staunton give gamely over-the-top performances, and Thompson shines as always, even beneath her disfiguring makeup. The initially tasty film, however, dissolves in the end into a sticky mess of saccharine sweetness, involving a Cinderella-esque union between Firth and a pretty servant. This plotline is strangely reminiscent of the Firth storyline from...
Conservatives may be less put off by the portrayal of their Savior or the over-the-top story lines than by Daniel's progressive preaching. "If temptation corners us," he says in a sermon after Grace's arrest, "maybe we shouldn't beat ourselves up for giving in to it." His is an easy-listening, baby-boomer ministry, not so much fire and brimstone as Fire and Rain. Of course, Daniel is a priest in a liberal church; American Episcopalians have even ordained a gay bishop, to the consternation of conservative members and the church's overseas counterparts. (The church...
He’s so earnest, it hurts. He’s so simple-minded, so over-the-top, so easy to understand, so vulnerable, so whiny…really, he’s the last, best hope for nerdy, unhip intellectuals everywhere. He lacks anything resembling grit, and has to settle for over-achieving solemnity, instead. And he succeeds! And he doesn’t even need a girl! Which brings us to our third point?...
...biggest problem in the movie is Meredith, an over-the-top example of female strength gone awry. Parker’s traded-in her trademark Manohlos, cosmopolitans, and oversized flower pins for an unflattering corporate attire. Meredith is a woman more comfortable in trousers with her hair in a bun. She might as well be chewing on a cigar. It’s possible that Parker is trying to move out of her “Sex and the City” days, but this frigid ice queen role departs too far from Dolce & Gabbana, where she seems much more...
...star pairing of Lane and Matthew Broderick shone brightly onstage. A film version with the original cast is sure to be pure comic gold, right? Well, kind of. The uninspired adaptation loses it charm because of the flat direction from Broadway choreographer/debut director Susan Stroman and over-the-top performances from its leads.The magic of the musical doesn’t fully translate; the film looks and feels unnecessary, as if it was made for the sole purpose of getting another dime out of a third adaptation.Tony-winners Lane and Broderick return to their celebrated roles as Max Bialystock...