Word: poignant
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...moments are more emblematic of the quixotic campaign of Bill Bradley than his ride aboard a commuter ferry across Puget Sound on the final day of a poignant effort to win a primary somewhere, anywhere. With one hand clutching a cup of coffee, the other jammed into his pocket, he faced straight ahead like any other harried commuter hoping to get to his office without having to make eye contact so early in the morning...
...Industry will prove you wrong. It packs a powerful punch into 25,000 sq. ft.--including artifacts (china, Champagne bottles, the captain's bell, a twisted chandelier), replicas (staterooms, the cargo hold and the grand staircase) and even part of the hull. Letters, photographs and quotations from passengers are poignant. Most chilling: a 9-ft. by 16-ft. sheet of ice. Pressing their hands to it, visitors learn that the salt water that ill-fated night was colder still...
...mood goes, mellow is a far more appropriate adjective. Each song is contemplative and smooth, but no track is dynamic enough in its own right to ever truly distinguish itself. The title track comes close, but never fully peaks. Also of note are the poignant, emotive "Less Than Strangers" and "The Only One," a haunting arrangement featuring Emmy Lou Harris on harmony vocals. Most of the other tracks have a tendency to blend into one another. However, while Chapman's stories may not be of the genre that motivates deep discussion and reflection, they're certainly quality bedtime reading...
...welcome role of explainer, which she does with maturity and a small dose of convincing senility. Theodora Konetsovska, a visiting student from Williams, plays the ghost of Gary's dead sister, Sarah. The script calls for too many appearances of Sarah's ghost for her role to be as poignant as it could, but Konetsovska deals with her ubiquity by creating a dynamic, puzzling ghost who is as much a part of the unfolding drama as the live participants...
...makes an irreversible turn from comedy to drama. This dramatic shift of tone in the last third of the film follows the arrival of Ben Cooper and the complications his romance with Abbie brings. The humor that pervaded the first half of the film is conspicuously absent towards the poignant...